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Sarcasmatron posted:The part about the article I think is the most effective and has served me well is the notion that while salary is an emotionally charged topic for me, it's a cell in a spreadsheet for them - it's helped me negotiate an extra 40K in *additional* salary over the last 3 years. Obviously YMMV. I've found internal recruiters are a lot easier to work with salary wise. Whenever they ask me about salary I usually ask them what the range is they were given by the hiring manager, and they're very upfront about it.
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I'm thinking longer term I'd like to eventually move into the strategic planning/decisionmaking side of things (CIO or VP level type stuff). Working in a technical role is really fun, but there's obviously a certain level of fine skills maintenance (especially learning the ins and outs of new technologies) that I'm sure would get difficult to balance with a family.
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Jul 31, 2014 16:43
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Yeah actually come to think of it, all of the pre-sales and implementation guys at almost every vendor I've worked with have been older dudes. So I'm not sure if it's due to the government's fiscal year coming to an end in two months, or what, but I've gotten an email or phonecall from a recruiter almost every day for the past 2 weeks.
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Jul 31, 2014 19:26
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Quick informal survey: how many of you work for companies that do 100% tuition reimbursement? I'm not talking $5000 in tuition assistance, I'm talking the entire degree paid for.
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Aug 1, 2014 06:48
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high six posted:So I went to the third interview for a junior network admin/helpdesk position. It went well. I was at the gas station afterwards and noticed that the seam in my pants around my rear end was ripped, so, I was hanging out of said pants. I don't know when it happened or whether it happened during the interview... Okay I laughed pretty hard at this.
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Aug 3, 2014 07:04
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I know the thread is always "OMG DON'T BRING UP A NUMBER" but recently when I've been pressed by the recruiter, I've basically replied "Well, positions like this usually start at X; however I'd like to talk to the hiring manager about responsibilities so that we can come up with a range that's fair to both of us." It's saved me some time by ruling out companies that aren't even willing to pay the market rate (I'm looking at you, Boeing). Although if it's a job that they're contacting me about unsolicited, I tell them exactly what I'm making and spit out a high-ball number. For two of the positions I was contacted about last week, it's worked.
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Aug 4, 2014 14:49
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Docjowles posted:It's bad to be a serial job hopper. Leaving one or two in under a year over the course of, say, a decade shouldn't be a red flag though. If it's super entry level and you've grown out of it, or it was just an awful fit, I don't think any reasonable company would hold that against you. It's when you've had 4 jobs in 3 years and there's no clear upward trajectory that managers get nervous. I've changed jobs twice in 3 years. In most cases the recruiter will just ask why I'm looking for a new position, so I explain that my current job filled the two positions I was holding while I was gone and wants me to do exchange upgrades at client sites, which isn't in line with where I'd like my career to go.
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Aug 5, 2014 05:08
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It probably depends largely on your market and where you are in your career. High-tempo spots like SF, Seattle, DFW, NOVA, NY, and RTP afford a lot of opportunities to move every 2-3 years, with a relative shortage of labor that means salaries will almost always increase. The same can't be said for the middle of Missouri. People who are more junior in their careers will also hop more, as they'll tend to quickly outgrow their current position. Managers tend to stick around longer due to the smaller number of management jobs and the fact that the scope of their responsibilities (especially at the operational and strategic level) usually lends itself to longer-term goals, so outgrowing the position takes longer.
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Dark Helmut posted:We have a big financial institution in town here and whenever they do layoffs, I inevitably end up with people who have been there 12-15 years and are used to their cushy salary and benefits, but they have been totally silo'd so they aren't marketable and have unreasonable salary expectations. I usually have to wait those people out. They had a good run, sure, but I'd always rather be able to hit the ground running and have a marketable skill set. Genworth, or Capital One?
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Aug 5, 2014 15:12
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Job postings are great. I didn't know half the poo poo on the job posting for the phone interview I had last night, but at the end of it both the PM and team leader said "Well we think you'd be a great fit for the role!"
