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ClumsyThief posted:That book is specifically written as a final recap and I think the author says as much in the introduction. I blitzed through it in four or five days, but by that point I had already completed Anderson's Udemy course and was scoring 80%+ on the Boson tests. I would not trust it as your only source of information-- it's far from complete in that sense. I'll definitely swap to the CiscoNetAcad then since my university is giving me access. Appreciate the tip. I'm trying to weigh how heavily I need to memorize the nitty gritty sort of stuff like cable compositions vs. practical knowledge.
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Passed my GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification today! Definitely overstudied, the exam was a breeze and I literally finished in 10 minutes. to my surprise, a big part of that was because the udemy practice exam set I purchased a few hours before for $20 had 70% of the exact questions and answers. So I think I bought a brain dump by accident lmao.
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Jul 23, 2021 23:49
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The Iron Rose posted:Passed my GCP Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification today! Definitely overstudied, the exam was a breeze and I literally finished in 10 minutes. Congrats! I'm going to try and sit for the Azure Data Fundamentals in the next few days.
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How much do you guys make a year with these certs those who want to share? (Also general area.) I'll start, I have Comptia A+, 5 years of experience with the title "Customer Service Rep 4" and an Associates, and I got an offer for Support Specialist position in Fremont for 83k after benefits and everything else. E: GlassDoor says they've offered people up to 110k so I also want to know if I should try and negotiate for higher, or just take the offer. Boba Pearl fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Jul 24, 2021 |
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Jul 24, 2021 02:12
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Boba Pearl posted:How much do you guys make a year with these certs those who want to share? (Also general area.) For an A+?!?! Take that money and run. I dont know maybe Im just old and out of touch but that seems crazy high for a support position.
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Jul 24, 2021 02:20
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I have 5 years of experience as well I thought I put that down.
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Jul 24, 2021 02:51
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Boba Pearl posted:I have 5 years of experience as well I thought I put that down. If they offer that as remote i would put in my own drat resume, 2-3x what i currently make.
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Jul 24, 2021 03:11
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wargames posted:If they offer that as remote i would put in my own drat resume, 2-3x what i currently make. In tech? Start looking and applying. You should be making more.
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Jul 24, 2021 03:30
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Internet Explorer posted:In tech? Start looking and applying. You should be making more. I have and am looking and applying places, awesome goons like Iron rose have helped me do mock interviews, local market suckkkkkks, and 41k is poo poo for ccna, aws cert, BAS and 4 years of experience in hell desk.
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Passed the Microsoft DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals this morning.  *I used the Pearson VUE online proctoring without a hitch. Hughmoris fucked around with this message at 20:00 on Jul 24, 2021 |
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Jul 24, 2021 17:25
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Boba Pearl posted:I also want to know if I should try and negotiate for higher, or just take the offer. Always negotiate. Read the Negotiation thread for advice on how to do so.
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Hughmoris posted:Passed the Microsoft DP-900 Azure Data Fundamentals this morning. ugh lucky you lmao. Had to reconnect twice cuz my video was hosed up. I’m also now worrying that I’ve flagged an anti cheat thing because I finished the exam so quickly. It was an easy exam! I was shook!
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Boba Pearl posted:How much do you guys make a year with these certs those who want to share? (Also general area.) Red Hat Certified Engineer Oracle Database Associate Oracle SQL Expert (Also an A+ like 10 years ago) $125k plus bonus in the Boston area. It’s possible I could do better but I like my company.
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Jul 25, 2021 14:25
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Boba Pearl posted:How much do you guys make a year with these certs those who want to share? (Also general area.) oh I forgot to share this AWS Solutions Architect Associate GCP Associate Cloud Engineer GCP Professional Cloud Architect GCP Professional Network Engineer (once I get the drat email from Google anyways!) a recently expired A+ that I don’t put on my resume Salary is 123k CAD, which kinda sucks these days. new jobs are opening their negotiations at 150k Canadian so it’s probably time for me to  . Which I don’t really want to do, because I like my job, my managers, and it’s relatively low effort. Maybe in 2022. In other words take that 83k USD Support Job and run with it because it’s almost as much as I’m making now for what I imagine is much more senior work.
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wargames posted:I have and am looking and applying places, awesome goons like Iron rose have helped me do mock interviews, local market suckkkkkks, and 41k is poo poo for ccna, aws cert, BAS and 4 years of experience in hell desk. You have all that and you're being paid 41k? That is criminal. You should be making at least double that.
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guppy posted:You have all that and you're being paid 41k? That is criminal. You should be making at least double that. Correct, and i am looking for a new job, just local market is trashhhhhhhhhhh. I am also applying to remote jobs as well. wargames fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Jul 26, 2021 |
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Getting your first break out of low level support roles can be tough. Even when you're doing everything right, opportunities don't just fall into your lap - unless maybe you're willing to relocate cross-country. In other words, it's a grind, but don't get discouraged.
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Is glass door legit? I feel like I'm either misunderstanding the job requirements, or glassdoor is just bullshitting about numbers.
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Jul 27, 2021 02:27
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I’ve found it to be roughly in line with salary stuff in NY tristate, fairly good for company reviews if the company is large enough. What numbers are you looking at specifically?
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Jul 27, 2021 02:31
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Boba Pearl posted:Is glass door legit? I feel like I'm either misunderstanding the job requirements, or glassdoor is just bullshitting about numbers. levels.fyi is pretty good ime Don’t trust the salary ranges on indeed, glassdoor, etc. Or at least add an extra 20-30%
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Jul 27, 2021 02:43
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The Iron Rose posted:levels.fyi is pretty good ime Man the tech sector rules. Tryzzub posted:I’ve found it to be roughly in line with salary stuff in NY tristate, fairly good for company reviews if the company is large enough. What numbers are you looking at specifically? Salaries in the bay area.
