I'm thinkin of mass tagging everyone who's replied to this thread to drop they job title and then group it by section in OP lol
so that way yall can reach out to people directly to get the help or answers yall need.

Tryna help everybody and s***

What was your work experience before you got your current job?

cybersecurity associates degree -> undergrad & internship -> job offer in my final semester.

the internship was the sole reason i got hit up to come back full time post grad.

For anyone interested in taking the AZ-104, either purchase a Microsoft Azure labs package (Whizlabs is solid) , buy an Azure subscription or use exam dumps. Cause I’ve seen multiple people say that the study guides are damn near useless when it comes to the actual questions on the test. And I can absolutely vouch for that. Study guides and practice tests alone f***ed me over

Microsoft made that test for ppl that use Azure on the daily so absolutely look into one of those options. The questions were a f***in foreign language compared to the Microsoft Learn study guide

Well yeah lol

Outside of the fundamental certs,
these tests really aint meant for noobies to cram and pass.

learned the hard way lmao

Goated Cloud Youtuber
Check her out if you want project ideas related to AZ-104. May be more beneficial than cramming for the test.

You real preciate that bruh

Posting this here for all my IT Support folks! S*** hsd me ROLLING so accurate, this video. I know it’s from Reddit, but the vid is from TikTok & super accurate about IT: reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/149wwzb/if_i_worked_in_it_support_id_probably_need_anger

I could not imagine being in support for general IT stuff. Idk how one of my friends does it.

In the same vein, this s*** killed me man

Less so everyone else in IT, and more so the end users.

Bro it can be so bad, tell your friend he aint the only one dealing with that s***

Ty for the link I’ll def watch on my lunch break bro

had an interview today for amazons rma program
hopefully i get it, the more i read into being a tech 2 the more inclined i become

download virtualbox and a linux ISO and setup a virtual machine.

Godspeed

Well, what type of IT work do you want to do? Help desk, coding, or what?

If you want a help desk job, you can get that with ease after getting your A+ certification.

If you want coding, I would recommend SQL. It’s super easy & you make bank with it

You can make bank with a help desk job too, every company is always looking for an IT Support guy to guide technical illiterate folks through tasks

got the apprenticeship!

what type of apprenticeship?!

learn python IT bros esp if you're trying to get into cybersecurity.

Strongly recommend volunteermatch for those that want some experience working with some great organizations.

I got Data Engineer/Cloud experience working for them. Also you're doing good for the world as well.

Overqualified QA, active in the market, applying has been tough compared to before. Ideally looking for a remote role. Diligent & efficient manual tester, experience with coding and automation, just rather focus on manual and not coding/automation

Debating on picking up a new skill

New skill:
AI
Cybersecurity
Machine Learning
Blockchain

I can expand on the current QA skillsets, especially automation but I dread it

Time is the factor as I'm juggling a solid music career by myself, should focus on real estate regardless but I need to prioritize a job/work first and foremost.

I’m going for cyber security but machine learning really interests but I’m not great at maths

I'm currently working on a blockchain project as a volunteer, I can maybe connect you with my manager if you want

Also Machine Learning/AI/ are moreso the future, so get your python skills up to date.

General IT work is getting outsourced for far less pay to India and AI will probably have that entire field obsolete within the next few years.

If you noticed, these IT roles also used to pay much higher

what areas of IT are you insinuating will be obsolete in the next few years and be replaced with AI in its current form?