One of my first IT mentors was a breh on this site. I am grateful for what this site was especially in the mid 2010's. I can't even lie, these nikkas 100%.
Black man goes from 37k to 6 figures 6 certs in two years
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fukk!!
See I need to stop bullshytting, motivate myself during this pandemic and get back to teaching myself UX/UI Designing
Wasting my life
See I need to stop bullshytting, motivate myself during this pandemic and get back to teaching myself UX/UI Designing
Wasting my life
nikka, I am the king of slower learners who smart af. You can do it, it's all about mindset and getting your priorities right. I remember telling my wife a year before I went back for CS that school ain't for me. I am just a C+ higher learning student at best. My college undergrad GPA was under 2.5 and I didn't really party like that either. I just took as many classes as possible to get out early to get money. Sadly, I didn't realize my decision was stupid af.Self teaching is hard for some people
Like me for instance I’ma slow learner at school, that’s why I’m always the one asking questions and study more than others... this would not work for meI would need to get a degree
I had elite companies interested in the college organizational interviews and they would look at my GPA and it was an instant hit the road jack. I remember an advisor telling me being a career floor manager at the local bread and floor company was a great career for a nikka like me
Even Kia floor manager was too high to shoot for and I'm telling these cacs at the time that I am going to be a billionaire, watch! I can still be a billionaire but I was mistaken to where I was at the time overall to really be that ignorant and arrogant to the facts.Truth is, I needed the fukkery in my life that happened. Pre-marriage child out of wedlock. An exceptional wife that early in my relationship seemed like it was nikkarella how I was completely out of the professional league with her on my arms. She went for multiple elite degrees. She was making six figures and going to school to be a professional in another area. While I am in her house, living off of her rent, chipping in nothing special, telling her that I ain't cut out for this shyt cause I wanna watch LeBron and post on thecoli outside of work hours while she grinding in the books.
She left me temporarily as you can imagine but I realized I became my worst enemy even if my knowledge was beastly. I went back to school. Took CS. Became an A+ student. 98-100 overall grades. No slacking. I didn't get fired for once. I ended up training Harvard and Dartmouth grads. I learned from my mistakes that being Black in the workplace is a skill more than just a thing we naturally do. I taught others and their success skyrocketed instantly. I went from being a joke among my peers to being globally renowned in my area. I really changed who I was because I looked at my past as to who I was not realizing that I AM THE AUTHOR OF MY LIFE BOOK. While I am a slower learner, I became an extremely gifted guy when it came to retaining knowledge and things. It helped me become who I ended up being. All of this is truly the faith of God but you gotta use the tools he has given you.
Disagree, Location does play a huge part in it though
Everybody isn't cut out for this shyt. I was good at this shyt when I was 6 years old. IT was always something I was gifted at. I used to fit rich cacs PCs when I was a teenager and some had engineers in the house and I would do it without formal training. Everyone is different. I am trash at handy work. Super trash.
I don't know, I feel like entry-level is much easier in other fields. IT entry-level still requires experience. Location matters a lot but you really gotta think outside of the box. In most fields, you can just go to job boards or contact your college career advisors. In this field, you gotta befriend recruiters like you are an athlete.
Tech Support doesn't require any experience. Call centers, Geek squad, Field tech work, etc. Just depends on what you want to do and where you trying to go but as far as breaking into IT there's a crazy abundance of jobs in the right cities
IT is deep af. Not everyone natural skill-set is Tech Support-IT support to cert fields. Even then, my homie went that route and you still gotta go through job recruiters as well for entry-level. Most of these jobs require some type of experience breh.
Again, depends on where you at.
In Baton Rouge, the job options were minimal.
When I moved to Houston I was doing 4-5 interviews per day.
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his response was to vague,,,,,,,,,,,
I'm thinking dude got a ladder promotion or was already working with the IT Team at that job,,,,, who knows tho....... everyone path is different...... nevertheless
to breh
I'm thinking dude got a ladder promotion or was already working with the IT Team at that job,,,,, who knows tho....... everyone path is different...... nevertheless
to breh
When you are in bigger cities, competition is rigorous as well. It goes both ways.
You rather compete with 200 people for 3 jobs a month or compete with 500 people for 300 jobs a month?
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True that. That’s what I’m going through in NyC. Which is why I also apply to places like Buffalo, Wilmington, or DMV where nyc has a lot of its “second” offices.
My lawyer friend moves from DC to NYC because DC is saturated with lawyers