IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[↓R↑LYB]

man is it asking too much to get a certification blueprint so to speak? I know it can probably vary but Im just not trying to waste no time with this shyt getting certified in areas.

Like I said breh, it depends on the path you decide to take and what you enjoy. More importantly it depends on your experience working in different environments. This is the path I took:

A+, 1st MCSE exam (Windows XP), CCNA, Rest of MCSE exams, CCNA, CISSP, CCNA Security, CCNP Security. Only thing left for me is to take the CCIE Security and maybe reup the MCSE for 2012.

This was over an 8 year span. The certs are important because you learn a lot and prove to an extent you can do the job, but the more critical part is the experience. Having your MCSE is irrelevant if you're asking to an AD migration and you have no clue where to begin.

I'd recommend spending a couple dollars and building a computer to be used for VMs. Quad core i5 or i7, 32gb of RAM (ram's cheap) and an SSD hard drive. That'd give you enough processing power to run a very intricate lab to install and practice anything Windows Server related, and emulate Cisco routers and ASA. If you can do it in the lab, there's a good chance you can do it in prod.

 

[BamdaDon]

Like I said breh, it depends on the path you decide to take and what you enjoy. More importantly it depends on your experience working in different environments. This is the path I took:

A+, 1st MCSE exam (Windows XP), CCNA, Rest of MCSE exams, CCNA, CISSP, CCNA Security, CCNP Security. Only thing left for me is to take the CCIE Security and maybe reup the MCSE for 2012.

This was over an 8 year span. The certs are important because you learn a lot and prove to an extent you can do the job, but the more critical part is the experience. Having your MCSE is irrelevant if you're asking to an AD migration and you have no clue where to begin.

I'd recommend spending a couple dollars and building a computer to be used for VMs. Quad core i5 or i7, 32gb of RAM (ram's cheap) and an SSD hard drive. That'd give you enough processing power to run a very intricate lab to install and practice anything Windows Server related, and emulate Cisco routers and ASA. If you can do it in the lab, there's a good chance you can do it in prod.

I'm going to owe my nikka the Architect a percentage check off that first contract breh answering my questions this fast in the morning I see why your getting cashed out

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I'm going to owe my nikka the Architect a percentage check off that first contract breh answering my questions this fast in the morning I see why your getting cashed out

I ain't got shyt else to do breh, ain't like I'm gonna actually work

And if I don't get that check, there's a bush in New Orleans with you name on it

 

[Blackking]

I'm kinda used to it, previous job my title was security architect. I realized I was that nikka when I was in a room (me being 28 they being in their 4s/50s) full of cacs shutting down the convo telling em how wrong they are. They had the look on they face lol.

That type of sh1t is worth more than money.

 

[se1f_made]

Start learning powershell breh. Part of my job is an AD redesign (Sites, subjects, OUs, schema extension, etc). They want the whole thing automated INCLUDING the rollback. If I ain't know powershell I woulda been in that bytch like

Props for the info. Found a book titled "Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches". Have you ever worked as a system admin?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

That type of sh1t is worth more than money.

Man them cacs get real salty. I interviewed for this job when I was like 23 for a Sys admin the cac manager was ain't believe I knew my shyt. fukk boy had the nerve to ask me "how you know all this shyt "

This year another while interviewing this other cac ain't believe I had my CISSP and was still in my 20s. Dude was like pull my cert card out and lemme see it.

fukk nikkas mad cause I was in my 20s making more than them

Props for the info. Found a book titled "Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches". Have you ever worked as a system admin?

Yeah, what you need to know. Also only way to learn powershell is to practice and get used the scripting language. I tried a couple book and ain't learn shyt. Also use PowerGUI for your ISE instead of the built in windows one (unless you're on Windows 8).

 

[the bossman]

I'm kinda used to it, previous job my title was security architect. I realized I was that nikka when I was in a room (me being 28 they being in their 4s/50s) full of cacs shutting down the convo telling em how wrong they are. They had the look on they face lol.

that feeling is like

 

[Regular Developer]

I don't this is the relevant thread for this, but I was looking into going into software engineering, maybe getting my masters in it. The problem is, not a lot of schools offer that degree. I know you don't necessarily need a degree in software engineering to be one, so I was thinking that I would get my masters in applied and computational mathematics. So my question is, is that a sufficient degree for a software engineering job?

Masters in Comp Sci, I dunno. Depends on what you trying to do. Software Development careers are more about experience. Now if you research some super awesome algorithm in your program, I'm sure you'll get a thanks or something, but I dont see it being very useful in many fields. I would do undergrad in it, and then get a business degree. The best thing for a technical person is to get a business mindset. The more people's jobs you can replace, the more valuable you become. At least in the business space.

 

[Regular Developer]

I would also suggest getting a profile on linkedin. While it might become much to manage all these places you have a profile, it is much easier to network and make updates.

 

[semtex]

debugging javascript is so goddamn annoying

 

[Data-Hawk]

debugging javascript is so goddamn annoying

Breh, i've come to the conclusion that all scripting languages suck....lol

well maybe not Python, but I haven't touched that in years.

 

[Data-Hawk]

I don't this is the relevant thread for this, but I was looking into going into software engineering, maybe getting my masters in it. The problem is, not a lot of schools offer that degree. I know you don't necessarily need a degree in software engineering to be one, so I was thinking that I would get my masters in applied and computational mathematics. So my question is, is that a sufficient degree for a software engineering job?

If you dont have any experience, hold off on the Masters.

A masters is great in appied and computational mathematics, if you plan on going into the science fields - Simulations/Models/Physics/AI

With that type of degree, you better be going to work for places like Valve, Nvidia, IBM etc.

For most programming jobs, that degree is over kill.

 

[semtex]

Breh, i've come to the conclusion that all scripting languages suck....lol

well maybe not Python, but I haven't touched that in years.

I swear it's like the goddamn event handlers are trolling me. I type the shyt every way I know how, refresh the page, "nope"

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Breh, i've come to the conclusion that all scripting languages suck....lol

well maybe not Python, but I haven't touched that in years.

power shell is the truth.

Wanna make a new mailbox? New-Mailbox
A new group? New-Adgroup
You wanna return an AD account? Get-User

Power shell be having a nikka feel like

 

[Data-Hawk]

power shell is the truth.

Wanna make a new mailbox? New-Mailbox
A new group? New-Adgroup
You wanna return an AD account? Get-User

Power shell be having a nikka feel like

Sorry, I meant to say for application development. scripting is great for system admin tasks and little apps. but @ work we are using HP QTP/Perfecto Mobile to develop a mobile testing framework( which is in vbscript) and this crap sucks!!!!!. It's so easy to write crappy code in this language. I wish we were using C#, but QTP only supports vbscript