IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Mainevent_7]

Tbh everything i've learned came from work/learning on the job.

One job i was working phone tech support for Sprint for almost 2 years, so that would be under the telecom domain. Making $9.75 plus sales bonus

Then i worked two years at a ISP call center doing tech support/basic internet security making $11.72. Got fed up with that shyt after my manager at the time told me about missing too many days and if i wanted to be here long term(I didn't) i couldn't miss any more days, s i finally forced myself to get my A+.

Once i passed that i started putting out feelers to Houston and got a great response. I actually landed a job out there at $17 an hour but couldn't afford the move. But at the same time ended up getting an offer in Baton Rouge at $28 an hour for what was supposed to be 2 months but went for 15.


Thats where i really learned a lot of in depth shyt as far servers, desktop, security, encryption, medical software, etc.

I work for one of the tech consulting firm now but the work I do is not technical at all. I want a change but I'm not willing to take a pay cut to do so.

I need a job like you had in Baton Rouge. What type of job was that?

 

[Silkk]

I work for one of the tech consulting firm now but the work I do is not technical at all. I want a change but I'm not willing to take a pay cut to do so.

I need a job like you had in Baton Rouge. What type of job was that?

It was help desk pretty much, but it was way more technical than the service desk shyt im doing now.

 

[GollyImGully]

Well, this sucks. My boss dropped a bomb on me today. He got a new job and he'll be gone in 2 weeks. When I first started, he made this big ass spreadsheet with a bunch of stuff I was gonna learn. And he said it was just the basics\the beginning. There was even talk of me having learning time on the clock. I've only been on the job since April and I missed a month because of jury duty.

This puts me in a strange position. I'm going to be the only support person in the NYC office until he gets replaced. How long is that gonna take? All the other more senior Ops people are DevOps engineers and in other countries. We have a video conference at 8pm* every Mondays and Wednesdays (i attend on Wednesdays) and everything they talk about is over my head.

My boss is a good guy and I wish him the best... but this sucks.

*Yes, this is outside of normal work hours for me

Sounds like you gonna have to learn the topics from the spreadsheet ya self

 

[kickz]

Just got an offer from a company after surviving 4/5 rounds of interviews.

Broke nikka 3 years ago, and now we here

 

[Silkk]

Just got an offer from a company after surviving 4/5 rounds of interviews.

Broke nikka 3 years ago, and now we here

4-5interviews?

 

[kickz]

4-5interviews?

Yea but last one was more the Senior Dev explaining the onboarding process, and giving me the hint that the company was probably preparing an offer. Which is what I received today.

Can't wait to moonwalk into the office Monday and hand in the 2 week notice

 

[Silkk]

Yea but last one was more the Senior Dev explaining the onboarding process, and giving me the hint that the company was probably preparing an offer. Which is what I received today.

Whats the number?

 

[kickz]

Whats the number?

Don't want to brag breh, do people usually post salaries in here

 

[Silkk]

Don't want to brag breh, do people usually post salaries in here

Yeah, We all family in here

 

[kickz]

Gonna be coming into work Monday on some

Yeah, We all family in here

Sent figure in pm breh

 

[patscorpio]

Don't want to brag breh, do people usually post salaries in here

Yeah lol

4-5 rds of interviews though...shyt

 

[Apollo Creed]

Yeah lol

4-5 rds of interviews though...shyt

anything more than a screening with HR and an in person is overkill imo

 

[patscorpio]

anything more than a screening with HR and an in person is overkill imo

For my current job I had a HR screening, phone interview, then a 4 hour in person interview before I got an offer

 

[kickz]

anything more than a screening with HR and an in person is overkill imo

May have exaggerated but it went like;

HR screening
Speak on the phone with Senior Dev (He is out of state)
On campus interview with Management
followed by same day interview with fellow devs on the team
and finally a call from Senior dev a few days later explaining what onboarding would be like and that I most likely had the job in the bag

 

[Apollo Creed]

May have exaggerated but it went like;

HR screening
Speak on the phone with Senior Dev (He is out of state)
On campus interview with Management
followed by same day interview with fellow devs on the team
and finally a call from Senior dev a few days later explaining what onboarding would be like and that I most likely had the job in the bag

Usually HR call is to make sure they can afford you, and make sure your resume aligns with job. if there is another Phone interview thats usually a screening to make sure you can actually do the job with someone who does or manages the job asking you the questions. The In person joints are usually to make sure you fit the culture and they actually "like you". Anything after that should be an offer/explaining the next steps.

But if you are having 3-4 ACTUAL interviews that are being held on different days that is too much.