IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[David_TheMan]

Just lost my job at Comcast doing Business Class tech support for over 5 years. Prior to that I was a lab tech and library administrator at A University


Expired Certs but just tryna get a soft feel of what route I should go? Not looking for a job for so long, what’s the best websites for jobs in the tech field. I’m no crazy expert but I know my shyt enough. Is Dice and Indeed still the best websites to job hunt? Daps and reps will be given

Dice, Indeed, Monster, and linkedin.
I'm sorry for your job loss man, I hope you go out and get it.

 

[Rymas]

Thats cool, I read your post, and I'm talking about doing what it takes to get a security clearance quickly so you can move on to what you want to do.
but hey you know it all, and have your clearance and know they process, so good luck to you.

I had two offers last year, one was with a consulting firm working on a base and the other was to go private sector at a software company (this is 1 year after getting two offers out of college)

The consulting firm was going to have me spend 3 months working their help desk until they got me a clearance and then they were going to push me into the actual Linux admin role. I turned them down to go private sector and work with public cloud. Now I am about to interview with one of the big name software firms for a public cloud role. You don’t have to work help desk to get a clearance. If you get a job at any of the big four consulting/Accenture/Booz they will literally pay you to sit around and train yourself until they get you a security clearance. You don’t have to do an ounce of peasant help desk work. Lol @ ya life and ever having to work a legit help desk role ever. We get developer offers out of college or we aren’t at the same level. You don’t even need to have a degree to get a developer offer. I have a friend who went to Harvard, dropped out after one semester to create a company, and now works full time as a software developer. If you can build a solid website with MvC and a MEAN stack and have the code on git hub and deploy it to public cloud you will get yourself a job.

 

[David_TheMan]

I had two offers last year, one was with a consulting firm working on a base and the other was to go private sector at a software company (this is 1 year after getting two offers out of college)

The consulting firm was going to have me spend 3 months working their help desk until they got me a clearance and then they were going to push me into the actual Linux admin role. I turned them down to go private sector and work with public cloud. Now I am about to interview with one of the big name software firms for a public cloud role. You don’t have to work help desk to get a clearance. If you get a job at any of the big four consulting/Accenture/Booz they will literally pay you to sit around and train yourself until they get you a security clearance. You don’t have to do an ounce of peasant help desk work. Lol @ ya life and ever having to work a legit help desk role ever. We get developer offers out of college or we aren’t at the same level. You don’t even need to have a degree to get a developer offer. I have a friend who went to Harvard, dropped out after one semester to create a company, and now works full time as a software developer. If you can build a solid website with MvC and a MEAN stack and have the code on git hub and deploy it to public cloud you will get yourself a job.

I never said you had to do anything to get a clearance.
I said if you want one quick look at taking a help desk position, get it and then get started.

As for you, like I said you seem like you have it all figured out, more power to you. lol
Anyone reading this, you want to up your marketability, take whatever role you can quickly get and get your clearance and bounce.
If you look at a title as peasant work, you are working with a hand behind your back, you make moves that help you get where you want to go, don't let ego get in the way of making moves that better you off for the long run.

 

[Rymas]

I never said you had to do anything to get a clearance.
I said if you want one quick look at taking a help desk position, get it and then get started.

As for you, like I said you seem like you have it all figured out, more power to you. lol
Anyone reading this, you want to up your marketability, take whatever role you can quickly get and get your clearance and bounce.
If you look at a title as peasant work, you are working with a hand behind your back, you make moves that help you get where you want to go, don't let ego get in the way of making moves that better you off for the long run.

Let me know if you are at my level and we will talk but until then you have nothing.

 

[David_TheMan]

Let me know if you are at my level and we will talk but until then you have nothing.

LOL
I'm a little farther along in my career than you are, but hey like I said, you have a your plan.
More power to you.

 

[Rymas]

LOL
I'm a little farther along in my career than you are, but hey like I said, you have a your plan.
More power to you.

