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Passed Azure AI-900. Was a little worried because they just updated the test and I had little hands on experience in Azure but everything was covered in the learn module.
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I just started ITIL foundations which I'm really enjoying being a daywalker in the IT field. Curious if companies actually care about it though.
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pro starcraft loser posted:I just started ITIL foundations which I'm really enjoying being a daywalker in the IT field. Curious of companies actually care about it though. I don't know the different ITIL certs but I can say I see them quite a bit in government job postings. Usually as a "nice to have". Get it and throw it on the resume.
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May 5, 2024 03:48
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It’s nice to get past some HR filters or make you stand out slightly against equal candidates. Not the worst cert to get, but also not a game changer.
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May 5, 2024 11:57
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Renewed my AWS Solutions Architect which I didnt even know was coming due soon. Now back to a year of no certs. Hoping to get free time to just play around with k8s on my companies dime.
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May 13, 2024 17:06
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salartarium posted:Passed Azure AI-900. Was a little worried because they just updated the test and I had little hands on experience in Azure but everything was covered in the learn module. Not to try and braindump the test, but I'm assuming the written questions were from the learn module? Also the hands-on portions? I went through the learn module and got my free pass to take the test, but I want to make sure I'm prepared
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May 13, 2024 20:43
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Hows the Cysa+ regarded? Wondering if I should pursue that from Net+ I got last year
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May 13, 2024 22:09
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I got ahead of myself and assumed the Enterprise Skills Initiative would pay for the AZ-900 so i went ahead and bought a MeasureUp 1Year Subscription... BEFORE i researched and found out they no longer pay in full do they even offer Exam Voucher discounts at all anymore?
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May 15, 2024 17:34
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Dandywalken posted:Hows the Cysa+ regarded? Wondering if I should pursue that from Net+ I got last year It seems like it's neither positively or negatively regarded. Because it's not regarded at all. I had to explain to my boss that it refreshed my Sec+. It did help me in 2-3 sections of CiSSP I''ll probably take CASP to refresh both the CySA and sec+ next year.
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May 17, 2024 11:52
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Dandywalken posted:Hows the Cysa+ regarded? Wondering if I should pursue that from Net+ I got last year It can check some boxes for US government IT jobs, either as a contractor or federal employee.
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May 17, 2024 12:15
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I knocked out my AWS Solutions Architect Pro and DevOps Engineer Pro, which aren't too bad if you use AWS daily. The most significant part is reviewing stuff you don't use too often, e.g., analytics or ML. I've worked on the federal and now contractor sides of the house for government contracts, yet neither has emphasized certs. Just pass the clearance/public trust and do your job. Granted, I'm not in any management position, but I should knock out others without "cert padding." Maybe CISSP, but ignore the AWS Specialty certs for now.
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May 17, 2024 19:25
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I got AZ-104 in August and I have no idea what I'm even going to do with it. Every job involving Azure also requires coding and SQL and work experience in each. It feels like a waste of time ever getting it at all.
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May 25, 2024 16:44
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Use it as a resume-padder for a job you actually want. That's what I did with my AZ-305. Now I'm in a union.
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May 25, 2024 22:16
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skooma512 posted:I got AZ-104 in August and I have no idea what I'm even going to do with it. Every job involving Azure also requires coding and SQL and work experience in each. It feels like a waste of time ever getting it at all. Get a devops job and skill up in data or dev. Or become a guru at infrastructure as code tools. If you can learn even basic programming skills like git and release management you can become a scrum master. They don't seem to need to know anything beyond how to run jira.
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May 28, 2024 05:49
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AZ-104 is super, super useful. You've got the Azure IaaS and some PaaS basics down and you know how to manage all of it. Just build on top of that skillset with VMs, Terraform, Containers, etc.
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May 28, 2024 16:13
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I tried to schedule my az104 today, and I swear I've never dealt with a more useless bunch of turds. "system" was down for hours, "we've got you scheduled but now the payment system is down, so now you're not actually scheduled", "call back in a few hours, I don't know", etc etc etc
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May 29, 2024 01:29
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Woo, just passed the CISSP. Definitely had the usual test experience of being sure I was gonna fail halfway through.