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Aug 6, 2014 07:17
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I love it when HR people obviously write job descriptions: "Manages core network protocols such as OSPF, BGP, MPLS, DHCP, ARP, and ICMP"
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Aug 7, 2014 07:16
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go3 posted:I really can't understand how HR ever became part of the search and hiring process. Well I mean, recruiting is technically an HR function, but a lot of places have their own dedicated recruiting staff that either have a technical background or work closely with the hiring managers to write the job description and posting. Others however, just leave it up to the HR specialist, which is about as good of an idea as leaving the accounting up to the IT department.
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Aug 7, 2014 15:16
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Regarding hip nerd interview attire: What about meeting casual and business casual half way - jeans, dress shoes/boots, button down, and a sport coat? Here on the East Coast we always wear suits anyway. e: quote:Would you suggest that a woman should wear a formal dress to an interview? If not, then why not? Suits aren't formal. A woman's equivalent to a business suit would either be a pant suit or a suit jacket and conservative skirt or slacks. And yes, women almost always dress that way for interviews here. psydude fucked around with this message at 06:57 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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Aug 8, 2014 06:50
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I have a technical interview next week with a guy who is a triple CCIE.
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Aug 8, 2014 11:47
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Sepist posted:Don't sweat it too much. I've had interviews with 2 different CCIEx3, just know they are way smarter than you and they know it. One of the interviews I had we spent an hour diving into how deep down the technical rabbit hole I could go (poo poo like which k factors in EIGRP are used by default) whereas another asked me what part of a packet gets rewritten when traversing a router interface, then he just asked me how I would utilize grep and awk print when parsing data (he was trying to poke holes in my resume at this point). God I hate pedantic poo poo in technical interviews, especially when it's asking about some obscure IOS command.
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Aug 8, 2014 16:05
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Inspector_666 posted:I had a recruiter run me through "some technical questions" which were just him reading sample questions from one of the MCSE exams. I don't have any MS certs and have no idea what the nomenclature for their poo poo is. They also asked me what port HTTP traffic used. Haha. Well, this one is for a wireless engineer, so hopefully they won't ask me too much oddball poo poo.
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NZAmoeba posted:Some people were discussing ease of migrating to certain areas a little while back. Totally up and moving to Middle Earth once I finish my master's.
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Aug 9, 2014 07:01
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I usually challenge the entire team to a drag race in the parking lot.
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Aug 9, 2014 07:14
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Y'all aren't thinking this through. Two words: workman's comp.
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Aug 11, 2014 08:05
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At my last job I took a free shuttle to work every day. I think I drove maybe twice a month.
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Aug 11, 2014 17:58
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I'll be replacing my C5 Z06 with a WRX STI. Server carrying capacity has not factored into my purchase choice.
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skipdogg posted:oof... I hope your commute isn't long. I've heard those things can be a bit 'punishing' after a while. I'm getting soft and old but I couldn't do a stiff suspension on a daily driver these days. The Z06? Yeah it sucks to commute in, but I had a free shuttle to work at my last job and a 15 minute drive before that. I'll probably end up commuting a bit farther for my next job, so the STI is a bit more practical.
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Aug 11, 2014 19:33
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I would own the poo poo out of a Model S if they were a bit cheaper.
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Aug 11, 2014 20:53
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Tab8715 posted:I'd honestly prefer walking, biking, mass-transit over a car. Granted, I love driving, the autonomy of the automobile is appealing but leaving the stress of driving is even better. DC's got a pretty expansive bicycle infrastructure and one of the highest shares of bike commuters in the country.
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Aug 12, 2014 01:50
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The cooling system is pretty innovative, but since it works with exactly zero current rack formfactors it's sort of useless outside of something to keep your art department from constantly bitching about being persecuted for their computing beliefs.
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Well that's basically my point: it's a server that's kind of useless anywhere outside of your art or graphics department because it won't fit in your rack. So I guess you can awkwardly sit it on top or maybe on a workbench where it will inevitably be knocked over by the delivery guy dropping off a bunch of HPs.
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Get a degree just for the sake of being able to write. Because god damned, there are so many people in IT who cannot write.
