IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[GollyImGully]

Doing the same..went through the vids once already and im going through them again now. ...its not even hard it really is just knowing what service does what and when to use it.

Exactly know what certain services are for and when to use them and another set of acronyms to remember

When are you going to sit for the exam?

 

[se1f_made]

acloud.guru

I bought the class off of udemy for $10 (sale is going on right now by the way). You can show cloud gurus the receipt and you can use their site (which i think adds some practice tests and has a better interface to me)

I'll prob use this class and the actual amazon white papers to take the test

I'm going with Linux academy since I've got a 3 month trial. I figure that I can hammer out these next 6 weeks then be ready to sit for the exam no later than the end of may or early June

 

[Silkk]

These freelance sites are shyt. I'm gonna have to get some cards made and start passing them hoes out

 

[No Homo]

Exactly know what certain services are for and when to use them and another set of acronyms to remember

When are you going to sit for the exam?

No later than Mid May

 

[KingTut]

The micromanging at this new gig is insane

 

[GollyImGully]

No later than Mid May

Thats what was I thinking as well mid to late May for me.

How long have you been studying for it?

 

[ottorocket]

Am I the only breh here in help desk?

 

[Silkk]

Am I the only breh here in help desk?

I still take calls but there's really no difference in helpdesk and "remote desktop support"

 

[Tr0yTV]

Am I the only breh here in help desk?

My help desk days are numbered. I have some Sysadmin & Cyber security interviews lined up.

 

[King45]

How hard is it to get an help desk job in Atlanta?

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Am I the only breh here in help desk?

I'm just about to leave after a year and some change, keep the faith

If your current help desk gig aint giving you an avenue to work in something better...get the fukk out and find something that will at least let you *work* on something besides rote tier 1 call taking.

 

[Silkk]

These freelance sites are shyt. I'm gonna have to get some cards made and start passing them hoes out

Scratch what I said here, getting a ton of hits on Thumbtack and been seeing a lot of commercials for it.

I need to learn how to do laptop/tablet/iphone screen repair. Them shyts come through a lot.

 

[PikaDaDon]

I know everyone here has their mind set on working for a man and getting that rat race 9-to-5 thing going. But has anyone here ever considered trying to make money independently? I'm thinking about it. Those freelance websites are difficult since you're competing against coders from 3rd world countries. And that iphone/windows app stores are oversaturated to all hell. Think I missed the boat on that gold mine.

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

I know everyone here has their mind set on working for a man and getting that rat race 9-to-5 thing going. But has anyone here ever considered trying to make money independently? I'm thinking about it. Those freelance websites are difficult since you're competing against coders from 3rd world countries. And that iphone/windows app stores are oversaturated to all hell. Think I missed the boat on that gold mine.

Well the thing for me is that I don't mind working for someone else while I put the money generated from that into asset classes that generate money on their own. Going the independent route still means you have to put a lot of time in to get paid, even if you're your own boss. I heard it put well in a book I read; owning a small business means you own a job - if you stop working you stop making money. So I guess to answer your question, nah freelancing isn't for me.

 

[No Homo]

Thats what was I thinking as well mid to late May for me.

How long have you been studying for it?

All in all bout 2 months now. ..i started last year then stopped..now i have more of an incentive to learn it cause of my new job so im going hard with it now