IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Apollo Creed]

Hey brehs, been studying compTIA for the past month. I know passing the exam only will not help get on the path to 6 figures but can any brehs recommend a place to find help desk positions to further my IT experience. Indeed.com is not helping me very much since I need prior experience for most of the jobs

Tech support for a cell phone carrier or ISP in their call centers, Geek Squad, local university/community college

 

[ReggieFlare]

Brehs, how common is it in this industry to be sitting on your ass with nothing to do most of the day?

I've been working at my current job for about 3 months, and outside of a few crunch time deadlines, I'm really just chilling most of the day. I imagine things will change once I become more senior but even some of the more experienced people on my team don't usually seem terribly busy.

 

[Silkk]

Took all my resume postings down and now these recruiters coming out the woodworks with offers.

I should put up a new one saying offer must exceed 80k

 

[Silkk]

fukk it, bout to hit em back & demand a crazy number

 

[Silkk]

"We are waiting for client to respond with the rates . What would you be looking for?"



"I need 77,000 of them thangs."

 

[Apollo Creed]

Brehs, how common is it in this industry to be sitting on your ass with nothing to do most of the day?

I've been working at my current job for about 3 months, and outside of a few crunch time deadlines, I'm really just chilling most of the day. I imagine things will change once I become more senior but even some of the more experienced people on my team don't usually seem terribly busy.

Hire up you get, less work you do.

Seriously

 

[Apollo Creed]

"We are waiting for client to respond with the rates . What would you be looking for?"



"I need 77,000 of them thangs."

Might as well hit em for 100 bands especially if you are comfy and not in desperate need of a new gig

 

[Silkk]

Might as well hit em for 100 bands especially if you are comfy and not in desperate need of a new gig

These are support positions, i dont wanna troll too hard

 

[ReggieFlare]

Hire up you get, less work you do.

Seriously

I knew I picked the right career

 

[Apollo Creed]

I knew I picked the right career

It was a big shock for me coming from Retail jobs in college lol then i learned the game and 2 hr lunches and leaving when you want were a norm

 

[Malik1time]

need some help bruh's.im 20 years old and got kicked out of college for fukking up in my classes. I wanna start new and pursue IT. I know this shyt won't be easy but i aint tryna be like my other friends on the street doing nuthin. So i see almost 441 pages of this topic but can some give me step by step what to do?. If it helps im very good with computers i can build/fix them. I herd i shud get a B.S help me out

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

need some help bruh's.im 20 years old and got kicked out of college for fukking up in my classes. I wanna start new and pursue IT. I know this shyt won't be easy but i aint tryna be like my other friends on the street doing nuthin. So i see almost 441 pages of this topic but can some give me step by step what to do?. If it helps im very good with computers i can build/fix them. I herd i shud get a B.S help me out

start here.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

Took all my resume postings down and now these recruiters coming out the woodworks with offers.

I should put up a new one saying offer must exceed 80k

fukk it, bout to hit em back & demand a crazy number

I'm in the same position man. Ever since I got my new gig I've been flooded with calls and emails every day. I'm about to start fukking with em too

Dudes kicking me system analyst roles with project management / coding / consulting aspects on top of normal desktop support. all I have is net+/a+ and some python skills

Might as well see what happens

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

@princeofhaiti getting your foot in the door is tough. It's taken me the better part of year. Make sure you have a very visually appealing resume (font, spacing etc) that highlights your experience, certifications, and technical skills. If you have literally zero experience and can't *spin* the material on your resume to emphasize any troubleshooting or computer work you did it can be pretty tough. You might have to look into geek squad type roles on the side.

And read this:

start here.

This is a good write up.

 

[FatherSimp]

start here.

Bruh thanks