IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Doable, but hard if you have no experience. You better know basics and sound intelligent during the interview.
If you have prior phone/customer experience, make sure that is front and center on your resume. I’d said it before in this thread, but this is much easier when going through an agency cause they can cut bait if you suck. They'll take more risks hiring cause they’ll pay you less and make more off of you and often have a need to fill headcounts fast.
wastedmermaid
Superstar
Damn ,14 hr to 3500 every two weeks in just two years... what was your work history leading up to where you are now?Not true. Most companies run on legacy shyt because it costs money to update hardware/software and even more money to spend on workers to learn it/hire the ones who already know it. Someone who knows the ins and outs of server 2019 will command more salary and more job options than someone who knows server 2003 just because there's so many older workers who have stuck with what they know rather than what's new.
My company has some clients who still use Windows Server 2003 and when we talk to them about upgrading to stay current with our applications they hit us with the
On another note work has been kicking my ass lately with all these updates we're trying to push and bug fixes but when that check hits my account every other Thursday it makes that pain go awayGoing from making $14/hr two years ago to getting 3500+ every two weeks is a crazy feeling. I'm afraid I'll get too comfortable in this role and stop pushing for certs/another degree so I need to get on my grind again this fall.
KingTut
Green diamonds like a dill pickle
Help desk in 2017 for about 6 months.
Desktop support from late 2017 to mid 2018.
Junior sysadmin from mid 2018 to early 2019.
I took the new ones so they were tough in my opinion. The Developer one was the easiest because it focused on fewer services than the Architect exam.
Do you buy the cert's company's study guide material or third party shyt like professor messer?
Do you buy the cert's company's study guide material or third party shyt like professor messer?
Im waiting on professor messer book on A+ 220-1001 to arrive. I watch the free videos but his voice and tone is brutal.
I see CompTIA book on it has 600 pages, isn't too bad but I'm afraid it will be full of jargon. I have the PDF of Mike whatever A+ book when 901 and 902 was current. That book was boring was fukk and filled with filler.
StretfordRed
Afro-European
Got my GCFE exam tomorrow and that's been such a truck load of information damn.
Recommend brehs to try and facilitate SANS courses and you get the course real cheap, I paid 1300GBP for the course, out of my own pocket.
Just got into a new job that I think I can't stay in for more than 6 months, so planning to do GCFA and GTFO.
Really wanna get into a cybersec consultancy say a FireEye, Mandiant, CrowdStrike, etc. Stupidily turned down an offer from one of them because they offered at a lower seniority. Such a dumb mistake
Recommend brehs to try and facilitate SANS courses and you get the course real cheap, I paid 1300GBP for the course, out of my own pocket.
Just got into a new job that I think I can't stay in for more than 6 months, so planning to do GCFA and GTFO.
Really wanna get into a cybersec consultancy say a FireEye, Mandiant, CrowdStrike, etc. Stupidily turned down an offer from one of them because they offered at a lower seniority. Such a dumb mistake
KingTut
Green diamonds like a dill pickle
Used the AcloudGuru courses then read the documentation for services that had a lot of different configurations.
I buy whatever I find is easily digestable to me.
For example for Security+ I found professor Messer was enough.
CCNA I found the Sybex bools were the best, the other shyt was too long and too extra.
Same with MCSA
On Amazon you can usually preview books, just read a chapter or whatever and see how it compares.
My tactic is to watch vids then read books, what way I kind of know what to "look" for when im reading and can soak it up a lil more.
Did you get any certs to go from help desk to desktop support?
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
I had the same issue with Messer. He has great material but its a chore to get through. My method of studying is to get a list of the objectives the test will cover, read a book making sure to hit each of those objectives, and then watch videos to help fill in any gaps.
KingTut
Green diamonds like a dill pickle
Nope. Got my net+ and sec+ while doing desktop support tho.
I had very few port number questions no more than 3. It’s more about concepts, more scenario type questions.
Damn breh, you need to leave them the hell alone thenGive em to me, I enrolled in an it school and failed the bytch 3 times in a row with their shyt
