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Mixd said:
Haven't worked in the industry going on 10 yrs now but had my MCSE, Cisco cert and Checkpoint Security Cert. Am sure the Checkpoint isn't worth anything anymore. Idk.

But something I mention to many guys in IT looking to advance your career, something a bit less of being a slave for a company in IT is to cross over to Project Management and look into getting your PMP. If you have 5 yrs experience you can take the test. There's many courses for it, some shared on here. I keep putting it off, but at this point, not sure if I can still go after it as my time frame may of expired.

But there's dudes making $90+ an hour in Project Management, so if you looking for a change consider it. Personally at times in the past, loved IT, but hated having 15 bosses and all playing against each other. I was running a 500 user environment over 12 offices globally. We barely outsourced anything. Was just me and another dude. Learned a lot back then, but was 24/7 on call basically and traveled alot. So wish I did PMP but had my own businesses making good paper til recession hit me...
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Some beautiful gems in here. I've been doing PM for a few years but havent studied. Figured I'd focus on virtualization and strengthen my other IT skills first.

I can totally relate to the environment and tiny staff .. those days are long behind me.
 
MrSid said:
Take gmail for instance , your email account is a container . It's created on the fly and destroyed on the fly .
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Thanks for the reply,
I was reading the reply, felt I was understanding it, but later realized I'm very confused.
 
kinfolk said:
Man this thread is what I needed! I'm working on a bachelors in Information Security and Assurance that i'll complete December 2017. I'm kinda late to the game and totally new to IT so I know experience will be key in order to make this degree mean something. Having a hard time making the decision to quit my decent paying job to take an internship in the field to get experience vs waiting until I actually have my degree an applying for an entry level job. What was your experiences finding your first job once you got the degree? Did you do internship or have previous IT experience? I have every intention on getting certs as well but that will have to wait until I graduate because full time work and 4-5 classes a semester is kicking my ass lol.
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Whattup Kinfolk,
What made you decide to get a degree? Are you making a career change? What is your full time job?
Just curious fam cause I thought about going back to school but after about 15 years in IT I'm not sure if another degree that's not an MBA will help me.

I'm not trying to get back into management cause I hated dealing with V and C level execs.
 
MrSid said:
Open stack . Master this and walk into Dev ops . VMware is just another visor , don't get locked in . Kemu , Zen , HyperV , Esxi they is loads of them .
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FREE OPENSTACK Cert walkthrough
FREE VMWARE VCP walkthrough
FREE CISCO CCNA walkthrough
FREE AWS walkthrough

6 - 10 videos with a ton of information to help you pass. Make no mistake, you will have to put in at least 10 - 12 hours of reading and 40 - 60 hours of lab time to pass. But use these as the guidelines.

hxxp://vbrownbag.com/brownbags/
 
CybaCipha said:
Sorry fellas I know this turned into a general IT discussion thread but someone mentioned openstack. There is a freee Couch to Openstack course I found a few weeks ago and can't locate it now.

Also, SAP HANA (in memory computing platform) is offering free courses for my database heads.
hxxp://go.sap.com


I'm really putting this here as a placeholder/reminder so I can get the info.
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I just posted the COUCH TO OPEN STACK information above ^^^^^ in the vbrownbags post.
 
CybaCipha said:
I just posted the COUCH TO OPEN STACK information above ^^^^^ in the vbrownbags post.
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Forget SAP HANA, Oracle and all the other legacy BS.


The future is:

- Openstack
- Hadoop
- Apache Spark
- AWS certs
- DevOps: Ansible, Travis CI
- Software Dev: NojeJS
- Search: Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) although for hyper scale and hardened environments: Solr Cloud
- machine learning ( recommender systems, NLP etc); see Microsoft Cognitive Services API
- machine learning tools: H2O (www.h2o.ai), Anaconda, Zepellin, (python or R: python preferred for production use)
Frontend Dev: AngularJS, ReactJS, nodeJS

Cutting edge:
- SDN
- SON
- IoT
- Deep Learning

I have done all of the above and currently work in the cutting edge stuff

Questions?
 
kayanation said:
Forget SAP HANA, Oracle and all the other legacy BS.


The future is:

- Openstack
- Hadoop
- Apache Spark
- AWS certs
- DevOps: Ansible, Travis CI
- Software Dev: NojeJS
- Search: Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) although for hyper scale and hardened environments: Solr Cloud
- machine learning ( recommender systems, NLP etc); see Microsoft Cognitive Services API
- machine learning tools: H2O (www.h2o.ai), Anaconda, Zepellin, (python or R: python preferred for production use)
Frontend Dev: AngularJS, ReactJS, nodeJS

Cutting edge:
- SDN
- SON
- IoT
- Deep Learning

I have done all of the above and currently work in the cutting edge stuff

Questions?
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As you know I'm studying to pass the Solutions Architect exam.....my goal is to get all 3 associate AWS certs and then go after the 2 professional along with any others AWS comes out with.