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May 29, 2024 22:19
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rafikki posted:Woo, just passed the CISSP. Definitely had the usual test experience of being sure I was gonna fail halfway through. Congrats!!
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May 29, 2024 22:24
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Congrats, not an easy feat from what I’ve heard about it.
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May 30, 2024 12:48
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rafikki posted:Woo, just passed the CISSP. Definitely had the usual test experience of being sure I was gonna fail halfway through. What's up, provisionally passed* bro! I passed the exam yesterday. gently caress that thing and I'm never taking another cert exam, again. Until the next one.
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May 30, 2024 16:41
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tadashi posted:What's up, provisionally passed* bro!  I particularly like how all that time I spent reviewing things like kerberos login flows, DREAD/PASTA/STRIDE, SW-CMM, etc weren't reflected on the test.
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I'm looking to finish my CCNP with the ENCOR cert. I got the SDWAN cert already and it was not easy but not super difficult because I mainly work with SDWAN all day. But ENCOR is a nightmare for me and I really need to do labs. I thought Packet tracer was pretty great when I was studying for my CCNA many years ago but from what I remember it was basically useless for anything NP level. So from what I understand it seems like there's basically 2 ways to set up labs: 1: Buy real equipment. Most likely older stuff but still good enough to run whatever commands are needed for NP level work. This can be expensive though from what I've seen. Also I'm in a small cramped apartment and this stuff takes up a lot of space. 2: Set up some kind of virtual lab with a program like GNS3. This seems like a better option, but holy hell does this sound complicated as hell to set up. It looks as though you basically need a dedicated server for it (and I am very server dumb) which is expensive and you also need the actual IOS images for whatever devices you're trying to emulate which would mean getting them through shady means? And just setting up a virtual environment seems really complicated in general. Are there any other ways to set up a lab? Are there labs you can rent somewhere online? It seems like there's no real good options.
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May 30, 2024 20:27
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Charliegrs posted:I'm looking to finish my CCNP with the ENCOR cert. I got the SDWAN cert already and it was not easy but not super difficult because I mainly work with SDWAN all day. But ENCOR is a nightmare for me and I really need to do labs. I thought Packet tracer was pretty great when I was studying for my CCNA many years ago but from what I remember it was basically useless for anything NP level. So from what I understand it seems like there's basically 2 ways to set up labs:
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Charliegrs posted:
If you’re employed and can get someone to buy it for you, get the Cisco e-Learning from the Learning Network Store. It has labs built into every section that specifically hammer on each subject. You can also use CLCs to buy it if you have those. (And CLCs also work for CML Personal, FYI)
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I didn't like the Cisco learning labs labs. Too hand holdy. They'd give you an environment and provide step by step directions on what to do. It's too easy to fall into the trap of just following the directions without really understanding why. If you want to spend money then boson is the way to go. Building a lab is surprisingly cheap but it's obviously a pain in the rear end. Most people I know went the GNS3 route and I will too once I get off my lazy rear end
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When I started CCNP level stuff I tried to keep going with EveNG, but the stuff at that level was either sketchy or just not working at all, I remember VXLAN being a problem, so I bit the bullet and got CML, worked fine for labbing out everything at that level.
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I took ENCOR last year using the OCG, Cisco Learning course, and 31 days before your CCNP. The labs were sufficient--it helps to go through them a second time with your notes and not follow the step-by-step instructions. The "31 days" book was largely a reprint of the course material from the course, sans labs. I won't say what's on the ENCOR exam, but if you are prepared for a basic BGP implementation, OSPF implementation, Port Channel implementation, and have a good handle on EEM, you may not be blindsided. The topics I wasn't prepared for material wise was SD Access, SDWAN, and surprisingly Virtualization which I felt didn't follow the training material. Other people complain about automation, but a little Python and JSON knowledge was enough for me to get by. If you are looking at the Cisco Learning course, last year they ran a 50% deal off professional level exams during Cisco Live which is conveniently next week. I'd wait to see if they're running a promo.
