IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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I feel lost right now, I have interests, but the problem is I can't make up my mind with what I want to do with my career. I can't make up my mind if I want to stay in the security space, or work towards AWS certs to get a cloud engineer role, or work on my programming skills to become a developer. I have interests, but I just can't firmly stick to one.
protestor
Man of the year
I would appreciate some advise. Trying to explore careers.
Security, Devops, business analyst, cloud technologies careers seem to be trending.
I have no experience in any of the above. I'm not even sure what exactly those roles do or where to start.
Can y'all share experience/ advice if you are in any of those0fileds/roles
how you got started?
where is the starting point
prerequisites are needed.
What you day your day to day is.
Security, Devops, business analyst, cloud technologies careers seem to be trending.
I have no experience in any of the above. I'm not even sure what exactly those roles do or where to start.
Can y'all share experience/ advice if you are in any of those0fileds/roles
how you got started?
where is the starting point
prerequisites are needed.
What you day your day to day is.
GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
He was the OG that gave us all the game
I think a couple brehs pulled it off here
If I did it i'd only entertain specific contract positions (6 month project based work). I dont work a full 40 hours a week. Besides meetings I can finish my work for whatever sprint Im working on in 2 days max.
Scott Larock
Its hard leaving thecoli but I gotta find a way...
I can get you links if you need them.
You need to pm if you bout that unethical life though.
Scott Larock
Its hard leaving thecoli but I gotta find a way...
Naw, you gotta hit that book hard. It's gonna take a while to get subnetting down and classful and classless IP addresses.
How much was that boson btw?
Also check out david bobmal on Udemy and pick up his 12 dollar ccna course.
Formerly Black Trash
Philosopher, Connoisseur, Future Legend
Mirin4rmfar
Superstar
Heads up
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All free if you want to learn firewall..going to add this to my list of training for the year. Expert security training free.
Fortinet makes Network Security Expert training courses free
All free if you want to learn firewall..going to add this to my list of training for the year. Expert security training free.
Mirin4rmfar
Superstar
Honestly, its a lot...but it depends on what you want a security role can be IPS/IDS, Firewall, Endpoint Security, Data Privacy, Cloud Security, Risk Management, Auditing etc. etc.
The bolded could also be its own DevSecOps, You really have to look into it.
but really, learn linux, learn automation and learn Cloud would be my advise right now. That's what hot now.
Starting point could be anywhere, some start answering calls, some start out as senior level. It depends on who is internviewing and how much they believe in you.
protestor
Man of the year
Thanks for input bro. I have IT experience but I'm too much of generalist. Prob because I been doing support (deskside and phones). For a while now.
I thought about pursuing linux.
I know the basics of Linux. file hierchy, basic commands and how to use man. I can read a basic bash scripts and understand it, but when It comes to creating my own, I blank out. It's like my brain can't put a stupid ass script together.
Are you able to write scripts?
How did you feel when you first started?
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
I'll offer some input as far as scripting from powershell perspective. I felt the same exact way as you. What I did was read a book and go through different exercises to learn the basics. Once I had that down I started looking at different tasks that I could script (change a password, restart services, etc). So just like most thing, you get better at it by doing it.
protestor
Man of the year
salute bro. Percevrience pays off, your right.
I was thinking:
Devops
learn bash, and
start getting into k8, docker.
Or
Bash scripting than PowerShell. Than k8 docker etc
Does that make sense?
Security. I guess I need to look into what's a junior for this.
Rich Spirit
#LeveledUp
Anyone here has any Azure certs?
Wassup everybody, I got a question about software testing careers.
I've been studying manual testing for the past year and I'm ready to hit the job market.
However, I was told that with just manual testing skills, I wont be able to find a job unless I know some automation.
I was told that companies want employees to also have automation skills at handy,
if, or when, the software product goes through automation testing.
Can any of yall verify whether this is true or not?
Peace.
I've been studying manual testing for the past year and I'm ready to hit the job market.
However, I was told that with just manual testing skills, I wont be able to find a job unless I know some automation.
I was told that companies want employees to also have automation skills at handy,
if, or when, the software product goes through automation testing.
Can any of yall verify whether this is true or not?
Peace.
Congrats Breh
How long did you study? I got sec + and I’m looking for the next best cert.