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re: Do you work in I.T.? If yes, what capacity?
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:36 pm to BigD43
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:36 pm to BigD43
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What do you mean by that?
It's sometimes who you know and less what you know. It may be a bit cliche and even annoying if you're not an especially social person, but don't underestimate the importance of networking in this industry.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 4:39 pm
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:39 pm to BigD43
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What do you mean by that?
Network with others working in IT
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:39 pm to jdd48
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It's sometimes who you know and less what you know. Don't underestimate the importance of networking in this industry.
This. Make friends with people on teams you want to join. Show interest. They'll be the first to let you know when a position opens, and will vouch for you.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:40 pm to Naked Bootleg
following
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:40 pm to SlimTigerSlap
Thank you all for your advise.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:41 pm to BigD43
By the way, if anyone is going to Defcon this year, let's have a beer or 5. 
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:41 pm to BigD43
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I am networking+ and security+ certified
You gotta go deeper than those man.
Vmware, CCNA, MCSE, AWS, GCIH
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:42 pm to Naked Bootleg
I've been in IS for the last 12 years in various roles: training, training development, analyst, lead analyst, project manager. I'm a consultant now, so I do a bit of it all on the IS side, I know frick all about hardware though 
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:44 pm to Epic Cajun
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I've been in IS for the last 12 years in various roles: training, training development, analyst, lead analyst, project manager. I'm a consultant now, so I do a bit of it all on the IS side, I know frick all about hardware though
Congrats on not being Cerner Cajun.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:48 pm to Naked Bootleg
Been in IT since the late 90s, everything from MSCE to Novel all the way from Unix flavors of AIX, Solaris. Now doing kubernetes in a hybrid cloud on Azure/GCP/AWS. No degree, just keep working at it. Now my title is some sort of cloud engineer, but really just a sysadmin.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:54 pm to JinFL
I remember teaching myself to code in QBasic on a TI-82 calculator.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:58 pm to Naked Bootleg
quote:You have three choices. Academia, banking, or learn a language the rest of the universe has moved onto since the turn of the century.
studying fortran & cobol in 1997
The good news, it's never been easier to teach yourself in the history of mankind, than it is now.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 4:58 pm to Naked Bootleg
Come to the dark side of sales engineering. You already have a background in management and business processes. Can you bullshite your way through a tech demo?
It's lucrative, flexible, and plenty of opportunity to further your career. The downside is the rat race in chasing deals and certifications. It can be very stressful but it's a high risk, high reward path.
It's lucrative, flexible, and plenty of opportunity to further your career. The downside is the rat race in chasing deals and certifications. It can be very stressful but it's a high risk, high reward path.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:01 pm to JinFL
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Now my title is some sort of cloud engineer, but really just a sysadmin.
They make up fancy titles for those of us that don't want to go into management
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:02 pm to Naked Bootleg
Executive IT. Did everything from tech support, to networking, servers, programming, etc, over the past 25 years. No certs, BS in IT and a MBA, I was more interested in the business aspect of IT, and worked towards roles leaning in that direction. I wanted to run all of IT, I had no desire to get locked into one area. I get paid very well to build the roadmap/vision and coordinate, sometimes referee, people much smarter than me.
It’s not for everyone, I have techs and code monkeys who would rather stay in their comfortable positions vs taking on the role/responsibility of dealing with the rest of the executives, departments, and employees.
It’s not for everyone, I have techs and code monkeys who would rather stay in their comfortable positions vs taking on the role/responsibility of dealing with the rest of the executives, departments, and employees.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:04 pm to Naked Bootleg
I started as the person doing the physical work. Running cables, terminating cables, building out IDF's with hammer drills, sawzalls, hilti guns to pop hangers in the ceiling for cable support, rack and stack the hardware, et al. Over time, I worked my way up into managing and coordinating the people who do that activity, across an enterprise.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:05 pm to td1
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I have techs and code monkeys who would rather stay in their comfortable positions vs taking on the role/responsibility of dealing with the rest of the executives, departments, and employees.
You definitely just described me. I've had opportunities to go into management and just have no desire. I just think I'd hate it. It's all politics and meetings everywhere I've worked. Not my scene. I'm 45 years old so I don't think that will ever change about me. I like turning the nerd knobs and making things work.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 5:06 pm
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:14 pm to fallguy_1978
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Not my scene. I'm 45 years old so I don't think that will ever change about me. I like turning the nerd knobs and making things work.
You don't want to spend all day doing HR quarterly reviews on all 96 of your direct reports, creating meaningless reports and pie charts and slide shows for upper management who doesn't even understand what they are looking at, writing business cases for hardware refresh, dealing with vendor issues including SLA, KPI, MSA, Contract renewal, PO's, and invoicing snags?
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:15 pm to fallguy_1978
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I like turning the nerd knobs and making things work.
Then you can't be an architect, you care about making it work!
I can deal with the meetings where stuff gets done. The 2 hour slap fights for turf are what drain you.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 5:17 pm to fallguy_1978
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I just think I'd hate it. It's all politics and meetings everywhere I've worked. Not my scene. I'm 45 years old so I don't think that will ever change about me. I like turning the nerd knobs and making things work.
Same. I hate managing people. Sometimes you feel like a babysitter. I'd much rather do the grunt work.
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