How many Fortune 500 companies have you worked for

What are your skills

What are you some mid level software developer neck beard who has no social skills and aspires to be stuck behind a desk and maybe one day you might rise to be a technical lead where you live the rest of ya life @ $150k making specialist software for a government non entity no one has heard of

 

[Rymas]

I bought a house when I was 22 in a major metropolitan area

 

[David_TheMan]

How many Fortune 500 companies have you worked for

What are your skills

What are you some mid level software developer neck beard who has no social skills and aspires to be stuck behind a desk and maybe one day you might rise to be a technical lead where you live the rest of ya life @ $150k making specialist software for a government non entity no one has heard of

LOL
YOu are trying way too hard breh.
LIke I said you have your plan, enjoy yourself.
I'm not a developer or programmer, different tract.

 

[Rymas]

LOL
YOu are trying way too hard breh.
LIke I said you have your plan, enjoy yourself.
I'm not a developer or programmer, different tract.

I am not a developer or a programmer but that doesn’t mean I didn’t get offers to be one before I finished college LOL

Sounds to me like we aren’t even close to the same level

I bet you could be 5 years ahead of me in your career and I’d still be ahead of you now and i don’t even wanna imagine where I would be with your years LOL

 

[ben anderson]

is getting a career in IT pointless if you have a felony?(non violent)

 

[David_TheMan]

I am not a developer or a programmer but that doesn’t mean I didn’t get offers to be one before I finished college LOL

Sounds to me like we aren’t even close to the same level

I bet you could be 5 years ahead of me in your career and I’d still be ahead of you now and i don’t even wanna imagine where I would be with your years LOL

Thats cool that you go offers to be a dev or programmer, but what does that have to be with me not being either, when you were writing your fantasy about me? lol

Its strange though, how you seem so insecure about me saying, you have a plan and best of luck to you.

is getting a career in IT pointless if you have a felony?(non violent)

Nope, you can move around in this industry when you get skill.
It might limit your ability to go the government contracting sector, but your still good.

 

[Rymas]

is getting a career in IT pointless if you have a felony?(non violent)

Nope

I had a friend who graduated college with a felony for drugs and we still got a job at a Fortune 500 company

I ran a background check on a VP at my current company and he had several felonies for distribution of narcotics but now he’s a VP and makes over $250k

 

[Rymas]

Thats cool that you go offers to be a dev or programmer, but what does that have to be with me not being either, when you were writing your fantasy about me? lol

Its strange though, how you seem so insecure about me saying, you have a plan and best of luck to you.


Nope, you can move around in this industry when you get skill.
It might limit your ability to go the government contracting sector, but your still good.

Look at how you answe people’s questions and look at how I answe people’s questions. I can tell you are the one with the problem.

Probably no soft skills, good luck getting ahead in life LMAO

 

[ben anderson]

Thats cool that you go offers to be a dev or programmer, but what does that have to be with me not being either, when you were writing your fantasy about me? lol

Its strange though, how you seem so insecure about me saying, you have a plan and best of luck to you.


Nope, you can move around in this industry when you get skill.
It might limit your ability to go the government contracting sector, but your still good.

Nope

I had a friend who graduated college with a felony for drugs and we still got a job at a Fortune 500 company

I ran a background check on a VP at my current company and he had several felonies for distribution of narcotics but now he’s a VP and makes over $250k

thanks guys im a little less depressed now. i have ZERO experience in IT besides the basics. every "entry" level desk support or call center wants 1-2 years experience(lol?) should i just keep applying until one calls me? also what should be the first cert i get A+? or should i just skip to the sec+

 

[David_TheMan]

Look at how you answe people’s questions and look at how I answe people’s questions. I can tell you are the one with the problem.

Probably no soft skills, good luck getting ahead in life LMAO

LOL, its okay breh, you need to work on your insecurity.
No way you should still be crying this much. lol