Damn CompTIA certs really pay off lol

02-05-2019, 11:39 PM

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roko79
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question for misc.

I work in consulting and wants to transition to business transformation/technical side. I've got about 8 years of FS experience, from the business side. My tech experience is limited to gather business requirements, and functional requirements, and working with IT for implementation, but not having done the architecture work myself. I'm taking the RPA cert now for UiPath, so I'll have that on my resume soon. What other certs should I get if I was to work in a business transformation type of role? Alot of them mention .net, or Oracle/SAP certs, but they seem to cost thousands of dollars.

any ideas?

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02-06-2019, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted By Voidgaze⏩

Mirin' income.

I'd be happy to hit 60k within the next 5 years lol.

I brag about my job being easy, and having all kinds of freedoms, and the pay. But realistically, I live in one of the most expensive areas in the whole country, so it's not like I'm balling out of control, and while I set my own schedule that just means I'm working at crazy times and catering to insane clients. To be honest, mostly I just lucked into this position, because it doesn't feel like I know all that much.

Working for an MSP I will say does prevent you from getting bored. We handle everything from web hosting, VOIP, Windows environments, and everything in between.

My advice to you is, go for jobs that you believe you're under-qualified for, you'll surprise yourself. I can't tell you of all the people with 20 years of experience, making 6 figures, who don't know shyt. Also, make sure to make connections, and keep those alive, it's more about who you know, rather than what you know.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

02-06-2019, 07:08 AM

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#93

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Self taught IT guy with only certs. Made 35k yr first job at 18.

Making 70k a year now as a sys admin in a sub 50k population city. (AKA low cost of living).

No college debt

Work 2 hours a day, play video games, poker, misc, etc for the other 6.

Standard IT guy life feelsgoodman.

Used to make more money as a consultant but the hours + travel aren't worth it. In house director or sys admin is the way to go boys, never going back to consulting.

You actually don't need to concern yourself with certifications too much. IF you know your stuff it should be clear on your resume and in your interview. More weight is placed on experience in this field then paper credentials because the technology is constantly changing.

Tips to new guys: Learn a virtualization platform asap. Know how to configure a citrix or vmware environment from the ground up. Practice at home with a lab. Almost all environments are virtual nowadays unless you work in a very small office.

02-06-2019, 07:16 AM

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#94

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Only have S+/ITIL/no degree = 105k we outcheaaaaaaaaaaaa

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02-06-2019, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted By DesiredUser****⏩

Only have S+/ITIL/no degree = 105k we outcheaaaaaaaaaaaa

aware me on ITIL

S+ = security + ???

02-06-2019, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted By seanb1979⏩

I do the same, it's the goat for experience but after a decade-ish it's getting old. I feel I need to grow or go in a new direction.

I don't like working at all, I'm doing this until I can acquire 4-5 properties, and then I'm retiring to some shythole third world country with cheap cost of living.

But I feel the same way you do, I would like to do higher level stuff, but I don't think the pay bump is worth the drop in freedom, my current job is pretty comfortable all things considered.

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02-06-2019, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted By SirFapsAIot⏩

aware me on ITIL

S+ = security + ???

Sec+ has been required for all my IT positions, never A+ but I started with a decent knowledge of Windows and Active Directory. I wouldn't suggest ITIL since it's only been required for 1 or 2 of them but the first exam/cert is easy. The higher ITIL ones are only for Program Manager type positions which have never interested me.

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02-06-2019, 07:55 AM

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#98

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can't believe some people think OSI and subnetting are hard...it's like PEMDAS and multiplication table

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02-06-2019, 08:40 AM

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#99

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it may land you an average paying job but it will not get you much further regardless where in the world you are.

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02-06-2019, 08:44 AM

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#100

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I must be the odd one out. Everyone talking about Windows related stuff and I work on one of the biggest data centers in the state supporting a mainframe environments.

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02-06-2019, 09:33 AM

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#101

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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩

I brag about my job being easy, and having all kinds of freedoms, and the pay. But realistically, I live in one of the most expensive areas in the whole country, so it's not like I'm balling out of control, and while I set my own schedule that just means I'm working at crazy times and catering to insane clients. To be honest, mostly I just lucked into this position, because it doesn't feel like I know all that much.

Working for an MSP I will say does prevent you from getting bored. We handle everything from web hosting, VOIP, Windows environments, and everything in between.

My advice to you is, go for jobs that you believe you're under-qualified for, you'll surprise yourself. I can't tell you of all the people with 20 years of experience, making 6 figures, who don't know shyt. Also, make sure to make connections, and keep those alive, it's more about who you know, rather than what you know.

**** move to Boise, we are hungry for good IT people here. You'll make about the same and can buy a great house for 300k.