IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[platinum f1a$k]

Congrats breh, the hardest part is out the way. Work there for 12-18 months, learn everything you can, pick up some mid level certifications on the way, then bounce for a better gig.

Also make sure you have a career plan. Don't sit on your ass waiting for your employer to promote you or give up a raise. Your raises and promotions come from getting a new job. Stay focused and you'll be making wild bread and turning down six figure jobs on the regular.

This isn't even a third of the e-mails I received today

How are they finding you? Through job boards, LinkedIn, or something I may not know of?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

How are they finding you? Through job boards, LinkedIn, or something I may not know of?

I'm heavy in these streets breh, all they gotta do is ask about me

 

[platinum f1a$k]

I'm heavy in these streets breh, all they gotta do is ask about me

I see

 

[Reginald Noble]

I just applied to my local college for a cyber security degree.

You're better off watching Mr. Robot and becoming a hacker then going to jail and getting hired by the government

 

[GollyImGully]

Breh I turned down a $20k raise as a system engineer where the IT manager was another laid back cool black guy just to stay where I'm at now and I'm regretting that decision daily. Lesson learned: don't be afraid to move on

What made u stay?

 

[DAlbert]

Same for me breh. I'm on my way out the game though.

hows your side business doing bro?!

 

[↓R↑LYB]

hows your side business doing bro?!

Im telling myself it's a marathon not a sprint

 

[se1f_made]

What made u stay?

My current job is in walking distance and the other would've been a 20-45 minute commute each way depending on traffic and it was a role that would've basically been lateral, my goal is to get into devops where the earning ceiling is a little higher

Edit: it was my decision but I did too much consulting with friends and fam. I'm sure they want the best for me but some decisions have to be made on your own

 

[DAlbert]

Im telling myself it's a race not a marathon

I believe in you mane...lead the way

 

[Apollo Creed]

Breh I turned down a $20k raise as a system engineer where the IT manager was another laid back cool black guy just to stay where I'm at now and I'm regretting that decision daily. Lesson learned: don't be afraid to move on

 

[se1f_made]

Yea breh I know it was the wrong decision, trust me I've been thinking about it a lot. But the only way to right it is to continue to pursue my dreams and the value amount that would make me semi content ($135-140k). This shyt is just motivation breh, besides this was the omen that I needed to finally make the move to a bigger city (ATL, Dallas, Houston) as a early 30 something bachelor instead of spending my prime in ole dusty ass Birmingham

Edit: just for motivation purposes only but I'm at $83k annually, job I turned down was gonna give me $94k + bonuses

 

[TRFG]

I applied to some internships basically for the job that I do right now part time at my college and them bytches just emailed me back telling me I'm not competitive enough to make it to the second round. Thing is my resume has about 2 years of IT work (when you combine internships)

 

[se1f_made]

I applied to some internships basically for the job that I do right now part time and them bytches just emailed me back telling me I'm not competitive enough

fukk em breh, I had an internship at a tech company at the end of my senior year and them fools wouldn't offer me a full time job, there's plenty other places that'll recognize your potential...go find em

 

[Apollo Creed]

Yea breh I know it was the wrong decision, trust me I've been thinking about it a lot. But the only way to right it is to continue to pursue my dreams and the value amount that would make me semi content ($135-140k). This shyt is just motivation breh, besides this was the omen that I needed to finally make the move to a bigger city (ATL, Dallas, Houston) as a early 30 something bachelor instead of spending my prime in ole dusty ass Birmingham

Edit: just for motivation purposes only but I'm at $83k annually, job I turned down was gonna give me $94k + bonuses

Lol hell nah. DevOps aint a job title its a way of thinking just like Agile. Typically you get into a "devops" role when you are experienced in numerous areas. The issue right now in IT is DevOps is a buzzword just like agile where nobody understands it but want to claim they do it because its hot in the streets. Like when companies create DevOps Engineer roles and crap like thay.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I applied to some internships basically for the job that I do right now part time at my college and them bytches just emailed me back telling me I'm not competitive enough to make it to the second round. Thing is my resume has about 2 years of IT work (when you combine internships)

Let this be a lesson to expect nothkng from nobody and be loyal to nobody but yourself.

I had a situation where I made it to a final interview and cats were even asking if i was excited to be going to cali for 6 months of training and i still aint get the job