The Official IT Thread

[King Erauno]

at the end of the interview when they ask if you have any more questions, ask something like, "is there anything on my resume that bothers you?" (or something to that effect), the answer they give will tell you if you got the job or not. so there will be no need to wonder.

also fuck a cover letter if you have one. this is IT. they can look at your resume and see what youve accomplished.

if you REALLY want the job and still arent sure where you stand, send thank you letter. but the first thing i said here should tell you where you stand.

 

[Bcotton5]

at the end of the interview when they ask if you have any more questions, ask something like, "is there anything on my resume that bothers you?" (or something to that effect), the answer they give will tell you if you got the job or not. so there will be no need to wonder.

also fuck a cover letter if you have one. this is IT. they can look at your resume and see what youve accomplished.

if you REALLY want the job and still arent sure where you stand, send thank you letter. but the first thing i said here should tell you where you stand.

Yea I sent the thank you email to them after the interview .

I never made a cover letter BTW

My temp/contract IT gig ended last week so I'm officially unemployed if I don't get this lmao

 

[King_sorrow]

Actually just received another call from her today. I'm thinking about calling her back but my current position is pretty nice. I make 36k with a 2 min commute to work 2weeks vacation 6 percent 401k match and fully paid medical, I'm still help desk though but just passed my ccnp route and have been working here for two years also about to get my associates in 6 months.

My dilemma is leave this job possibly make more money get a better title but go back to a 30-45 min commute excluding winter for a possible 10-15k raise and whatever benefits any other company offers.

What would y'all do in my situation?

 

[King Erauno]

Actually just received another call from her today. I'm thinking about calling her back but my current position is pretty nice. I make 36k with a 2 min commute to work 2weeks vacation 6 percent 401k match and fully paid medical, I'm still help desk though but just passed my ccnp route and have been working here for two years also about to get my associates in 6 months.

My dilemma is leave this job possibly make more money get a better title but go back to a 30-45 min commute excluding winter for a possible 10-15k raise and whatever benefits any other company offers.

What would y'all do in my situation?

take the better job. its about upward mobility. the commute wont last forever. the faster you move up and use those skills the faster the experience will rack up and then youll make even more money

ive been doing shit like that for years.. doubled my salary in 3 years. you grow the most when you step out of your comfort zone...

 

[valdez21]

Actually just received another call from her today. I'm thinking about calling her back but my current position is pretty nice. I make 36k with a 2 min commute to work 2weeks vacation 6 percent 401k match and fully paid medical, I'm still help desk though but just passed my ccnp route and have been working here for two years also about to get my associates in 6 months.

My dilemma is leave this job possibly make more money get a better title but go back to a 30-45 min commute excluding winter for a possible 10-15k raise and whatever benefits any other company offers.

What would y'all do in my situation?

What are your end goals? What's important to you? If it's money, you'll never make six figures in help desk. Commute is something you have to consider as well but in IT, most jobs allow you to work from home sometimes, especially in networking.

at the end of the interview when they ask if you have any more questions, ask something like, "is there anything on my resume that bothers you?" (or something to that effect), the answer they give will tell you if you got the job or not. so there will be no need to wonder.

also fuck a cover letter if you have one. this is IT. they can look at your resume and see what youve accomplished.

if you REALLY want the job and still arent sure where you stand, send thank you letter. but the first thing i said here should tell you where you stand.

This right here. ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS. Ask about the type of environment, how long has each one of them been there, what do they like the most about working there, what would they change, etc.. An interview is a two way street.

Asking what reservations do they have for not hiring you is key. You want to make sure you they have no reason to tell you no or wonder after you walk out that room.

 

[Bcotton5]

Actually just received another call from her today. I'm thinking about calling her back but my current position is pretty nice. I make 36k with a 2 min commute to work 2weeks vacation 6 percent 401k match and fully paid medical, I'm still help desk though but just passed my ccnp route and have been working here for two years also about to get my associates in 6 months.

My dilemma is leave this job possibly make more money get a better title but go back to a 30-45 min commute excluding winter for a possible 10-15k raise and whatever benefits any other company offers.

What would y'all do in my situation?

Nigga you good let me get this job! lol jk do what's best for you

Let me get that ccnp study material you got btw

Also what area you in? Secure 24 is in Southfield it's a good hour drive from me. Seems most IT jobs here are in Troy or Southfield

 

[King_sorrow]

Actually just received another call from her today. I'm thinking about calling her back but my current position is pretty nice. I make 36k with a 2 min commute to work 2weeks vacation 6 percent 401k match and fully paid medical, I'm still help desk though but just passed my ccnp route and have been working here for two years also about to get my associates in 6 months.

My dilemma is leave this job possibly make more money get a better title but go back to a 30-45 min commute excluding winter for a possible 10-15k raise and whatever benefits any other company offers.

What would y'all do in my situation?

