IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Apollo Creed]

I won't get excited, but I had a good conversation with a recruiter last night about a position with a company I previously contracted with. It's my goal salary and he seemed sincere enough about wanting to help me. I have a few other things in the pipeline as well, but nothing as good as this.

No Such thing as a Goal Salary. Skies the limit

 

[Silkk]

This Cysa+ got way more depth than the Sec+ for damn sure. Had to push that hoe back two weeks.

Jumping straight to the CISSP after all this.

 

[Silkk]

Whoever said “the further you advance in IT, the less work you have to do” was not lying.

I’m a network admin and 90% of my time is spent surfing the web and studying for certs. I can’t believe I get paid for this

Right now I’m trying finish up the second half of the CCNA data center certification before I start going deeper into Python and working on my CCNP R&S. There’s always something new to learn brehs

True shyt, I did WAAAY more work at call center, retail, helpdesk than I do now.

 

[Pyrexcup]

Real talk, job game just like the dating game. Build yourself up & call your own shots.

It's honestly crazy going from getting my first helpdesk gig four years ago to turning down 100k offers four years later

you have come a long way

 

[Silkk]

you have come a long way

Still got a little way to go, but if I can focus I should be there by January


I owe a ton of credit to this thread, but I owe a LOT of credit @bdizzle personally. The shyt he would be in here posting & talking about definitely lit a fire under my ass.

 

[Rawtid]

No Such thing as a Goal Salary. Skies the limit

True. I was talking about as far as working for someone else. It’s a comfortable salary that meets my financial goals without having to be manager.

 

[patscorpio]

True. I was talking about as far as working for someone else. It’s a comfortable salary that meets my financial goals without having to be manager.

whats your goal salary?

 

[Rawtid]

whats your goal salary?

$125k

 

[patscorpio]

$125k

Good salary..for what non managerial position?

 

[Rawtid]

Good salary..for what non managerial position?

The title is Senior Qliksense Developer

 

[patscorpio]

The title is Senior Qliksense Developer

Nice!!! The Qlik products are amazing...the BI team here at my company work heavily with it.

 

[Rawtid]

Nice!!! The Qlik products are amazing...the BI team here at my company work heavily with it.

For sure! I loved working with the product and hopefully I'll get a chance to again, plus it's a really good company. I applied for a remote mid-level role for another company, obviously not as much pay, but I'm still excited.

 

[Apollo Creed]

$125k

What market are you in?

 

[Rawtid]

What market are you in?

My experience is in Business Intelligence, Data, Database...all around there. This particular role pays that much because of the company, the range for similar roles have been between $85k-$105k.

 

[Apollo Creed]

My experience is in Business Intelligence, Data, Database...all around there. This particular role pays that much because of the company, the range for similar roles have been between $85k-$105k.

I More so meant geography