The Official IT Thread

[longmeat]

It's a damn conspiracy man.

King who were you gonna go with for your rack rental? I was gonna buy my own, but to get an exact lab, I'd end up dropping damn near 10 stacks on equipment.

 

[mrrealone]

What the heck is going on??!! A lot of threads in the IllPix, some threads in the R&B place done got deleted too.... Wassup??!

This site getting hacked again or just under construction??

 

[King Erauno]

What the heck is going on??!! A lot of threads in the IllPix, some threads in the R&B place done got deleted too.... Wassup??!

This site getting hacked again or just under construction??

shit stay getting hacked. at least once every 6 months

 

[longmeat]

yeah man i had posted this yesterday in the other IT thread. im going through IPexpert. i dropped a G on their security blended learning solution (it was on sale in december) got some videos on demand, and some workbooks and 160 hours of racktime = 20 8 hour sessions. its through proctorlabs.com

if you want to go straight to them you can too, i think its $25 a session (8 hours)

Thanks, I downloaded the videos off torrent a few days back and I found a torrent to their lab manual

I'm def gonna do some rack time. GNS3 ain't gonna cut it man. When you buy a session, is it 8 hours straight or can I do 4hrs, log off then do 4 more on another day?

 

[mrrealone]

shit stay getting hacked. at least once every 6 months

Probably not even that long..... Just tryna figure out, what's the purpose of deleting threads like this though??

Site may shut down again also.

 

[caddo man]

realest site ever. giveawayoftheday .com

I missed the best giveaway but I am on it now.

 

[Black Boy King]

yeah i bookmarked the one i made for reference cuz it had some real info. like 20 somethin pages deep. how you delete that?

Anyway I've been on a mean hunt for a help desk position. I may hear some good news today, praying on it. If it happens boyyyyyy, im bouta be GRIMIN this year. I know ppl consider help desk a shitty job, but all I see is opportunity

 

[King Erauno]

yeah i bookmarked the one i made for reference cuz it had some real info. like 20 somethin pages deep. how you delete that?

Anyway I've been on a mean hunt for a help desk position. I may hear some good news today, praying on it. If it happens boyyyyyy, im bouta be GRIMIN this year. I know ppl consider help desk a shitty job, but all I see is opportunity

gotta start somewhere bruh. good luck. remember to learn everything that you can and get ahead of the pack. sometimes u really gotta grind and sacrifice to get where you want to be

 

[SoutCity]

I asked the Admin to put back the IT forum.

 

[isiahil]

longmeat and anybody else that does IT security. What is yall current salary (or range if you dont want to say). These IT surveys are complete BS. I wanted to know what a real IT information security (or similar position) makes and how many years and certs you have.

 

[longmeat]

unless you got major guap, its damn near impossible to do it without racktime. they got an acs and ips in the labs and those cost a grip so its definitely worth the price. i'm not sure if you can break it up. you schedule it in 8 hour slots. a nigga gonna have to adjust his sleep pattern for this shit..

12 am -7:45am

8am - 3:45pm

4pm - 11:45pm

those are the slot times ive seen so far. might need to get nice with the hardware individually prior to scheduling racktime, ive seen a lab claim that it may take 10-15 hours the first few times, you would just have to get your speed up.

Aight thanks fam. I'll just smash the 4PM-12 slots. I'm always up mad late anyway. GNS3 and VMWare just ain't working for me man. I can't get the virtual networks to play nice so I'm gonna have to definitely go the virtual lab route. I'll just put money aside every moth for lab time. All I know is as soon as I get that written out the way it's a wrap.

longmeat and anybody else that does IT security. What is yall current salary (or range if you dont want to say). These IT surveys are complete BS. I wanted to know what a real IT information security (or similar position) makes and how many years and certs you have.

Security salaries can range widely depending on your certs, market, and where in security you want to do be in. I've come across positions as low as 60k and seen positions all the way up to 200k. CISSP is pretty much a must, every security position wants you to have it. I interviewed for 2 positions today. One paying 95k, and the other paying 150k.

The 95k one is Cisco VPN/Firewall and Checkpoint VPN/Firewall

The 150k one is LDAP, some scripting/coding, and application/server security

Security has multiple facets.

Network security - vpn's, firewalls, routers, switches, wlan, ids/ips

Information security - identity and access management, cryptography, dlp, device encryption

Penetration testing - network, web application, servers

Forensics

Risk management

If you're willing to travel, you can make mad paper. But you better bet at the top of your game. At that level you have to be the SME at whatever organization hires you. When shit goes wrong, you the nigga that gotta fix it.

 

[longmeat]

Looks like I got the 150k job

Still gotta make sure everything is kosher before I accept, but if it works out, I'll be mad happy

 

[a_wack_poster]

damn congrats bro, I'm still out grinding on these lil work market jobs tryna get my experience up. shit is goin by slower than i want but its moving at least

 

[black caesar]

Dammit all that good information is gone?!!

 

[King Erauno]

Looks like I got the 150k job

Still gotta make sure everything is kosher before I accept, but if it works out, I'll be mad happy

damn. congrats hommie. hard work pays off. nigga done got me motivated out chea

 

[isiahil]

Looks like I got the 150k job

Still gotta make sure everything is kosher before I accept, but if it works out, I'll be mad happy

How many years of experience do you have?

 

[SoutCity]

Looks like I got the 150k job

Still gotta make sure everything is kosher before I accept, but if it works out, I'll be mad happy

Congrats bro.................

 

[traestar]

What is your take on government jobs like FAA, DOD, etc.

I've talked to all my IT friends and they're like trying to go full federal, I'm contractor now and I just feel going federal would mean be there forever.

Idda know, I just feel funny doing it!

 

[valdez21]

I feel like a part of me died when they got rid of the old thread...Had a phone interview that didnt go too well, waiting to hear back -___- .... Congrats long!

 

[longmeat]

Thanks for the congrats niggas, and please believe I'm still working on my CCIE. I seen a silver lambo and a drop maseratti yesterday at some restaurant. That shit got me stupid motivated to get my money right.

How many years of experience do you have?

This year will be 9.

I feel like a part of me died when they got rid of the old thread...Had a phone interview that didnt go too well, waiting to hear back -___- .... Congrats long!

Man that shit always happens. This is like the 5th time they deleted the IT thread. Niggas got hate in their blood.