IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Splash]

Yea idk wtf I was thinking Soon as I sent the reply I was like Is there anyone to finesse this into more money if they give me an offer?

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[MyApps]

Is this thread only for people looking into Network admin/help desk/security positions? What about people looking to become a developer/programmer/bioinformatics specialists? I've read that its best to read through all 489 pages of the thread, but for pages 1-10 it's been all Networking/Cisco/Security related. I'm not going to read every page if its 90% Networking especially if Im gonna have to take a 36k/yr paycut for 4-5 years just to get back to my current salary.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Is this thread only for people looking into Network admin/help desk/security positions? What about people looking to become a developer/programmer/bioinformatics specialists? I've read that its best to read through all 489 pages of the thread, but for pages 1-10 it's been all Networking/Cisco/Security related. I'm not going to read every page if its 90% Networking especially if Im gonna have to take a 36k/yr paycut for 4-5 years just to get back to my current salary.

Look for the programming thread. This one is pretty much just infrastructure related

 

[MyApps]

Look for the programming thread. This one is pretty much just infrastructure related

Thank you

 

[Regular Developer]

Yea NOBODY teaches COBOL anymore, only places that use it are a few Financial companies that still run Mainframe stuff.

awww man, mainframe. I shudder at the thought of sitting down and looking at the green font on black background.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

had my first contact with Robert Half today. they seem sketchy as fukk :mjfrancis:

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Has anyone taken the Microsoft 70-461? And in general, are the classes for Microsoft certs worth it? $1000 per class for each test and I wanna take 5 tests shyt's not really related to my job so I can't pass the cost to them

 

[Apollo Creed]

had my first contact with Robert Half today. they seem sketchy as fukk :mjfrancis:

A dude i went to school with works for them lol. The whole tech staffing industry seems sharky and janky to me honestly

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Wifey got a job through a tech staffing agency. That contractor money >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

 

[↓R↑LYB]

What is active directory?

It's basically a giant database of users, their passwords, and their permissions.

 

[No Homo]

had my first contact with Robert Half today. they seem sketchy as fukk :mjfrancis:

They are...

WOAT recruiting company...they're never specific of what they have in terms of jobs and always want you to come in to speak with a recruiter.

Its always " we have a number of positions that fit your skill set. We would like you to come in so we can discuss further"

Biggest wasters of your time

 

[patscorpio]

Today was my first day at the new job. After searching for about 6 months on and off and who knows how many interviews. They're gonna teach me VMware and AWS and a bunch of other shyt!

The people are cool too. Only problem is I suck with names and faces. And I get paid monthly.

I get paid monthly too...you'll get used to it..congrats

 

[Apollo Creed]

Has anyone taken the Microsoft 70-461? And in general, are the classes for Microsoft certs worth it? $1000 per class for each test and I wanna take 5 tests shyt's not really related to my job so I can't pass the cost to them

You planning on eventually getting the BI MCSE? I was thinking about getting the SQL MCSA since I had an DB Security Class last semester and I`m in a DBA class now, then getting the BI MCSE after I take this BI class in the fall but I heard the Server related MCSA/MCSE are the only ones that matter.

 

[patscorpio]

Yea NOBODY teaches COBOL anymore, only places that use it are a few Financial companies that still run Mainframe stuff.

i still have a COBOL skillset ..i had to learn that and JCL for my first internship working on mainframes for a utility company

 

[patscorpio]

Is this thread only for people looking into Network admin/help desk/security positions? What about people looking to become a developer/programmer/bioinformatics specialists? I've read that its best to read through all 489 pages of the thread, but for pages 1-10 it's been all Networking/Cisco/Security related. I'm not going to read every page if its 90% Networking especially if Im gonna have to take a 36k/yr paycut for 4-5 years just to get back to my current salary.

there's 2 threads with IT stuff - this and http://www.thecoli.com/threads/developer-programming-information-and-careers-thread.116488/