xXMASHERXx
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But the cloud is just a datacenter that you no longer host.
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Thought they was become obsolete though, thought datacenter was more of a on location thing,
That is similar to what I do right now
s3ven_LvLs
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Anyone in here on big data before i do a big search ??? Python,Java,Scala,"R" etc.....
Another question for the experienced bro or anyone with enough knowledge-
What are the Blue Collar "IT Jobs" per say? The thought of being a desk jockey infuriates me. I like getting my hands dirty and the job I'm at now is the best of both worlds but the pay ain't really cutting it.
If you want an ancient workplace, look at IT federal government, well government jobs in general. The pay is never going to be as much as more modern skill sets, but you'll get sit in some old, dusty, data warehouse, which it seems like you're interested in doing.
Mirin4rmfar
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Got me my Cyber Security position, 6 figures too amongst other certs such as the CISSP etc. I definitely don't regret the hours I spent studying.
Can't go wrong with big data. Data Science is another 6 figure job waiting once you get in and have enough experience. That's not going away anytime soon.
xXMASHERXx
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Unfortunately what you're looking for in IT doesn't really exist outside of what you currently do.Thought they was become obsolete though, thought datacenter was more of a on location thing,
That is similar to what I do right now
To be honest I think cloud adoption is overblown. We sell to some of the biggest companies in the world and majority of their environment is still on prem. shyt UCS is still our most profitable platform BY FAR so people are still buying servers left and right. I don't think traditional data centers will ever die. If you read any tech articles you would swear everyone is running K8s in AWS.
In the end I think most will settle into a hybrid cloud solution with most of their sensitive data on prem.
But with that said, those niche dev ops skills will always pay more and be in more demand.
The guy who can manage K8s/terraform/Jenkins on AWS is going to demand twice as much as a VMware/storage guy. Just because hardly anybody knows that shyt or has experience with it.
In the end I think most will settle into a hybrid cloud solution with most of their sensitive data on prem.
But with that said, those niche dev ops skills will always pay more and be in more demand.
The guy who can manage K8s/terraform/Jenkins on AWS is going to demand twice as much as a VMware/storage guy. Just because hardly anybody knows that shyt or has experience with it.
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xXMASHERXx
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I 100% agree with this. We basically keep everything that is critical on-prem. Can't risk the possibility of your ISP having an outage and now you no longer have access to your business critical applications or data.
GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
Man to be honest i been thinking about transitioning to a DevOps role
High pay, seems to be in high demand, a lot to learn (which for me is good because it a keep me focused)
With my current skillset its starting to make too much sense
i know we got some devops guys on here
xXMASHERXx
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Depends on what your current skillset is and what experience you have. With no experience its going to be hard for someone to justify hiring you over someone with experience even with an AWS cert.
That's what makes it great IMO for new guys. New guys can learn AWS/Terraform etc from Linux Academy and not have to work "on prem" and hope some old fart is willing to teach them. The new guy that busts his ass for a year and learns Aws/Terra/K8's will also lap the old fart on prem salary wise after a year of solid experience.
You're right about Hybrid Cloud, but you still need someone that knows how to setup Direct Connect if it's AWS to On Prem or whatever Azure/Google calls their solution. Then you will need someone with ongoing knowledge to make sure AD and other services sync correctly between on prem and the cloud provider.
Would you say Linux Academy is worth the sub? I've been on AWS free tier a lot but this shyt sounds like it's worth the investment. Lots of stuff I feel like you can learn for free but I have no probably paying if the material is quality.