I'm about 5 months into my job and I've realized that the only way I'm gonna learn anything is through my cert studying and then testing it at work.
I knew that's where the majority of my learning was going to come from, but it's crazy. I've set multiple meetings with my bosses to learn how to handle a few monthly maintenance tickets. One time I was shown server patching, but not well enough that I could do it on my own. Dude that showed me wasn't entirely sure about some of the servers.
The latest meeting I set has been pulled back 3 times. The tickets are like 200 hours out of SLA. Meanwhile I'm researching $500 barcode stickers for inventory shyt.
And I find myself trying to convince the higher-ups to buy software, so I can learn it and add it to my resume.