IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Ice_MF_Mike]

Go for your CISSP

For everyone asking going for your CISSP is still worth it even if you dont have the experience. You will learn a ton and get a nice overview of the field which can help you figure out which area of security you might want to head in. You can even sit for the test and pass it without the experience. You just will not get the credential until you have the experience. Still worth it imo. But if you dont already networking or os skills probably better to learn those areas first since every security person needs knowledge in those areas.

 

[Leasy]

Damn sitting a cafe right now and I cant believe how blessed I am right now. Graduating college in Networking Security to not even touching that expertise while going to healthcare It. I never thought in a billion years that I would be possibly sitting at a senior position (aced my second interview today with director and staff) making over 80 in just three years brehs.

Hard work and determination pay off my brehs. Best of luck to all of you.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Damn sitting a cafe right now and I cant believe how blessed I am right now. Graduating college in Networking Security to not even touching that expertise while going to healthcare It. I never thought in a billion years that I would be possibly sitting at a senior position (aced my second interview today with director and staff) making over 80 in just three years brehs.

Hard work and determination pay off my brehs. Best of luck to all of you.

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

Damn sitting a cafe right now and I cant believe how blessed I am right now. Graduating college in Networking Security to not even touching that expertise while going to healthcare It. I never thought in a billion years that I would be possibly sitting at a senior position (aced my second interview today with director and staff) making over 80 in just three years brehs.

Hard work and determination pay off my brehs. Best of luck to all of you.

Congrats bruh. Now that you got that 80, think about how you gonna feel when you double that up! Things can escalate quickly once you pass that threshold!

go get that money!

 

[Apollo Creed]

I Might see the Light at the end of the tunnel brehs, playing the waiting game right now

 

[Leasy]

Congrats bruh. Now that you got that 80, think about how you gonna feel when you double that up! Things can escalate quickly once you pass that threshold!

go get that money!

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

 

[NYtymes]

I feel like im stuck as far as the studying goes for my A+ and im feeling like im not using the right material ...

I went on the official compTIA website to look at what exactly is going to be on the exams so i have an idea of what to focus on though.... Are there any books you brehs recommended (im using the mike myers book ) or videos (I usually watch the professor messer guy on YouTube) ?

 

[Mainevent_7]

@Mainevent_7 You took the CEH yet?

Not yet, starting this new job I kind of put it on the back burner. Definitely going to get back to studying so I can take it.

 

[Silkk]

Not yet, starting this new job I kind of put it on the back burner. Definitely going to get back to studying so I can take it.

Security job?

 

[Silkk]

2nd day was better, not having to sit in that traffic helped a lot. Job is easy, plus i heard the managers was talking about me like i was a 5 star prospect after my interview

So i'll give em 6 months minimum while i work on my cissp but no more support positions after this one

 

[ADK]

idk what to do brehs I wanna make money.

 

[Mainevent_7]

Security job?

I was brought on as a software engineer, since the company is so large they allow you to pick projects in different areas. So I'm working on getting picked up on a security project.

 

[Silkk]

I feel like im stuck as far as the studying goes for my A+ and im feeling like im not using the right material ...

I went on the official compTIA website to look at what exactly is going to be on the exams so i have an idea of what to focus on though.... Are there any books you brehs recommended (im using the mike myers book ) or videos (I usually watch the professor messer guy on YouTube) ?

Careeracademy on groupon. But if i had known about testout i would've used them

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

They just let your boy know that I'm gonna be starting a junior network engineer internship in the next couple weeks

The grind paying off bit by bit