IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Putting together my resume again 
Just wanna submit a piece of paper saying Imma need 6 figures
Realizing how much experience I've amassed in my year here, light sprinkling of ducktales and we bout to cash out
Just wanna submit a piece of paper saying Imma need 6 figures
Realizing how much experience I've amassed in my year here, light sprinkling of ducktales and we bout to cash out
That's kinda what I figured about full time devs. I have a few start-to-finish projects under my belt already so if I'm asked I can expand on my experiences. Honestly, at this point my resume is strong enough to where I don't need to really search out opportunities for gaining experience, but it doesn't hurt to do it anyway. By the end of the week I'll have one or two class projects to put on my Github that'll show some of my experience with AI search algorithms and working with unfamiliar technologies.
Side note: group projects are so
I just found an offer letter in my old boss' email from over a year before I started. It was for my position offering some dude 15k more than I'm making.
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FastEddie215
Rookie
Just seeing this. Before my MCSA server 2012 i had my A+ cert. After i got the A+ i landed my first I.T job about 3months later. The MCSA2012 landed me higher paying jobs/system admin type jobs. Studying for the MCSE2012 now
Klyk21
Hate is Rising, Love is Dying....
running a dual boot windows 10/ windows server 2012 r2 standard as of today breh. What are the most important (need to know) excercises of the mcsa? Also, what is the starting salary in your area? I have my a+ already but that shyt only getting me 30-35k jobs. I'm looking to be close to 60-70 just with the mcsa but that doesn't seem all that plausible anymore
. Anway, any advice on the mcsa would be appreciated @Sonny Bonds that sucks breh. But you have to negotiate upfront or they will pay you the base starting salary for the position...
I just found an offer letter in my old boss' email from over a year before I started. It was for my position offering some dude 15k more than I'm making.
Look for a new job and use that higher offer as leverage for the old gig assuming you want to stay.
Back when I was offered the job, I asked if they could raise the offer to 5k more than I'm getting. They said no because I'd be getting training.
Let's say you're in the negotiations process and you actually don't have any other offers. Would you recommend saying you have an offer for more and risk them calling your bluff? I'm not in this situation, no offers at the moment, I'm just curious as to what other people would do.
You don't want to sour things at your job. I'd only push them if I had an offer on the table.
Typically they just ask me my salary range during the initial phone screening when I first get hit up. So I always give them a range where the Min is what I want so anything over the min is a plus. So if they ask how much I want and I say 90-95k, the 90 is what I want, so if I get an offer of 92k then I got what I want and then some. The only thing you should probably be negotiating during the offer letter phase would be vacation time and stuff like that depending if thats a priority.
If you are in a job that sucks then you might want to play it safe, but if the job you are currently in is decent then you at least have some leverage to tell recruiters what ever you want, and if they turn you down then its really no biggie.
Once you have 4-5+ years experience you should be able to demand what you want, because even if you are getting underpaid at your current gig you can just bounce and get the market rate at a new gig. When you dont have much experience you don't have much leverage when it comes to looking for work.
Next year will make 5 yrs in the game for me, once I finish my Masters hopefully next fall I`m going to assess my goals for the next 3-5 years.
Ice_MF_Mike
Pro
I wouldnt lie if you dont have an offer. But once you are getting close to an offer thats the best time to get your resume out there so you can leverage this offer elsewhere. My last job search once i had 1 offer, i went to the other two companies and told them i had an offer on the table. This lets them know you are highly coveted and then usually if they like you they will speed up the process and get you their offer the next day. THEN you have lots of leverage and negotiate.
I have my resume up on Dice and Glassdoor and after a lot of work it's finally getting some interest. What I'm apprehensive about is the types of positions I'm being emailed about by recruiters. Some are sending me stuff about senior positions (humblebrag
) but I don't think my experience is really at that level - it's been mainly opportunities I've created using some contacts of mine and nothing at a legitimate company. The way I've painted it, however, gives the appearance that it's a little more than it really was, but none of the resume content is untruthful. Now, can I do the job? Yeah I'm pretty sure I can. What's holding me back is that slight fear of failure. I know we all have our failures from time to time, but I don't think it would be a good look if I step fresh into one of these senior positions and drop the ball. Would you recommend me going for it anyway?And nice work on that Masters, other than my mom, aunt, and obviously some of my professors, I haven't come across too many black people going for or holding a graduate degree. I'm looking to get a Masters of Computer Science eventually but don't have a lot of experience on the research side of C.S. But I did a thesis for Political Science, so it's not going to be too much of a stretch.
Ice_MF_Mike
Pro
Just tell them you need to talk it over with your family and make a decision. Usually you will get anywhere from 48 hours to 5 days to make your decision.