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Spoderman
Aug 2, 2004

I currently have senior sysadmin position that pays peanuts and am looking for new work as an IT manager/ project manager. Or barring that, a better paying sysadmin role. I have lots of PM experience in my position, but it's not in my title. All my certifications are Mac-focused (Jamf, ACMT), but my local job market rarely ever has Mac-centric roles posted.

What are some worthwhile certifications that would help me get interviews? I see a lot of postings up my alley mention ITIL. Is that the right move? Just find a local place that offers ITIL courses and certifications? Or is ITIL an equivalent to A+ where it actually doesn't teach much and doesn't open the right doors?

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Spoderman
Aug 2, 2004

Vampire Panties posted:

PMP and Six Sigma belts seem to be the gold standard in the US, although I believe ITIL is big in Europe? If you have enough projects that you can massage into qualifying for the PMP, I'd highly suggest that

Thanks! At first I despaired when I saw the requirements to qualify but after reading more closely, I think I stand a fair chance. Appreciate the tip.

Spoderman
Aug 2, 2004

The Iron Rose posted:

If you want out of day to day tech bullshit, going the technical project management route is a pretty good approach.

If you want between 2 and 5x the pay using similar skillsets, the journey to the cloud is the way.

that really is the crossroads i’m between. i’m tired of the feeling of constantly being behind the eight ball trying to keep all our software and servers up to date and just solving the same problems over and over at a company that never learns anything. i’m sure a pm job is just different flavors of the same bullshit but i feel like i’d get to effect more change.

but i also could use a lot more money, which would help paper over the other frustrations. what are good cloud technology certs? that az-900?

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