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skooma512 posted:I got AZ-104 in August and I have no idea what I'm even going to do with it. Every job involving Azure also requires coding and SQL and work experience in each. It feels like a waste of time ever getting it at all. Kinda how I feel with my CCNA that I got in December, and I was thinking about getting an AZ-104 at some point. Work finally has me doing some networking stuff, but it's very very light. I want to do more hands on stuff and ultimately get a title change/more money, but I'm not sure it's gonna happen with our new owners because they seem to want to outsource everything they can. It's frustrating. Feel like I just need to hang tight and keep skilling up at my current place, and if my second anniversary rolls around and I'm still primarily desktop support, move on.
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Learning the network fundamentals taught in the CCNA will never hurt you in any part of your IT career.
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Oh for sure, I don't regret taking it or anything. I'm just frustrated that I'm not using what I learned at my current job as much I thought I would. Still doing homelab stuff on the side and what not so I don't completely atrophy, but obviously would prefer to get paid for my troubles.
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You're in a helpdesk role, right? They will probably never let you do any serious networking in that job, nobody trusts the helpdesk to do much at most places. Look at it as skilling up for your next role, for which it will be very valuable.
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guppy posted:You're in a helpdesk role, right? They will probably never let you do any serious networking in that job, nobody trusts the helpdesk to do much at most places. Look at it as skilling up for your next role, for which it will be very valuable. Yeah, desktop support right now. Though I'd say the title is misleading because based on hearing what other people tend to do (and get paid) at helpdesk, we given a lot of work that's usually reserved for jr. sysadmins. Which is great for the experience side of things, just annoying that there's no title to go with it. Anyways they've started giving me access to a bunch of our on prem appliances as well as our Azure stuff, so I'm definitely getting access to stuff to get hands on experience. I'm just itching for more...and preferably would like to be doing this stuff full time with a title change. I'm mostly just whining because it's been a very slow process. Also our parent company seems to be trending more towards "just outsource everything, and when you can't, H-1B's!", including our networking roles, but my division is specifically trying to keep everything in house. My boss has expressed interest in trying to promote me from within, but I get the vibe that if it ain't happening in the next year because corporate drags its feet, than it ain't happening at all and I need to move on.
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Handsome Ralph posted:Yeah, desktop support right now. Though I'd say the title is misleading because based on hearing what other people tend to do (and get paid) at helpdesk, we given a lot of work that's usually reserved for jr. sysadmins. Which is great for the experience side of things, just annoying that there's no title to go with it. Personally, I play it loose when it comes to job titles on my resume and applying for new positions. Mainly because it is so drat subjective and titles fluctuate wildly between companies. If you think you're doing the work of a jr. sysadmin, and you can pass the straight face test if you're asked to talk about it, I'd consider putting that on your resume for future positions.
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squeaked out a pass on az-104. I was crushing 100%s on the microsoft and tutorialsdojo practice tests. the real one was... significantly more difficult.
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That's just how it goes for many of the Microsoft certs. The practice exam is not meant to mimic the real test, I treat it more like flash cards you should be able to ace before taking the exam.
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Heck Yes! Loam! posted:That's just how it goes for many of the Microsoft certs. The practice exam is not meant to mimic the real test, I treat it more like flash cards you should be able to ace before taking the exam. oh for sure, I wasn't expecting it to be exact or anything. there were terms on the test I had never even seen before though. I passed though 
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I’m about to try the Meraki Solution Specialist exam as an existing CCNP Enterprise. It’s surprisingly hard to find study materials for the exam itself, I guess maybe because of the simplicity of use in the overall solution. The additional cert is an employer “nice to have” right now, so I’d like to get it the first time but without official practice exams it’s pretty tough. I agree with the comments above that I usually use them as flash cards that should go to 100% accuracy before actual test day, but I’ve never had one for which I couldn’t get some reasonable practice in before test day. They don’t even offer the second chance vouchers for the specialist cert either, which is making me more nervous. Does anyone have tips to offer for a cert like this where the prep infrastructure just kind of isn’t there?
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