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Jul 27, 2021 02:46
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Space Racist posted:Getting your first break out of low level support roles can be tough. Even when you're doing everything right, opportunities don't just fall into your lap - unless maybe you're willing to relocate cross-country. breaking in was hard, moving up is just about finding the openings in a rather dry local market for jr and mid level positions, everyone wants a senior level people but not pay them.
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wargames posted:breaking in was hard, moving up is just about finding the openings in a rather dry local market for jr and mid level positions, everyone wants a senior level people but not pay them. This is my problem right now. I am trying to jump to data / report analyst, but everyone wants a data engineer with 5 years experience.
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Keep trying, you'll get there. The field is rife with people who have no clue what they're doing, it can't be too hard to break in.  If you don't have it already, might be a good idea to put some sort of portfolio together? Use some open source datasets to do some neat things. Maybe even contribute to some open source data projects? Oh, and in case you're not already doing it, apply anyways. Apply to literally everything that sounds like you'd want to do, regardless of the experience they are asking in the job posting. That stuff doesn't mean anything. Don't get discouraged if you don't hear back, it's just a numbers game.
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Anyone taken any of the CISSP concentrations? Seems waaaay more rare than baseline, but also way less of an established ecosystem for study materials and such.
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AlternateAccount posted:Anyone taken any of the CISSP concentrations? Seems waaaay more rare than baseline, but also way less of an established ecosystem for study materials and such. I scheduled SEC530 instead, which I also hear is not great but work is paying and I've never done SANS before.
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Anyone have recommendations for AZ-303 or -304 prep? I'm pretty confident about the material from the one or two ebook previews I've read but I'd much rather have a video or physical book to drill down.
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Diva Cupcake posted:I was looking into CISSP-ISSAP but the materials or the reviews I was finding on materials was a bit discouraging. There's really only the official textbook available and a $2500 "online seminar" with almost no details on what it actually entails. Ok yeah this is kinda where I ended up. I wonder how much of it can just be bluffed through with CISSP+experience. Might try once on the company dime.
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Diva Cupcake posted:I was looking into CISSP-ISSAP but the materials or the reviews I was finding on materials was a bit discouraging. There's really only the official textbook available and a $2500 "online seminar" with almost no details on what it actually entails. SANS is a $$ racket, but I do think their materials are pretty good and you do get to take the books in for the exam. Highlight important sounding stuff, make a good index of the books for quick reference, and you should be good on the test. I am now the holder of 3 GIAC/SANS certs thanks to work, but I haven't taken that one so I don't have any better specifics to offer.
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Internet Explorer posted:Keep trying, you'll get there. The field is rife with people who have no clue what they're doing, it can't be too hard to break in. Yeah, im applying for stuff that I think I can reasonably do. I tend to hear back from 1/10 positions I apply for, and once I get to talk to a person I can usually get an actual interview, but then I get rejected due to lack of experience. I think im going to start emphasizing how quickly I have got to where I am by myself, and what I can do if I have some actual support around me, rather than where I am. The portfolio idea is good though. I have some reports I can throw in straight away, and im half working on a report for the sportsball league I play, but converting the data into something that is approaching useful is a nightmare.
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NPR Journalizard posted:Yeah, im applying for stuff that I think I can reasonably do. Maybe do something with regards to current events. Like a Covid/vaccination tracker (I’m sure the data is publicly available) that shows all kind of different statistics.
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LochNessMonster posted:Maybe do something with regards to current events. Like a Covid/vaccination tracker (I’m sure the data is publicly available) that shows all kind of different statistics. Yeah, that suggestion rocks and sent me down a rabbit hole. Much appreciated.
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Hrm. Anyone know what the easiest way to lazily recert my CCNA is these days? Last time I just did CCNP Switching but they've re-done how all the cert tiers work now.
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Kazinsal posted:Hrm. Anyone know what the easiest way to lazily recert my CCNA is these days? Last time I just did CCNP Switching but they've re-done how all the cert tiers work now. If you have training money, CE credits are by far the easiest now. https://ce.cisco.com Edit: 30 credits will renew an associate level, more here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/training/continuing-education-program.html Dalrain fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Jul 30, 2021 |
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Dalrain posted:If you have training money, CE credits are by far the easiest now. https://ce.cisco.com Interesting. I'll need to look into that more tomorrow, thanks. I did an ACI course a few months ago and now I'm wondering if I should have gotten some CE credits for that.
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Kazinsal posted:Hrm. Anyone know what the easiest way to lazily recert my CCNA is these days? Last time I just did CCNP Switching but they've re-done how all the cert tiers work now. Passing any Cisco test (except CCT) will renew a CCNA. Many of the new specialist certifications are considered easier than the old CCNP switch exam from what I’ve seen discussed on Reddit. The one I did (enterprise design) definitely was.
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LochNessMonster posted:As with every skill, computer touching related and not, you have to put in the hours. I think the eatimation is that 10k hours makes you an expert in anything you do, as long as you don’t just go through the motions. I’m sure you’ll become your companies rockstar with much less than that. I know this was a simple answer but thanks, the microsoft stuff is a good start, and filled my goal of showing exactly what I would be doing with my time for "development hours" on friday. I tend to struggle with "where to start" because as we all know, everything in this field just branches off into something else, we all feel like we know nothing etc.
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Kazinsal posted:Interesting. I'll need to look into that more tomorrow, thanks. I did an ACI course a few months ago and now I'm wondering if I should have gotten some CE credits for that. Don’t wait if you can help it, there are only 90 days to submit your completion docs. As others state, almost any exam will renew also.
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