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  Resume Review - It's that time of year
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  You could probably take away Major Project section and make that a bullet point under a role. Also I like to list my skills under each role. It's any easy place to list your skills without using bulletpoints
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  Take any AWS test at home with online proctoring during Pandemic
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  Infrastructure Engineer Openings in Dallas
  vmware career infrastructure dallas sysadmin job opening • • NetworkNerd  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Infrastructure Engineer Openings in Dallas: @travisdh1 said in Infrastructure Engineer Openings in Dallas: @NetworkNerd Are either of these able to be remote? But the biggest benefit is getting to move to Dallas! While that would be a bonus for me, I have a fiance and new mother in law that it wouldn't go over well with
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  2020 Linux: educational resources?
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  LinkedIn Learning https://www.linkedin.com/learning/search?keywords=rhel
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  Are Security Careers Real?
  security careers • • scottalanmiller  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Are Security Careers Real?: @IRJ said in Are Security Careers Real?: @scottalanmiller said in Are Security Careers Real?: @JaredBusch said in Are Security Careers Real?: @scottalanmiller said in Are Security Careers Real?: @VoIP_n00b said in Are Security Careers Real?: I friend of mine just made the transition to security. He said his pay doubled. What did he transition from? And WTF is security? Right? Everyone says it, but what exactly is that job? Its a cross between IT and compliance. There are different security roles, but they all fall in between those two sides. Some closer to IT, some in the middle, and some that are almost strictly compliance. The biggest problem is that often they are just called "security" and can mean almost anything. Likewise, the IT jobs are often just labeled "administration" or something and equally mean almost anything. Yeah so like with anything else specialization makes more... Cloud Security for example pays about 30% higher than standard Security roles. Architecture roles tend to pay a bit more since you are building security architecture and consulting security practices to other teams.
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  Follow-Up After Interview
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  @scottalanmiller Thanks! I'm doing some job searching right now on my computer, and now I have a completely different mentality on choosing which ones to apply for.
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  Resume
  resume review • • WrCombs  

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  @Dashrender said in Resume: @WrCombs said in Resume: @IRJ said in Resume: Technology Proficiency/Skills • Configuring and Managing Windows Server • Design and Configuration of Active Directory in Small Business Environment • System Support across multiple clients, operating systems, and networks • Windows Patching and support across multiple Windows operating systems • Network Design and Implementation with Ubiquity and Unifi network gear • Virtualization of servers and desktops • Help Desk support Professional Experience RDS (Retail Data Systems) http://www.rdspos.com/ 4/2018- Present Support Technician Skills used: Windows 10 , Windows Server 2019, RDP, NCR Aloha POS Software , Teamviewer, Bomgar , Backups, System Maintenance • • Managed and Delivered Software Deployments to remote systems • Performed Back-end Data Administration on software solution • Delivered Staff Training to customers • Implemented System upgrades and patches • Deployed and performed troubleshooting on receipt printers • Provided detailed documentation for internal use of IT department to help resolve common and uncommon issues. @Dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now: I missed the end result then. that's fair, see above yeah - the day I was sick - then when I came back, I was pulled in much lower to the thread and missed the resume itself. fair enough, that happens to the best of us.
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  If not A+, then where should someone start?
  • IRJ  

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  @IRJ said in If not A+, then where should someone start?: @scottalanmiller said in If not A+, then where should someone start?: One a small shop, the number of resumes is small. Not many people apply to work at one person shops. Especially these days. Even larger shops with full IT teams often get nearly zero applications for IT work these days. You have to go seek applicants, they rarely come to you. You assume they using good job descriptions and revealing the company size Oh, you are assuming a situation where they are posting to job boards. I see, that makes sense. Although I can tell you that even when doing so, you get almost nothing as a smaller shop.
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  How to Start in IT in 2020, No Experience
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  @PhlipElder i do agree there are some areas where MS is clear front runner like Office 365, but as far as infrastructure all major CSPs offer same services. It's on the SaaS side where there are some differences
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  Opening for an Infrastructure DevOps Engineer in Dallas
  career job hiring entrust datacard • • NetworkNerd  

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  SAMIT: Why IT Does Not Customize (Their Environments)
  youtube scott alan miller samit • • scottalanmiller  