Nigga you good let me get this job! lol jk do what's best for you

Let me get that ccnp study material you got btw

Also what area you in? Secure 24 is in Southfield it's a good hour drive from me. Seems most IT jobs here are in Troy or Southfield

Downriver area near Taylor, Secure 24 is about the same distance away from me as well. Just applied for this noc position at GM hopefully they call me back. If your from Michigan you know you get in with the big 3 and you're set lol

 

[Bcotton5]

Actually just received another call from her today. I'm thinking about calling her back but my current position is pretty nice. I make 36k with a 2 min commute to work 2weeks vacation 6 percent 401k match and fully paid medical, I'm still help desk though but just passed my ccnp route and have been working here for two years also about to get my associates in 6 months.

My dilemma is leave this job possibly make more money get a better title but go back to a 30-45 min commute excluding winter for a possible 10-15k raise and whatever benefits any other company offers.

What would y'all do in my situation?

Nigga you good let me get this job! lol jk do what's best for you

Let me get that ccnp study material you got btw

Also what area you in? Secure 24 is in Southfield it's a good hour drive from me. Seems most IT jobs here are in Troy or Southfield

Downriver area near Taylor, Secure 24 is about the same distance away from me as well. Just applied for this noc position at GM hopefully they call me back. If your from Michigan you know you get in with the big 3 and you're set lol

Lmao word I would accept any IT job with the big 3 here

Didn't even know GM were looking for networking people

 

[Bcotton5]

Juniper fast track, free training for the JNCIA. Juniper version of the CCNA basically

It's free doesn't take too long and you get a voucher for 50% off the cert exam at the end.

Just started it I'm not working for the next 2 weeks so I plan to go real hard at it and take it soon

@Thereal_ba
https://learningportal.juniper.net/juniper/user_fasttrack_home.aspx

Juniper as a 2nd language, free easy course that basically walks you thru juniper commands if you're coming from the Cisco IOS. Only takes 90 minutes
https://learningportal.juniper.net/juniper/user_activity_info.aspx?id=3310

For those of you who are familiar with Cisco's IOS, learning Juniper Networks Junos operating system is now made easy with Junos as a Second Language. Using an advanced graphical display, this course compares the similarities and the differences between both operating systems and shows the benefits of using Junos OS. This 90-minute program is designed for network engineers who are already well-versed in Cisco's IOS software but who might not be as familiar with Juniper Networks Junos OS.

 

[King Erauno]

juniper exams used to be free and online. are they still that way?

not sure how much $ juniper skills will net you, IMO

 

[Bcotton5]

juniper exams used to be free and online. are they still that way?

not sure how much $ juniper skills will net you, IMO

All the study material and stuff are free and you get a voucher for half off the exam I think it's 50 bucks . It certainly wouldn't hurt to know it.

 

[EmM HoLLa.]

Any of you guys good with Photoshop? I am trying to put a company logo together.. I have an idea of what I want I just don't have the photoshop skills to execute.. Anybody can show a lil love?..

 

[Bcotton5]

Any of you guys good with Photoshop? I am trying to put a company logo together.. I have an idea of what I want I just don't have the photoshop skills to execute.. Anybody can show a lil love?..

Lol honestly you could ask that in the Reason

 

[EmM HoLLa.]

Any of you guys good with Photoshop? I am trying to put a company logo together.. I have an idea of what I want I just don't have the photoshop skills to execute.. Anybody can show a lil love?..

Lol honestly you could ask that in the Reason

Those cats scare me.. This is the IC after all.. Lol...

 

[Bcotton5]

Did the juniper fast track and watched the whole jncia cbt nuggets series, still don't feel like I know it. It's stupid how they do the commands lol

I still might take the cert exam ,I heard it's not that hard

 

[Bcotton5]

Taking a Certified Ethical Hacker class and Scripting for Network Security Professionals class this semester starting next week.

Gonna take the CEH exam after the semester if I feel I know it well enough

 

[black caesar]

Well some good things have happened for me. I met this cat that does programming for a living. Not only that, he's an interviewer at his job. He is now teaching me Javascript every Saturday. His purpose is to get me into his corporation within 6-8 months.

 

[black caesar]

Seems like I need to learn SQL too any of yall good with that

I'm pretty good with it.... You have to learn the concepts behind relational databases first before you can truly become strong at SQL.. PM me if you need me to go into further detail.. @Bcotton5

@"EmM HoLLa." I'll holla at you about that.

 

[King Erauno]

Well some good things have happened for me. I met this cat that does programming for a living. Not only that, he's an interviewer at his job. He is now teaching me Javascript every Saturday. His purpose is to get me into his corporation within 6-8 months.

its not what you know but who you know. dope

 

[King Erauno]

Taking a Certified Ethical Hacker class and Scripting for Network Security Professionals class this semester starting next week.

Gonna take the CEH exam after the semester if I feel I know it well enough

go on and share some of that CEH material when you get it hommie, i've got the CEH on my to do list as well. just finding the time these days is tough