/cct/ - Career and Cert Thread General

>Job Title
Network Admin
>Years of Experience
~5
>Degrees/Certs
A+, Net+, Sec+, CCNA R&S
>How did you find/get job
Employee Website
>Pay
131k
>Location
Bagram, Afghanistan

>>56556059

>Job Title
Network Cuck Tier 2
>Years of Experience
3 months
>Degrees/Certs
CCNA, passed 1 of 3 CCNP tests
>How did you find/get job
online
>Pay
75k
>Location
Near Washington DC

>>56556059
What are some good projects to show to employers if one wants to be come a sysadmin, particularly involving linux? I'm thinking of getting a cloud server for setting up a blog where I talk about learning linux and other technologies, and also my experiences with LUGs. What do you guys think?

>>56556059

Bump.

I had an interview for Comcast the other day. Does that count?

>>56558424
For what type of position? How'd the interview go?

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>Job Title
Microsoft Shill
>Years of experience
10
>Degrees/Certs
Shill+ Pajeet+
>How did you find/get job
I'm Indian
>Pay
3 dollars a day
>Location
India

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>Job Title
Network Engineer
>Years of experience
4
>Degrees/Certs
BS,AS, CCNA RS, CCNA Wireless, CCNA Sec, Net+. Sec+, tons of other programming certs
>How did you find/get job
I'm Indian
>Pay
60k
>Location
Nevada

Working on CCNP now. Im sure I can already quit and make more money, but ill wait until my CCNP is done to ensure max gains

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I'm interested in computer maintenance & repair, and while I'm aware of CompTIA A+, I'm not sure where of where else to start or if it's even worth it. What other certs are worth looking into? I'm just looking for a "cozy" IT job and want to get away from retail.

>>56558835
>pc repair
so you want to make no money?

>>56558879
I've been interested but heard iffy things about it. I'll admit, it's been a while since I looked into it, so I don't know how much has changed.

>>56558928
Usually those type of jobs are used as gateways to get your foot in the door and get some experience.

>>56558723
Installation Tech or whatever. It seemed like it was good. They said I'd get end email in 7-10 days and day 10 was like yesterday and I haven't heard anything yet. Hopefully this week I get something or maybe I should call.

I work fast food, so it'd be quite the upgrade

>>56556059
>Job Title
IT Specialist
>Years of Experience
0
>Degrees/Certs
A+, working on CCNA and the rest of the common ones
>How did you find/get job
Nepotism, my father's co-workers nephew is the head IT guy
>Pay
37.5k
>Location
East Coast US

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>Job Title
System Engineer
>Years of Experience
2
>Degrees/Certs
CCNP/CCDP
>How did you find/get job
Applied online
>Pay
150k
>Location
Tristate area, US

>>56556365
Ever work down in KAF.

>>56558955
Do you have any certs or degrees?

>>56559548
Not as a contractor. Went there while in the military though.

>Job Title
Security Analyst
>Years of Experience
2 1/2
>Degrees/Certs
ITIL
>How did you find/get job
Currente one:they called me. Previous: Applied online
>Pay
20k
>Location
Lima, Perú

>>56556059
What's the quickest path to being a linux admin?

>Job Title
Support Technician
>Years of Experience
.5
>Degrees/Certs
none
>How did you find/get job
I know the CFO of the company. He let me get this internship that turned into a salaried position a couple weeks ago.
>Pay
21k a year, basically minimum wage where I live
>Location
Southern California

First tech job, coming from a McDonalds.
I'm shit at school, taught myself most of my tech knowledge.

No idea what to work for, thinking certifications? Dunno where to start.

>>56558820
Horrifyingly underpaid...

>>56560763
Vendor neutral certs and gov jobs

>>56559679
No, unfortunately.