@Obsolesce, thank you for your suggestion. I'm checking it out now.

@Florida_man said in Field Tech, Part Time, Bay Area?:

@Obsolesce

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@travisdh1 said in Resume work:

@CCWTech said in Resume work:

@travisdh1 I've been searching on Indeed, Monster, Linkedin, and DICE. But so far I have only had 2 interviews. One went well, made it to final rounds. The other went really well, and they said they thought I deserved more money than the job offered and wanted to see if I was interested in other higher paying jobs with the company...I said yes, but not to count me out for this one. Then I got the "you haven't been selected" letter.

This was from a fortune 500 company so it wasn't "Jimbo's or Pat's". I'm really trying nearly anything really.

I get called by 'recruiters' in India who can barely speak english but not much else. I guess it's a tough market right now.

It's funny, I'm not used to applying for a job and not getting it. In the past if I applied for 3 places I usually had offers from 2.

All job listing sites are going to have more jobs that either aren't real jobs or have already been filled. If you pay attention, you'll find the same job listed on every single one. It's just a mess, without any way to weed out what are actual active listings.

I've mostly had recruiters come to me, but when I was applying I had a decent hit rate.

My advice is stop spamming out a general resume and tailor it towards the position you actually want. Basically apply for less jobs, but tailor your resume towards them. Also study up on anything you may not be familiar with when approached for the interview..

No problem spinning up virtual lab to learn about a product for an interview you want to nail. You could say something like I've used product A, but have also extensively tested X (their product). Then go into detail about some things about X to show you've actually used it. Say something like I'm not super familiar with X, but from my experience with it. It's quite intuitive and easy use. Then state your lab project and some challenges or accomplishments achieved during it.

@Dashrender said in Is this a fake job?:

so fake interviews by who? head hunters?

I've been to a few over the years.

@scottalanmiller said in Nearly All Job Postings Are Fake SAMIT Video:

@pmoncho said in Nearly All Job Postings Are Fake SAMIT Video:

My guess was it was totally fake or someone messed up the cut/paste job.

Or... both.

It was confusing to me and then I laughed because of all the talk of fake job postings.

@RandyBlevins said in How should you handle a potential promotion?:

@Obsolesce said in How should you handle a potential promotion?:

@RandyBlevins said in How should you handle a potential promotion?:

Should I consider taking the new position of my pay grade stays the same?

I think this is one of the big questions.

Is the new role something you would enjoy more irrespective of a pay bump?

I'm not sure. It will be no more writing code and doing troubleshooting like I'm used to doing now. I will miss getting to do the technical work, but at the same time I won't miss working through the corporate labyrinth for millions of different things. Every time I need a firewall rule opened, kms key created, dns entry, ssl cert created , etc I have to open a ticket to another team. Every team is different and it's an annoying process. Much more annoying than doing those things myself, because if I don't give exact details on how to create what I need it isn't done right.

Oh and Monday access to manage compute instances dissappeared as our IAM team is constantly stripping permissions in search for true zero trust. It's great to try to achieve it, but man stuff breaks randomly and then I have to open a ticket, they close it a day later because it wasnt the right type of ticket, then I reopen again and they fix the issue finally after 3 days.

Or would the only enjoyment or benefit of the new role come from the pay bump and not the role?

Would the new role be worth more should you take the role for a year or two with no pay bump, but result in like a 20% base pay increase at a new company later? Maybe that would be worth it. Maybe the new role would give a slight pay bump at your current company, and lead to more bonus/equity/etc, and/or more pay raises there too.

Maybe. I'm paid very well for my current position. I spent alot of time targeting a specific salary that is higher than most for my role. It's very hard for me to leave and match just my pay let alone all the other factors that are nice to have in a recession like FTE, yearly bonus, paid training, conferences up to $10k a year, etc. Also, some very intelligent people at my company so I feel I can still learn.

What do other companies pay for that new role now? What might they pay in two years? Maybe in 2 years of having this new role, you could at a different company get hired at a higher level like Principal or similar, resulting in a few hundred $K more total comp per year.

I do job searches sometimes, and get alot of messages daily about jobs (many of them revealing salary). I've got to be on top 5% for pay I think for my role. FAANG and maybe some big time banks could do a little better, but overall I'm very happy compared to what I've seen being offered

You could answer these best, but may help to point them out.

Maybe a bump in pay isn't what you want then, just a job you find more fulfilling and maybe some more clout or latitude.

Congratulations Eddie!!!!!!

