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I don't know if this is a bullshit chatbox thread or actually useful for advice, but I'll try anyway. I already have a bachelor's degree in a technical field and am currently working for a computer infrastructure company after having to switch fields. It turns out I really enjoy what I'm doing and am considering going back to school for a second Bachelor's (or more?) in IT, specifically systems or network engineering. I am also considering programming though I have zero background in that beyond some HTML 15 years ago. This may be broad and I know I will have to discuss my specifics with potential schools, but what would I need to look at when choosing an education path towards higher-level IT stuff coming from a background with essentially no engineering or computer classes? What should I look for in terms of online classes to actually learn anything?
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Thanks for all the help guys! I'm going to ask around at work and see what kind of options I may have if I decide to get certs instead of a cs degree in addition. I went through the Cert thread and have a few questions. My employer may pay for some of these (I need to ask) but what career level/pay grade can I expect if I start with just A+ and N+ certifications? I currently do sales support for enterprise server solutions (like I said, starting over in a different industry) -- what would be a good path of certs to go down when dealing with the largest stuff from EMC and Cisco? Bigass Moth fucked around with this message at 13:38 on Nov 30, 2014 |
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Nov 30, 2014 13:01
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Thanks, what certs should I look into first?
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Nov 30, 2014 20:21
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I explained how xbmc works to my father in law today. Well, I basically said it was magic but he seemed impressed. Yesterday he used aol search on our laptop. Am I qualified to work in it now?
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Dec 24, 2014 21:21
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Methanar posted:Did anyone else get nailed with fixing family computers this Christmas? The next time you go home she will have installed mcafee bloat ware and aol. A couple years ago we bought my father in law a new laptop to replace his early 2000s IBM think pad. Guess which one he still used?
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Dec 27, 2014 14:56
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The resume service is good. Do not pay for the cover letter or linked in help, neither were useful at all. I will use their resume people again when it's time to update.
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Jan 23, 2015 12:58
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SaltLick posted:I am hot garbage at cover letter writing so I've considered just posting a job description on Craigslist and letting the cover letters come to me. That's all it is, plus signing you up for groups. Not worth it.
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Jan 23, 2015 18:58
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Is there a goon LinkedIn group other than Stairmasters specific to IT/computers?
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Jan 30, 2015 13:11
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Is this the thread for being the family computer guy? In laws laptop was on Firefox 10.0.2 and has aol dashboard installed. They pay for a monthly tuneup service. Help.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:40
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The Fool posted:If you want help with the computer, check out haus of tech support. If you want advice on the best whiskey to help with coping, you're in the right place. Old grandad would be appropriate both in whiskey and company. Old crow too.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:18
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Would powershell be a good starting point to jump into coding or should you begin with something else for this framework?
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Mar 13, 2015 17:27
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There's no excuse for using a dumb phone when you can get full featured smart phones for $40 on sale every day.
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Mar 26, 2015 03:47
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evol262 posted:Do you mean the "$40 with a 2 year contract" phones, or really $40, unlocked? Really $40 no strings attached. Pay as you go no contract plans are awesome, check the gadget subforum.
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Mar 26, 2015 12:07
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I'm not sure what the unixbeards and ccies here earn but their billable hours are outrageous.
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Apr 3, 2015 19:42
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CLAM DOWN posted:I'm slowly starting to go insane from Dell Support's hold music. Help. Try calling vce sometime.
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Apr 14, 2015 17:15
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Prescription Combs posted:What a prick. Serious reality distortion field. Don't worry he probably didn't have to give up his stock options.
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Apr 30, 2015 17:54
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Network engineer I Requirements: 5 years experience Kiss me arse.
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May 7, 2015 17:15
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My rear end is out the door at 5:00 every drat day. I'm already there for 9 hours and happy to work then, and nobody is ever going to say " you stayed till 5:10 here's a raise."
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May 9, 2015 18:32
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Tab8715 posted:Nearly 99.95% of people that have told me they work 60h/80h weeks are flat out lying with one my past supervisors the biggest offenders. He constantly moaned how much work he did to guilt-trip everyone into putting more hours but as network admins we knew his afternoons mostly consisted of him streaming ESPN Golf. This is the same as people who schedule endless meetings and phone calls every day and then complain they can't get any work done duhhhhhhh
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May 10, 2015 03:34
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Leave now and don't go back. The only person looking out for your interests is you. You will find a better job and you should also seek counseling because suicide US not the answer.
