THIS IS A CAREER POLL

any wintel sysadmins?

network engineer reporting in

Yeah "engineer", how does it feel knowing that a technician can do your job?

I just got told by mcdonalds that they don't want to hire me
should I just do it?

I do both engineering and technical support.

>spend money on an experienced technician to design a network
>"network is setup, there is no need for engineer anymore"
>engineer leaves
>things break
>no one knows how network was setup
>pay for another engineer to fix it
>"network is fixed, there is no need for engineer anymore"
>engineer leaves
>mfw

this. so fucking infuriating

Do what, kill yourself? Yes.

is sysadmin a good path for someone that doesnt want to be a dev out of college? graduating in a few months with CS degree but I dont enjoy programming large software projects (prefer scripting) and dont want to have to compete with 90% of cs students for a dev job.

you can only go 2 ways in IT, software or hardware (excluding management coz who the fuck wants to do that)
so if you don't enjoy programming large software projects, hardware is the way to go. you'd need to pick up professional certs to backup your degree though

finishing my first year in IT. Planning to get CCNA and A+ after 2nd year.

Just as a resume booster, I was thinking of getting a piss easy Microsoft certification like "Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Access 2016". I mean it shows i'm willing to go the extra step to show that I have some competency but I need opinions whether this is borderline autistic or not

>Router n' shit
Guy who I went to school with said that once, and I've never forgotten it.

Its a good path for someone who wants to make half as much money.

the only reason being software brings in the cash, while hardware brings in the value

I'm a data engineer. Enjoy what I do. It's largely 50% operations work and 50% software development which is great. If I get too tired of one thing I flip to the other.

Pays well, coworkers are great, work is great, office is nice. I only have an IT degree and two half assed semesters of a shitty master's program under my belt.

Definitely beats delivering pizzas or answering phones for people too stupid to hit "Reset my password" for my university.

I do Accounting

get it for your own self improvement, sure. get it to put on your resume? fuck off. nobody wants to see you've completed a "HOW TO USE THE CONTROL PANEL IN WINDOWS" certificate. run in with your guns ablaze and your dick in your pants

>"Microsoft Office Specialist: Microsoft Access 2016"
At least get it in something that matters. Access is literally worthless. A+ is a waste of money & time, just shows you know how to breathe. CCNA or Security+ are reasonable.

Would getting Linux+ be enough or should I study for RHSCA & RHCE?

thanks guys I needed the redpill so I don't get completely fucked when i'm out of school

How did you find the job and what was the interview process like?

RHSCA & RHCE. Linux+ is for babbies and queers who can't into Linux

Loonix admin, it's p cozy desu

I applied for the systems engineer internship during my first semester of the master's program shortly after I graduated with my BS in IT. My friend started there the year before and thoroughly enjoyed it, sung praises of the company. I was turned down the first time. Apparently they did not want to hire me as an intern since they were not sure if I wanted to return as a full time. Sucks, but understandable.

Second semester in I hated the master's program, I was so tired of school, I enjoyed some courses but hated everything else, didn't want to do a thesis, decided to drop out and reapplied to it and a couple other similar companies in the area. Took months to get a reply. In the meantime I found a local internship. Started there, first week in I got called back by my friend's company. They wanted to bring me on as a full time systems intern, I said yes, packed up and left 2 weeks later.

Interview was initially a phone screen, mostly asked what I wanted to get out of the internship, what I enjoy and what I kind of have experience with (like asking me what's on my resume, expanding a little bit). Next was an in person interview. It was me and three other engineers. They asked a bit of very basic Linux related material, some interesting questions about how to debug some junk, some about my projects on my resume, and lastly what I like to do as a hobby/read, how I stay up to date, etc.