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I'm in Baltimore.
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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I'm in Baltimore.
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Nice. I assume the COL is lower than DC
psgchisolm
Pro
I'm working on this myself. I'm going to have to save up some money so by the time I have the dough I should be prepared for it. What resources are you using to study? I have to All in One book, a udemy course, and cybrary course.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
Can't Change My Damn Avi :beli:
I ripped the CBT Nugget vids but those were trash.
Now I have a free Lynda account through work that im using which gets much more in depth.
I'm a business/it major and bi is possibly a route I have thinking of taking how is your day to day? And how advanced would my SQL skills need to be
If you are trying to be a dev then you need to understand Relational and Non Relational (NoSQL) DB's and ETL concepts.
Most definitely! DC pays way better though, so a lot of people I know commute. If I could do it over, I would have started my earlier career in DC.
It really depends on the role you're doing. When I say development, it's been more developing reporting applications and dashboards, so I used a lot of SQL to write the scripts that pulled data into the applications. When I did Analyst work, I would use SQL more for basic querying or troubleshooting. So like getting a quick count of members or sum of dollars.I also have a lot of experience so I look for senior or lead roles that way I can command a higher salary.
I DBA isn't a DB Developer in the literal sense. If you want to be a good BI Dev you'd want to understand DBs from a Dev perspective not just an admin perspective.
Some places won't consider a candidate without a degree. Having a master's can put you ahead of the curve because they assume the holder has more knowledge/experience than someone with a bachelor's, which isn't necessarily the case. That piece of paper is definitely important. The knowledge vs a boot camp or self-teaching is different.
PikaDaDon
Thunderbolt Them Suckers
Personally I'm only interested in getting a frontend/fullstack developer job at a startup (or medium size company). I don't think a degree matters too much in my line of work. Of course if you want to work with Disney or Google or whatever you obviously need a degree. Big companies like that are obsessed with certification.
Yes you can get a job without a degree however your grind and interview bullshyt game better be a1. Its 2018 almost everyone has a degree many job openings have 100s of applicants how do you think they are filtering out people? Also with outsourcing and cheap labour flooding the tech scene you could be competing with people from 3rd world countries with post grad education willing to work for far less than you.
You can defiantly pull it off but don't let the posters on reddit hype you up nanny will have access to networks and resources you wont