Anyone with experience in Information Technology

[Jean Jacket]

Look into RMF.

Bachelor's and Sec+.

Look up Convocourses on YT.

He's a Breh that drops knowledge on that subject.

Gotta get a clearance though.

80-90 Jr level
110-125 Sr.

 

[xXMASHERXx]

Not my lane but I don’t even use VM’s anymore. Labs are literally online these days.

I did use Kali for a minute on my personal laptop but that was just for Udemy And CBT Nuggets labs.

Sites like TryHackMe and HtB are nice but a home lab is still invaluable. A lot of things you wouldn't want to do on an box connected to the internet.

 

[Jekyll]

The people saying lie are half right. Lie about what you’ve done, not what you know. For example, if you know Java from personal experience but don’t have professional experience then its ok to list that on your resume. If you don’t then you probably shouldn’t try to take that Java Programmer job because Java is complex and the company is likely not going to allow you time to learn it if they expected you to know it.


Whatever money you make is not worth the stress and anxiety of having to cram the complex shyt you have to know to work some of these jobs.

 

[SheWantTheD]

I have a degree in it.

No one cares. No one is hiring.


Pretty much a paperweight.


Do computer science.

Find a temp agency to find a job for you doing level 1 tech support.

I was able to get a job doing that.

 

[SheWantTheD]

Working in IT I've learned that most people are morons and don't know what they are doing.

Also, I could have done this shyt straight out of high school because of my knowledge using and troubleshooting my own computers growing up.

 

[JT-Money]

Breh shut the fukk up you have no idea how hard it is for a recent graduate out here. And I have experience.

You may have to relocate like I did to find you're first real IT job. Especially if the city you live that has hundreds of applicants for every job.

What people don't realize is due to the pandemic lots of companies are hiring entry-level people overseas instead.

My last two companies hired practically all their entry-level IT Support people from India or Poland.
Only really hard to find skills or senior level roles are filled in the states.

Even the IT Management is from overseas now. So you know they would rather hire one of their country men instead.

 

[Mandizi]

How do you feel about it as a career? Does it provide well enough in this environment? And how does it differ from Information systems?? Don't need anyone putting their whole life on blast, just interested if this would be a good field to pursue. Not trying to waste my GI bill on something that won't be able to provide for the family, no longer living for myself.

Opportunities are endless with a career in IT. It can provide a great salary for a single person or one with a family. I'm not sure how much it differs from IS, but some professionals with degrees in both work together. There are various sectors in IT, so if you try one sector (web development, database admin, network admin, etc.) and don't like it, you can always try something else. Have to keep the desire to always learn and pickup new knowledge in order to make it in the IT field, regardless of which sector you select. Staying up-to-date on the latest industry standards is key to progressing your IT career.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Sites like TryHackMe and HtB are nice but a home lab is still invaluable. A lot of things you wouldn't want to do on an box connected to the internet.

Not from my experience but ok

Sandboxed labs are the best way to learn imo.. and cheapest.


You’ll get your hands on in the field or from OTJ training

 

[Gold]

Dont get a degree in IT.

Do comp sci or comp eng.

Get your masters in IT management if u want tho

 

[Rozay Oro]

I am. You can learn a great deal on your own honestly. At that point it’s just about an organization giving you the opportunity. But once you’re in, YOURE IN! You learn so much, so quickly. Just keep your hustle on and don’t say no even if you don’t know something. Just say “I’ll figure it out”. Then figure it out. Want something more future proof, with good return? Get into cloud engineering. Azure or AWS. But First learn the basics. Get windows 10 pro, enable hyper-v. Get some ISO’s and spin up VM’s. Learn AD, Basic group policy shyt, how to navigate around dns & dhcp then go from there. Its a good career to be in, most of the time. depending on your level there can be a great deal of stress a few times of year.

What are those?

 

[StretfordRed]

What are those?

ISO: disk images of operating systems. Basically allows you to run multiple computers on one laptop/desktop

AD: Microsoft’s Active Directory. Basically a big database of objects in a network e.g users, computers, printers, groups

DNS: Domain Name System. Provides translation between a domain name e.g “thecoil.com” and it’s IP address e.g 81.47.211.12 (which is really how computers communicate, not via domain names)

DHCP: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol: Example: within a private network, it provides auto assigned IP address to devices and manages the state of said IP address.

But to be honest search it on YouTube.

And for the people who lie on their CV they may have gotten away with it, but if you’re interviewing at good organisations, you’ll be caught out very quickly, most times during the interview. I personally love calling people out on shyt in their CV

As for me I work in IT security since 2009, mostly in finance for the two biggest banks in the UK and USA. I now for a main US technology company

 

[JLova]

Dont get a degree in IT.

Do comp sci or comp eng.

Get your masters in IT management if u want tho

while I agree, comp sci and comp engineering are very difficult. I don’t know if things have changed but you will be taking math and science courses as well.

 

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How do you feel about it as a career? Does it provide well enough in this environment? And how does it differ from Information systems?? Don't need anyone putting their whole life on blast, just interested if this would be a good field to pursue. Not trying to waste my GI bill on something that won't be able to provide for the family, no longer living for myself.

watch all of these (playlist) while waiting for feedback .

 

[Unolove]

I was a IT help desk technician in the summer of 2010 and 2011 I don’t got any certs tho job was easy

 

[Rich Spirit]

I want to get into Business Analysis but I get hit with the “you don’t have experience with working on IT projects or user testing, etc”. I have a non technical background and I’m not able to pivot at my current employer so I’m thinking where can i develop business analysis skills and work on IT projects if I’m unable to at my current job