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  I watched, its great advice. It is something I have always instinctively known but have never really been able to articulate. When SHTF, all the fancy trinkets and add-ons go bye-bye. Thanks Scott!!
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  Why Right to Fire (and Hire) May Be in the Employee's Favour
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  @IRJ said in Why Right to Fire (and Hire) May Be in the Employee's Favour: Why is most of the world against R2F? It seems like Europe, Middle East, and Asia all have laws against it? Not sure about the Americas outside of the US. A lot of the world are still driven by lots of low paid task worker jobs that are relatively speaking easy to replace.
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  How do you guys handle counter offers?
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  @IRJ I was able to move it over!
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  Salary, Responsibilities, or Title?
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  https://thenicholson.com/thinking-taking-offer-need-know/ Here is my 50+ point list of Questions and compensation related issues. Some stuff is straight forward: but start with immortal words of Wutang Finance. CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME EXCEPT WHEN OTHER ASSET CLASSES PROVIDE HIGHER RISK ADJUSTED YIELDS What I mean by this is cash is 100% solid comp, but other benefits (RSUs, 401K match, ESPP ) should be adjusted and factored in. Some stuff is situational: Support for “In plan post tax 401K to Roth” conversions may not strike your fancy, but I’m going to dodge a boat load of taxes over the years using this ”One trick several senators hate!”.
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  Why IT certifications are worth more than you think...
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  @scottalanmiller said in Why IT certifications are worth more than you think...: @Dashrender said in Why IT certifications are worth more than you think...: @scottalanmiller said in Why IT certifications are worth more than you think...: @Dashrender said in Why IT certifications are worth more than you think...: @scottalanmiller said in Why IT certifications are worth more than you think...: Management is more empathy than anything. Ug... Sorry, not getting a management job... but the job of actually managing. Oh, no, I understood you - This is something I constantly fail at. empathy for others. I just expect more from people... Sometimes empathy makes you expect more, not less I'm not sure if you're throwing platitudes at me?
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  Udemy - Black Friday deals - $9.99
  udemy • • fuznutz04  

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  I will also chime in and say that Udemy is great. I have been very impressed with how thorough the content for the courses I have purchased has been. Definitely worth the money if you ask me.
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  End of the year budget? 4th Quarter Last minute Hires?
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  @jmoore Sounds good and look forward to hearing from you! Thx
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  ONLYOFFICE Desktop editors v5.4 is available
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  Common Network Ports - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia prof messer video training a+ it careers • • steve  

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  Nice video to understand a bit most of the common ports.
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  Introduction to IP - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia prof messer video training it career a+ • • steve  

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  Very Interesting!
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  Engineer title alternative
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  @Obsolesce said in Engineer title alternative: @scottalanmiller said in Engineer title alternative: @IRJ said in Engineer title alternative: @flaxking said in Engineer title alternative: @Obsolesce said in Engineer title alternative: IT Admin / Software Developer seems most accurate. What are you engineering in IT? Are you software engineering or developing? In IT, I engineer production and test environments. I do administration if there is something that has to get escalated to me. Software developer would probably be more accurate. Some projects I am mostly just a developer, on others I participate in the engineering. It kind of sounds like DevOps more than IT admin I got the impression that it was discrete roles. Writing code under one hat, doing IT under another. That was my impression as well. And that is true, for the most part.
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  How did you get started in IT?
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  First computer was a Gateway running Windows ME, I didn't have a choice...
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  Figuring out what you want to do professionally
  career jobs future • • Kelly  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Figuring out what you want to do professionally: @Kelly said in Figuring out what you want to do professionally: How I think my peers are doing (social media syndrom This one is tough because we tend to associate a lot of people as peers, and to some degree are correct. But, for example... If you feel as a Linux Admin that a Windows Admin is a peer, you will likely always have one person that feels that they are "behind" on PowerShell and object scripting, and one that always feels that they are "behind" on text processing. But really, it's because they aren't direct peers. Sure, they are equals, but they aren't doing the exact same job. Exactly why I refer to this as the Social Media syndrome. "Based on my perception of myself in relation to this narrow slice of what I see of you (not allowing for any context), I am not as good as you." Even two Windows Admins will not have the same sets of responsibilities and scope within their job. IT (and many other jobs) is full of "oughts". I ought to do more automation. I ought to have a <type> plan. I ought to have more documentation. I ought to understand this LOB software better. I ought... I have judged myself based on my oughts and other based on their successes. It is a deceptive, and ultimately destructive, perception.
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  LinkedIn Endorsements
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  Looking for a new IT role or looking to hire for an IT role.
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  @flaxking I will check in our system to see what we currently have. I just received your resume and will be reaching out shortly this afternoon.
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  Starting a job search
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  @flaxking said in Starting a job search: ound of interviews for a sysadmin position at GitLab. However, this has fueled me into starting an active job search. However, I'm not quite sure how to start it. I would love to assist. Please send me your resume and I can see what openings I currently have.
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  Updated my Resume
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  @s-hackleman Happy to share two versions of mine for comparison [current] [current-summary]
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  Hard Reset iPhone 5c without iCloud password
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  @thanksajdotcom right direction. The first way to solve this problem is to reset your iCloud account password online, the second to use iTunes to reset, and the third is to use third-party tools to hard reset iPhone without iCloud password (final solution). Here are the steps to use iTunes: Connect to iTunes> Click on the Summary tab in the left list of iTunes > select Restore iPhone Options > select "Restore" option in the prompt window > click "Restore and Update" > iPhone will restart.
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  Uncertain Of Wants
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  @flaxking I love writing Powershell scripts, but I can't see myself full time developing, despite my wanting to learn C# or Jquery. Hmm, I think I'll try and continue down the Azure Devops path, get that cert and go from there.
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  Just How Hard is University to Overcome
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  BBC News - India school-leaving exam: The controversy that cost 23 lives https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-48050020