Also remember you only need to hit about 60-70% of the job description. And you can get a much better job after only about 6 months at a new job. Keep track of your accomplishments and continuously learn and improve.

@dashrender they reason they had to take it down was because they were basically freely giving out information that they and other companies have to pay for.

@laksh1999 your best bet would be to print out the Sec+ exam objectives and study each item on it.

I used that and some practice tests for good measure.

@travisdh1 said in Resources for mastering Linux and getting RHCSA certification.:

@scottalanmiller said in Resources for mastering Linux and getting RHCSA certification.:

@openit said in Resources for mastering Linux and getting RHCSA certification.:

Any cheap or free book (soft) will be great, I will get it printed and study.

I've got a partial Linux Admin guide here on ML. @EddieJennings has a huge YouTube channel on exactly this. And my book on Linux Administration is scheduled to hit shelves in September.

You bothered to write a book? Isn't it going to be outdated before it's printed?

No, because it's well written. Tech actually doesn't move very fast.

Just don’t keep us in the dark in how it goes. Nice to hear some good news on occasion.

@scottalanmiller said in New to Linux Administration: RHEL-Based or Debian-Based OS:

I agree, both is the obvious choice. But to truly answer the question, I'd focus on Ubuntu (not Debian) and then RHEL. Debian is great, but it is Ubuntu specifically that has the market.

Yes, almost the same is never the same as exactly the same.

My guess would be yes. Most of those released 2015-2016. We've since seen their 3rd gen products released around 2018 with the HD products, and now the UAP6 devices are starting to trickle out. Doesn't really make sense to keep promoting the older stuff.

https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012192813#faq-device-gen

@Hugh-Jass said in Will Tech Giants actually adopt WFH?:

@scottalanmiller said in Will Tech Giants actually adopt WFH?:

Typically we see engineers cap out around $225K. But admins head closer to $500K.
Also, CIOs were more likely to be pulled from the admin ranks, not the engineer ranks. Because engineering was nearly all technical while admins had to be able to do everything an engineer could do, but apply it to the business in real time, deal with active security, and fix what the engineers broke all with the pressure on.
Also, in the SMB space, engineering is the low cost afterthought that admins do. It's maybe 5% of the job, and the easiest 5%. Consider how little knowledge or effort goes into installing a new server, and how much goes into supporting it after it is installed. We often have the most junior staff do the engineering parts because typically it requires the least experience or knowledge, and it can be double checked so doesn't matter even if they get something wrong - there is a chance to fix it before it goes live.

bro I think you lost your mind no one is making this much money in those roles

Don't confuse "I don't" with "other people don't."

The top end of IT is generally limited to a few physical locations (NY, London, Zurich) and to a few industries. So you aren't going to find it in some SMB shop, nor in some small village (other than in CT.)

@DustinB3403 said in Resume:

@IRJ said in Resume:

@DustinB3403 said in Resume:

Also bullet points should be concise, not full sentences. See the above example. Use the section descriptor to explain the bullet list if you must.

I disagree

Good for you, you've never seen a bullet point list. If you're writing complete sentences as bullet points you're doing something wrong.

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@IRJ said in Career Management/Recruiters/Headhunters - potential scam?:

@scottalanmiller said in Career Management/Recruiters/Headhunters - potential scam?:

@Jimmy9008 said in Career Management/Recruiters/Headhunters - potential scam?:

This company however says they do not charge the company but charge the candidate due to the service they provide and managing/promoting the candidate. The cost seems pretty expensive too at just below £1000, which is $1,400 USD.

That's an itty, bitty fraction of the cost that the companies pay. So this means that the math alone doesn't make sense. How could these guys make money. Sure, good headhunters do really, really well. But that's because they place something like 90% of the executive level staff out there. These guys are claiming to only be going after some tiny sliver of a percentage of the market, while doing so at a tiny percentage of the pay? Doesn't add up. If they were legit, they'd hardly make a penny.

Yeah placement fees can be $50k or more easily

Yeah, for sure. Good headhunters can place no more than one person a quarter and be doing pretty well. It's not like normal recruiting where they make at most a few thousand dollars and have to do big volumes. This is very diligent service with huge amounts of time going into every placement.

@Carnival-Boy said in Seekout: AI powered job search:

and I believe in Denmark you have to employ a certain percentage of female executives.

Roughly the same in the US, except you can never do so intentionally. You have to hire them organically. If you can't, you are stuck. But the laws aren't that strict, which is good, since there aren't that many women in most fields so you often can't get a candidate.