IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[mannyrs13]

Go for the AWS Solutions Architect or Cloud Practitioner certification. While the services will be specific to Amazon, you will get a great education on how a network works and how to maintain it. A+ and many of these others certs are just theory. Amazon gives your a year to use AWS so you can get real world experience. Once you get AWS down, GCP and Azure will be similar just with different names for their services.

Just signed up for some AWS account to check out that Cloud Practioner thing. I have a Lynda account, I should look on there to see what they have too.

 

[Steel]

Go for the AWS Solutions Architect or Cloud Practitioner certification. While the services will be specific to Amazon, you will get a great education on how a network works and how to maintain it. A+ and many of these others certs are just theory. Amazon gives your a year to use AWS so you can get real world experience. Once you get AWS down, GCP and Azure will be similar just with different names for their services.

I disagree the AWS won’t teach you network fundamentals or general IT fundamentals. They teach you how to use Amazon services ASSUMING you already know basic fundamentals. The aws gold rush has caused people to jump in who don’t know how a router works, don’t know how the command line works or how to put a machine on a domain. Minimum get your A+ To learn fundamentals

 

[No Homo]

I disagree the AWS won’t teach you network fundamentals or general IT fundamentals. They teach you how to use Amazon services ASSUMING you already know basic fundamentals. The aws gold rush has caused people to jump in who don’t know how a router works, don’t know how the command line works or how to put a machine on a domain. Minimum get your A+ To learn fundamentals

This. Dont do it to yourself jumping straight into AWS like that.

 

[Spin]

I disagree the AWS won’t teach you network fundamentals or general IT fundamentals. They teach you how to use Amazon services ASSUMING you already know basic fundamentals. The aws gold rush has caused people to jump in who don’t know how a router works, don’t know how the command line works or how to put a machine on a domain. Minimum get your A+ To learn fundamentals

Any fundamentals can be learned without wasting time on certs like the A+. It's fine you disagree, but I'm letting people know my experience. Cloud Guru and Linux Academy played a big part as well. Amazon's own white papers on securing a virtual environment alone are worth an in-depth read. While yes they do cover services that they offer, they also speak in general terms. AZURE, GCP etc are going to have the same services with different names.

People are free to do what they please, but I'm directly speaking to those that want to make over 6 figures. There is no point in hustling backwards at this point.

If someone wants to learn basic fundamentals Network + is a better investment than A+. Even with Net +, I would just learn the basics and then actually start studying for the Cloud Practioner or Solutions Architect exam be it AWS, AZURE, or GCP. I chose AWS because at this point in time it carries more weight.

A + isn't going to teach the command line. For that someone should look into a Red Hat Linux certification.

 

[Steel]

Any fundamentals can be learned without wasting time on certs like the A+. It's fine you disagree, but I'm letting people know my experience. Cloud Guru and Linux Academy played a big part as well. Amazon's own white papers on securing a virtual environment alone are worth an in-depth read. While yes they do cover services that they offer, they also speak in general terms. AZURE, GCP etc are going to have the same services with different names.

People are free to do what they please, but I'm directly speaking to those that want to make over 6 figures. There is no point in hustling backwards at this point.

If someone wants to learn basic fundamentals Network + is a better investment than A+. Even with Net +, I would just learn the basics and then actually start studying for the Cloud Practioner or Solutions Architect exam be it AWS, AZURE, or GCP. I chose AWS because at this point in time it carries more weight.

A + isn't going to teach the command line. For that someone should look into a Red Hat Linux certification.

I agree you don’t necessarily have to take the A+ exam but at least have general knowledge of the exam objectives. But my advice is for people with zero knowledge of how computers or networks work. A+ will teach you how to access the command line and very basic commands that will come in handy for beginners. Once again this is for people with zero knowledge of the fundamentals.

 

[No Homo]

Work paid for a bunch of Azure certs so I'll be doing them next

I'm seeing a wave of IAM contracts, varying between £550-750 a day

The bag is just waiting

Im in Identity Management. Its growing very rapidly. The money is out there.

 

[Splash]

Im in Identity Management. Its growing very rapidly. The money is out there.

And how do you find the work? You contracting or perm?

 

[Woodwerkz]

I’m studying for my Sec + now. That shot is absolutely worth it your earning power will go way up and there’s a big demand for security. I’m starting another program in September to get into CyberSecurity and in particular ethical hacking.

If it’s getting paid for I’d do all that shyt breh. Plus idk about you, but cyber security is by far the most fascinating field in IT.

Did you take your Sec + yet? I took mine last month... failed the first time but pasted the 2nd time

 

[colicolicoli]

Did you take your Sec + yet? I took mine last month... failed the first time but pasted the 2nd time

What did you use to study for Sec+?

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

My book on subnetting comes in the mail today

That was my biggest issue when I looked at this shyt

I hate my job and it's easy

I just need more money and wanna move out this state

I wanna get a NOC position

 

[Woodwerkz]

What did you use to study for Sec+?

Some Powerpoints, testout.com for the lab simulations and I had 3 sets of Brain Dump questions someone gave me

Spoiler

Between the 2 question dumps I realized that about 47 of my 77 regular questions were on there and 2 of my 5 performance based questions also.

I didn't look at the questions my first attempt...the next time I did but used it to learn why the answers were right and the wrong ones wrong

 

[Artenche]

Best Youtube Channel for Python :

Corey Schafer

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Did you take your Sec + yet? I took mine last month... failed the first time but pasted the 2nd time

Nah, I thought they’d let me take it during this new program but I can’t take it until after the program in February because of how rigorous the shyt is. I gotta do CCNA, CySa, and Certified Ethical Hacker from today until February 16th.

By the end of that I should be pretty good to take the Sec and Net+. Congrats on passing btw, I really wish I could’ve gotten it sooner so I could be working. But after this program I’ll really be a 6 Figure 6 Cert baller. :wowderas:

 

[zerorequiem]

IAM is so important but so many companies don't care about it. I can't tell you the number of systems I have access to that I shouldn't because no one cares to manage access properly.


IAM = Access Management. Basically managing who has access to what systems and the type of access they have. Very lucrative if you know your shyt.

I just started doing a job doing SSO, SAML, LDAP, etc but I was trying to see what concrete skills or certs I could use to springboard to another job doing this possibly. I'm trying to soak up as much as I can and then get out of there.

 

[Regine Hunter]

noob here. Sec+ training textbook arrived in the mail last week, just purchased a membership in cybrary; I think until I gain more knowledge I think my first landing will be to work towards becoming a help desk/desktop technician and hopefully by the time I get my first cert work as a SOC analyst. There's so much to learn, I'm still figuring out what exactly I want to do.