I done came a loooooong way breh
Hoping I can motivate the next generation like he did for me
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Hoping I can motivate the next generation like he did for me
Got Server + tomorrow at high noon...
negative to positive...let the hatred towards your ex fuel to greatness..besides like boomerangs they all come back..esp if you level up...i speak from experienceAfter two years of studying and 10 months of hardcore studying I'm A+ certified. Its bittersweet because my fiancee left in the midst of me getting itbut I'm on the up and up
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GollyImGully
Too many wavy women, gotta log outta IG
whatever happened to him?I done came a loooooong way breh
Hoping I can motivate the next generation like he did for me
No idea. Last I heard he had taken a job in Atlanta but he hasn't posted since. Hopefully its all good.
Got Server + tomorrow at high noon...
Goddamn it! Missed that bytch by 40 fukkin points. Linux was by 70 points.
I had a job interview today. Why did the job ad list "Knowledge of a scripting language: Powershell, Python, or Bash" if it's 70% Windows and there's no domain? When asked about implementing one as a project within the role, the answer he gave me was more of a maybe than a definite yes. What the hell?
Steel
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I’m making big leaps in my career due to this thread and IT in general. First help desk role 36k 2nd desktop role 45k just made the leap in my new role as an Analyst at 62k 
. I’m not 6 figure gang yet but the way I’m progressing I know it’s coming
. I’m not 6 figure gang yet but the way I’m progressing I know it’s comingMirin4rmfar
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AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam this weekend. Wish me luck brehs
How was it? My shyt about to expire but I don't want to recertify. I am looking at their platform and it's a lot NOW. I mainly want to focus on working in Cyber Security portion so I'm thinking of just getting the Cyber Security speacialty. That's what pertains to my career. All this machine learning, big data...etc..don't matter to me in the grand scheme of thing.
KingTut
Green diamonds like a dill pickle
I took the newest version (only one available now) and it wasnt super hard but some of the questions are very long and situational, plus some of the answers are similar to try and trip you up. If you work with AWS daily or remember most of the info you'll be ok. I'd read up on some of the newer stuff like DAX, MQ, and Athena because those were on the exam and I had no idea what they were at the time.
You honestly should just go for a specialty in the area you're trying to focus on. Once I get the dev and sysops associate certs I'm either going to focus on keeping in the devops or security lane. No point in trying to retain a bunch of information you'll never use again. Especially since they're making the exams a lot harder to keep the certs more exclusive, which is a good thing for those of us looking to work in those fields. Less competition and more money.
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Been at my same job for a few years now doing basic sys admin work. Making 40k/yr in a shytty not so expensive city. But it's state government so the benefits are great. I've gotten pretty complacent not sure if it's worth leaving. What's the end goal for you guys?
Mirin4rmfar
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Yeah...just going to specialize...my current job role is cloud security...just going to focus on that aspect. Within just two years they got a lot of damn features.
Mirin4rmfar
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You are being complacent imo....there is more out there. The sys op work is a good starter imo....I'm aiming for a 130K total package in 2020. With some cloud sys op certs you can hit 80 plus. If not six figure. The good thing is you have transferable experience.
Spoke to the recruiter and they want me to come in for a final round. I'd meet the CEO and some other people. Another 2 and half hours. But the stuff in my other post still really bothers me.
Got another interview at a better company on Thursday.