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Post-three day weekend edition
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Let's talk tech careers, resume advice, finding jobs, etc.
If you've got a tech career:
>Job Title
>Years of Experience
>Degrees/Certs
>How did you find/get job
>Pay
>Location
>If you've got a tech career:
>RedHat
AKA
>we need a Linux distro to give poos some jobs in the Linux ecosystem, yet which is branded in a way that nobody will want to use it out of fear of being branded a virgin neckbeard loser, to spare them from the poo-programming
This distro is being used by governments and hospitals, fucking idiot.
BUT IT'S NOT ARCH THEREFORE ITS EVIL
I'm running Arch :^)
>This distro is being used by governments and hospitals
You should have asked for proof when they fed your that lie during your employment user.
They do though. Having a supported and secure ecosystem is, dare I say, a matter of life or death when it comes to hospitals.
Indeed. And most hospitals fail at it while those that do not use anything but RedHat.
As i said user, you should have asked for proof.
Now your are deluded into thinking your work is worth far more than it actually is, equal to a pile of cow dung.
I have 2 questions.
1. I'm planning to test for Network+ at the beginning of February, how hard is it and am I wasting my time?
2. Linux+ or LPIC?
>Having a supported and secure ecosystem
>government institutions
What you are referring to are called Unix-based operating systems.
Even if they were Linux, they certainly wouldn't be RedHat.
No I don't give a shit, I'm t. sociology student shill.
My point isn't that this distro would be being used by most hospitals and governments (a government other than US would be stupid to use Red Hat without a complete source code review, because it has close ties to the US government), just that desktop users are clearly not their core audience.
I'm sorry but I don't understand.
>1. I'm planning to test for Network+ at the beginning of February, how hard is it and am I wasting my time?
IMO depends on how much experience you have. The latest Net+ (N10-006) is supposedly a lot harder than the previous version, and I read a post from a CompTIA employee that said they designed the test to be "extremely difficult" for someone without hands-on experience to pass. That said, it's certainly possible to pass with no experience if you study hard enough.
Most people think Net+ is a good cert to have if you're looking for entry-level net admin work. Experience trumps all though. A degree is good too if you have the time, money and drive.
Nobody is the core audience of RedHat, except fedora wearing enlightened atheists and poos.
I give up.
That's because you are too stupid to breathe without machine support.
UNIX is what's been used forever by companies, businesses, factories, industries, and government.
Linux is a deviation from UNIX because "muh freedumb".
BSD and OSX are examples of UNIX derivatives, with emphasis on BSD for government sanctioned systems.
You dumb uneducated idiot. It's the corporate standard.
There is not a single hospital or government building in Western society that uses Linux shit the likes of RedHat.
Can you back up your point?
Im getting taught and certified Sec+ for free. How can I use this as a dude who pushes carts for a living?
quora.com
Search and find out mr. sociology.
Also google UNIX on wikipedia and learn its history, and the BSD section.
You can also google "hospitals" "windows" "2016".
Most systems in the US military also use Windows. Intelligence systems run BSD as sanctioned by the NSA (who work on BSD), while military devices run on Linux derivatives highly customized and locked down.
It is all a google click away from revealing itself to you maggot.
It'd take me 30 posts to give you the history of operating systems, something you should have learned already in highschool you dumb faggot.
I've been wondering about getting an LPIC cert, are they worth anything?
Why is this thread such cancer? Come in here hoping for some unbiased information; and SOME unbiased information is what I get but it's buried very deeply under the berating of people that aren't as educated in a particular subject as them or just straight up don't like via ad hominem. Jesus fuck, you guys are cancer.
So I'm starting my work placement in IBM as a cyber security analyst. Thinking of getting certs, idea I have so far is to do CEH>CISSP>GSEC.
Any other worth looking into?
Sec+ is a great entry-level cert to get. You could get an entry-level IT job, especially if you pair it with experience, other certs, an associate's degree or better.
>Intelligence systems run BSD as sanctioned by the NSA (who work on BSD), while military devices run on Linux derivatives highly customized and locked down.
>ITT: we pretend hospitals can self-support a BSD system
sighs.
I knew hospitals mostly ran Windows, I'm just saying that such examples of vital pieces of infrastructures, along with corporations, constitute the core audience of Red Hat (by opposition to your statements that it would only be used by "virgin neckbeard losers", "enlightened atheists" and "poos").
I didn't say anything more, nor have I been especially interested in this argument. Bye.
lol u a gay nigga
Bumping the thread
>Job Title
Jr Linux Sysadmin
>Years of Experience
3
>Degrees/Certs
BA in Business Management. No IT certs or education. Self-taught.
>How did you find/get job
I originally started as sales and hated it. Talked to another sysadmin, told him that I was an Arch fag. They were looking for someone urgently and sales dept was overstaffed so I was transferred.
>Pay
$52k/year
>Location
Seattle-ish Area
I should go get some certs considering that my company will pay for them.
I'm currently seeking an IT job. is it a good idea to have a homepage where you show off your projects and skills?
do you guys have personal homepages, or do you just rely on LinkedIn?
>Job Title
Network Engineer
>Years of Experience
9 months
>Degrees/Certs
CCNA,CCNP, no degree
>How did you find/get job
Applied
>Pay
140k
>Location
DC Area
Also have a part time job teaching CCNA/Net+ classes, it adds another 20k/year to my income.
>Network engineer with 9 months experience
>140k per year
How?
Are you me? Almost exactly the same situation to the T, talked with guys in my IT
department about using gentoo as my daily driver, have some projects on my
wordpress blog and showed it to them. I make like 85k now after moving up the
ranks and getting some real sysadmin experience. Lifes good mang.
It's a good idea if you have something you're proud of.
>Job Title
Software Engineer
>Years of Experience
10+ in IT, 5 in development
>Degrees/Certs
A+, communications degree, no formal programming degree
>How did you find/get job
Friend of friend, job was initially IT then they found out I made some online vidyas and knew MySQL
>Pay
110k
>Location
DC Area
Not sure where to go from here. Basically a manager with my own department but no formal degree scares me and makes me wonder if I'll ever be able to leave. 34 years old now...
>DC Area
did you miss that?
I know CCIEs in Silicon Valley who don't make that much, this is bullshit.
>Job Title
Senior Software Engineer
>Years of Experience
7
>Degrees/Certs
BS in CS
>How did you find/get job
Internship
>Pay
~$105k
>Location
Maryland
If you don't mind me asking, do you work in a software company, or a more general industry in a technology department?
>using faggy title like "senior" as if it means anything other than you are a tool and your coworkers probably hate you
Anyone ever interview at uber for software engineering (embedded)? I feel like I'm going to be absolutely roasted
What is DoD and NASA
Idiot
Making software for a Fortune 500
Pretty much, minus the hate. Lots of people with all kinds of faggy titles
>Maryland
>$105k
>>>>>Senior
That's some pretty mediocre pay for a senior dev in MD
I'm sure this has been asked before but I rarely browse Sup Forums.
I'm new to IT and am considering going after a CCNA Routing + Switching cert and was wondering if it's worthwhile to pursue.
Definitely agree. Mostly my own fault for not jumping companies, and getting promotions from within, which never seems to get actual competitive pay with people who come from outside the company.
>Job Title
3rd Party Risk Analyst
>Years of Experience
5
>Degrees/Certs
BS Cyber security, CISSP
>How did you find/get job
Applied
>Pay
$95k
>Location
Nebraska
OSCP crew reporting in.
I have a BA in business.
Got my A+ and getting Network+ this week. I have no relevant job experience, how do I get a job in IT?