Do you believe that's a good path to work on right now? Why or why not? And how would you go about learning those other technologies you've listed?
 
wadusay said:
As you know I'm studying to pass the Solutions Architect exam.....my goal is to get all 3 associate AWS certs and then go after the 2 professional along with any others AWS comes out with.

Do you believe that's a good path to work on right now? Why or why not? And how would you go about learning those other technologies you've listed?
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My advice would be to pause after these exams and work on building a portfolio of projects.

1. Sign up on upwork and try to get some gigs
2. Create a profile on angel list

The key is to get some projects under your belt.

Certs say you know some stuff
Projects say you can do some stuff

Also, what do you want to be doing in 2 years?
 
kayanation said:
My advice would be to pause after these exams and work on building a portfolio of projects.

1. Sign up on upwork and try to get some gigs
2. Create a profile on angel list

The key is to get some projects under your belt.

Certs say you know some stuff
Projects say you can do some stuff

Also, what do you want to be doing in 2 years?
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Ok....that sounds like a plan I can do.

Thanks for the advice.

And as far as what I'll be doing in 2 years...I just want get into something that will be a start of a consistent career path and continue to develop my skills as well as learn new technologies as they come out. My first major goal was to get really good with AWS. I can't quite measure how I'll progress but you've given me something to work with as far as the advice on building a portfolio of projects.
 
HellBoy said:
Clearance is important. If you get put on with a entry level government IT job you'll be in there with Secret. Then you can leverage that in the private sector.
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Troll hat off.

I work both in government and in the private sector in Cyber Security. two ft jobs, 80 hours a week. The private sector is recruiting the hell out out of my team govy members. Cats are leaving govy jobs paying 103k jobs for jobs paying 250k and 300k to start!

In government having a CISSP is the standard path to management. But once you have experience on your resume that you work in government in Infosec, you can write your ticket anywhere. Certs are excellent to have, but can't hold a candle to actual realworld experience in infosec. Companies WILL compete over YOU. Because government works with and trains the best and gets you free training and your skills will become the envy of the corporate private sector.

.

All praises due to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad for getting kogalee recruited into the ever expanding ever demanding work field of cyber security.

Ok. Back to trolling
 
Thanks all, for the information provided. Has me reconsidering my plan of study. Anybody have thoughts/experience with CWNP/CWNA , meaning worth the time pursuing, and opportunities? This was my plan, but this and other threads have me thinking AWS may be a better route.
 
Get that AWS Cert. Its inexpensive, study hard for the test and let me know, for I kogalee have the actual test and the answers to that same test!
This is a gift from Master Fard Muhammad!
 
Is Itil v. 3 practicioner necessary? Is it ok to go straight to Intermediate? Is ACMT worth it? how long does it take to get Apple Certified Mac Technician?
 
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There is a entry level position I am applying for in March and it requires a networking plus certification. I have no background in IT, so what would be some good resources for studying besides the comp book.
 
kayanation said:
...Forget SAP HANA, Oracle and all the other legacy BS.


The future is:

- Openstack
- Hadoop
- Apache Spark
- AWS certs
- DevOps: Ansible, Travis CI

I have done all of the above and currently work in the cutting edge stuff

Questions?...
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Okay @kayanation I do have questions about the DevOps and I'm not sure if I asked you in the AWS thread...

1. It appears just about every interview with the DevOps question, the "Ansible, Chef, Puppet" question comes up. While I have seen Chef/Puppet used for server patching automation, I haven't worked in a true developer/IT infrastructure combined environment where there is continuous integration/deployment. What should my learning track be for someone like me who is less developer and more IT engineer? Is Linux Academy DevOps courses good enough to cover this?

2. I've know of Foreman and know how some of my former engineers used it with open source Puppet in order to get rid of Enterprise Chef and not pay a license. Are Foreman and Travis CI similar tools? What's the difference between the two?
 
vi rebel said:
Did anyone tried the SANS holiday hack challenge? https://holidayhackchallenge.com/2016/

I didn't have the time, however a good activity to keep you aware/challenged. Many professionals have published their results

https://www.securesolutions.no/sans-holiday-hack-challenge-2016-write-up/

Also there are videos on youtube with answers to some of the questions to review how others solved them
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I didn't know about it. Schedule too wild lately. I will read up on the results though.
 
Is there a company selling the Itil online training course only? Thoughtrock has a $250 bundle but I don't want to take the test from my computer.
 
A lot of people say it is monotone with a lack of graphics and people reading text. Price is tough to beat.
 

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