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Aug 15, 2014 11:14
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Well, you don't need to go to Middlebury; even if you don't want to get a full degree, taking several courses in expository writing and argument construction at your local community college will pay dividends in the long run. There's a massive backlash against traditional secondary education right now, which I think is driven partly by the ridiculous student loan debt, partly by far-right forces that see it as an easy way to appeal to the uneducated (see: Rick Santorum), and partly by the success of college dropouts (many of whom come from white upper middle-class families, but people tend to gloss over that) in the software world. I still think it's a great idea, even in IT, so long as you have a clear idea of what you want to do and how you plan on paying for it. These issues may not be resolved until further in your career.
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monster on a stick posted:I've never met anyone who automatically rejects someone because they don't have a four-year degree. I've spoken with a few recruiters who told me that the hiring manager would flat-out refuse me without a technical degree. Oh well. Both of those companies were paying below market rate, anyway.
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Aug 15, 2014 19:08
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Potential YOTJ. Company made me an offer. Good job title (contains "Sr.") and a neat environment doing network security and systems engineering. Gotta negotiate on the salary, though; it's a bit low.
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Aug 15, 2014 19:55
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You heard it here, folks. Employers want people with degrees because they're waging class warfare.
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Do you live in the south, by any chance? Because my past two jobs have had plenty of black employees, all of whom had college degrees, so maybe your anecdotal evidence is more grounded in your employers not actively fostering a climate of diversity and less to do with The Man using education to keep people down. e: The poor quality of primary education in minority neighborhoods is obviously a latent dysfunction of the lingering racism in this country. That being said, I hope you realize how enormous of a leap it is to claim that the rising demand for degreed candidates is part of a plan designed to keep economically disadvantaged people out as opposed to, say, a result of there being more college-educated adults than ever before. psydude fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Aug 18, 2014 |
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Aug 18, 2014 16:55
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Sepist posted:Are companies in DC area willing to help attain a security clearance for the right candidate? I am aiming for pre-sales in the DC area for my next move but I don't want to screw myself over by not having the clearance already before applying in the area. You're like an ultra-senior engineer, so you'll have no issues. It's easier to find someone to straight up sponsor you for a Secret than a Top Secret, but I don't think you'll have any problems.
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YOTJ. Just accepted an offer to become a Sr. Security Engineer. $12k salary increase, $52/mo PPO, 3 weeks of paid vacation each year, and $6250/yr in tuition reimbursement.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Congrats! That's an awesome tuition bonus. Is 3 weeks standard for America? I'm not sure what a PPO is either Most places start out at 2 and increase over time. A PPO is a kind of high-caliber health insurance with low deductibles and where you can refer yourself to specialists. It's similar to the private health care plans that kind of go above and beyond the standard government health care in places like Canada and Europe.
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Aug 19, 2014 00:56
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Well, I'm getting back into normal life again, but prior to going overseas I was pretty good at waking up at 5:30 to run or go to the gym. Dealing with stupid poo poo was a lot more pleasant with a runner's high.
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Aug 20, 2014 01:43
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God damned federal holidays. The client for my new gig is still working on their "suitability" check so I can find out my start date. I'm not too, too worried about it, but I'm signing my lease tomorrow and I'm leaving for vacation on Friday so I'd like to have this poo poo figured out as soon as possible. I guess it's a good thing I still haven't officially quit my previous job, yet.
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:Man makes 6 figures, still has to tip toe with psycho boss. No, that makes perfect sense. The higher you are in the food chain, the more insane people you have to directly appease on a daily basis. poo poo, the triple CCIE consulting firm owner probably has to deal with the most insane people of them all: C-level clients.
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Tab8715 posted:I have no idea how anyone is able to do this in the first place, still maintain employment and their sanity. The only logical way to do it is as the partner in a consulting firm, so that at the end of the day you climb into your Aventador and begin the drive to your palatial estate and forget about the psychotic board members and CEOs that are your clients day in and day out.
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CLAM DOWN posted:It's funny when Americans get shocked at how expensive food can be elsewhere Relative to whom? I bought a whole goat in Afghanistan for $15.
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