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May 11, 2015 19:52
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I hope that guy quit his job because with ten years experience he probably deserves a raise anyway.
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May 12, 2015 17:47
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I just had an awesome interview, wish me goon luck. Before I got my ccna I struggled to ever get any responses but I've applied for maybe ten jobs in the last month and heard from 5 and interviewed with three.
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May 12, 2015 23:12
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To be fair he probably called the revenue and didn't know there was competition. Prices do change regularly from disty.
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May 12, 2015 23:53
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I have a second interview with a company next week and am reviewing routing and switching after not studying it at all since February and holy hell have I forgotten a lot!
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May 14, 2015 15:44
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Got a verbal offer yesterday now today is slower than ever while I wait for the written offer. Of course it's right before a long weekend when nobody wants to do any work.
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May 22, 2015 14:50
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crunk dork posted:This is kind of what I thought. I definitely need to meet more dudes doing what I do, would be good to have people to bounce questions off of too. What's your email address?
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May 24, 2015 20:38
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crunk dork posted:Check your PM Buy me pms and I'll check it lol.
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May 24, 2015 21:56
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Put in my two weeks notice today. New job is my first real it position; 25 percent pay bump, cert training path, and what looks to be a good place to work. Nice to finally be sought after, had a lot of interviews and had to turn some down.
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May 27, 2015 15:14
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Giving your salary out is a great way to be lowballed and there is no benefit unless you are so in demand that you get to name your price anyway.
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May 28, 2015 19:16
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Vulture Culture posted:Dirty secret: there are a lot of skills out there where having any experience with them at all, and any ability to speak competently about them at all, makes you so in demand that you get to name your price. If you're posting here, you're probably one of them. One weird trick to a huge payday: you won't believe what this goon did l@@k#!!
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May 28, 2015 19:44
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You're basically saying if you have in-depth technical knowledge and the experience to demonstrate it that you can hold out for the offer you want. I agree with that. However you also have to start somewhere and gain that experience, which is where keeping your salary history secret is important in not getting fuckedby a penny pinching hr goon.
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May 28, 2015 19:52
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The job I'm leaving let me take either. Christmas eve or the day after Christmas off last year since Christmas was on a Thursday. Since our family is 5-8 hour drive I took neither(would have spent the whole time with my in-laws and not seen my family at all due to the way we celebrate the holidays.). We also has to work new years eve. Guess what the slowest days of the year were? My new spot has 8 holidays and plenty of pto so hooray for the yotj!
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May 29, 2015 17:02
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myron cope posted:Putting in my notice tomorrow. I'm nervous. Not if I'm making the right decision, just about how the actual resignation is going to go. I went with two weeks after my vacation as my last day. I'm fairly confident they'll just say ok but I've never gone through one of these. Wgats the worst that will happen, they ask you to stay the two weeks? If they tell you to leave now will it really matter? Goon luck.
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Jun 3, 2015 13:43
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I'm in the last week at my old job. Actual productive work today was maybe five minutes. The remainder of the time has been spent studying for certs for the new job.
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Jun 8, 2015 21:49
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One week in and I feel like a huge idiot for not knowing ccnp-level material. Long road ahead!
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Jun 19, 2015 01:07
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Actually I've been doing ccnp security stuff without ever having studied it at all. I would be all over a frame relay ticket right now instead of router certs.
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Jun 19, 2015 01:13
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"Handling" may be too positive of a word for what I've done. I'm worried I'm going to end up the subject of a "it nightmares" thread in this forum.
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Jun 19, 2015 11:46
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crunk dork posted:Getting to even touch that stuff still seems far out of each for me so I'm sure you're doing a good rear end job Well I guess I'm not an idiot because the owner tried to do thus today and ultimately opened a case with Cisco so yay.
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Jun 19, 2015 19:38
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Goongrats man
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Feel less dumb by the day especially when the ccie helping me with an issue was also confused.
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