I wish I could say the same. Working as a network engineer at this NOC has been hellish recently to say the least
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What is it about networking that got 'em bucking?
No idea. You don't really see a lot of women in networking period though. I only know of a handful of women network engineers and they are all white. The highest concentrations are definitely in project management. The next highest areas are probably web development and Helpdesk/Systems.
You do have the occasional cabling and racking of equipment (UPS devices, routers, switches) but I don't think that is it. I would say the material subject matter just doesn't appeal to them
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Ice_MF_Mike
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No idea. You don't really see a lot of women in networking period though. I only know of a handful of women network engineers and they are all white. The highest concentrations are definitely in project management. The next highest areas are probably web development and Helpdesk/Systems.
You do have the occasional cabling and racking of equipment (UPS devices, routers, switches) but I don't think that is it. I would say the material subject matter just doesn't appeal to them
I think its more that because they dont see others doing it, they don't head in that direction. Teachers and guidance counselors dont recommend those majors or courses or careers either because its "not the norm." Women end up getting pushed away from computers and mathematics essentially and into other fields and over time it becomes harder to break into the field. And the ones that do enter the field have it harder then everyone because people think they don't know their shyt or they just dont fit in being the only women in the group. No different from the reason you don't see minorities in certain fields or roles.
One more thing of those trying To do CCNA..id advise getting an 1841 or 2821 and using it as your main gateway..that way when the shyt fukks up or doesn't work the way you expected, you will be forced to fix it..
Common. It depends on the environment and your role/position. If you work for an ISP then you will probably be busier than someone doing internal work for an Enterprise (unless it's a big enterprise). I'd imagine certain government jobs would be pretty boring as well. Especially for local Gov.
I think its more that because they dont see others doing it, they don't head in that direction. Teachers and guidance counselors dont recommend those majors or courses or careers either because its "not the norm." Women end up getting pushed away from computers and mathematics essentially and into other fields and over time it becomes harder to break into the field. And the ones that do enter the field have it harder then everyone because people think they don't know their shyt or they just dont fit in being the only women in the group. No different from the reason you don't see minorities in certain fields or roles.
You probably right. It just weird because I see lots of us in Network engineering. I see more brehs in network engineering than any other position group. Just not our ladies.
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
In the last 6 weeks at my job, I've probably put in 3 hours of actual work and I'm not exaggerating. Most of my career has been sitting on my ass not doing anything. IMO the higher you get the less work you have to do.
But on the flip side I've had roles where I was on 16 projects at once and had meetings 5 hours a day every day.
↓R↑LYB
I trained Sheng Long and Shonuff
I'm Atlanta so I know my perspective is skewed but I see a lot of us doing DB work too. I rarely see black developers though.
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Breh/Brehette? has a long way to go if they don't know what GNS3 is and going the Networking route
Breh, I remember the first time I started studying for the A+ and they were talking about IRQ's. I sat there reading that shyt like
Lord_nikon
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Got hired last week and passed the the background,,,, so now they are saying the 3rd party investigator couldn't confirm two temp jobs from 9 years ago and my high school,,so they are requesting 6 or 7 years of W-2 and I'm sure they will ask for a high school transcript as well..
fukk YOU **************** I refuse to hand over that private information,,, You confirmed my last past job that is related to this one and you confirmed my college,,, I'm fukking done,,I haven't started work yet, so you can fire me now ole nosy irritating ass fukks.
then it's part time too, fukk you
fukk YOU **************** I refuse to hand over that private information,,, You confirmed my last past job that is related to this one and you confirmed my college,,, I'm fukking done,,I haven't started work yet, so you can fire me now ole nosy irritating ass fukks.
then it's part time too, fukk you
Ice_MF_Mike
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did you already accept the role? that does seem like some bullshyt. But just hit them with them w-2s and keep lookin for something else.
Lord_nikon
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Yeah i start one week from now,, im already hired
Some of these requirements for job posts are insane. I'm guessing a lot of them are by recruiters who don't program. They want two years of experience in C#, Javascript, HTML, CSS, SQL, and Angular for for $65,000? Yeah right. Full stack developer with two years of experience for only $65,000?
Ice_MF_Mike
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sometimes yes, but the reality is, if there are folks out there who will take 65k for that job, then hey, they priced it right. But usually its just to make you feel inferior which puts you in a worse negotiating position.
Rayzah
I'm Everywhere you ain't never there
Whats worse is when they say
Desired Certs CISSP, CCNP
Required Certs Security+
How you go from sec+ to CISSP and only want to pay 65k
If I have a CISSP I aint taking nothing less than 100k and I damn sure aint taking a job that can be done with a sec+