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  Just How Hard is University to Overcome
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  @Pete-S said in Just How Hard is University to Overcome: President Trump signs executive order emphasizing skills instead of college degree in federal hiring. Whut? Skillz? Why? Well I totally agree with the concept, I’m sorry but I have zero trust in the federal government to execute.
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  Will Tech Giants actually adopt WFH?
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  @ScottyBoy it was definitely pretty crazy and nothing that we had expected. But the silver lining is that because of the whole lawsuit situation, they were forced to pay me full salary (can't legally renegotiate or fire you during this kind of scenario) for about six months while we fought it out. But because of security rules, I wasn't allowed in the building or to have access to computers (at work.) So I 100% could not work, and 100% could not stop getting paid. So it was a stressful, but complete vacation for quite some time. That gave us months to save money, plan, talk, make life decisions, choose to move to Europe and retire and do a full about-face on our lives.
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  Storage Devices - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  storage youtube comptia prof messer certification video training it career a+ sata sas scsi ata • • steve  

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  @scottalanmiller said in Storage Devices - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer: @brianwinkelmann said in Storage Devices - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer: Very Interesting! I just didn't know about the M.2 SSD drive. It's the standard these days. Both of my desktops use M.2 drives. Looks like a RAM stick, so easy to store and deal with. Yep, on my laptop I have the option to use a M.2 drive and a 2.5 SSD drive.
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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. Here (a Fortune 100) the IT Security Department is a joke, It's all CYA stuff to limit liability to the company, nothing of real substance is done there, the normal IT department does more security than they do, a Chief Security Officer was hired a few years back, and I might add under the CFO, not the CIO. And they brought a few entry-level helpdesk guys from IT over with him to help the security team. No real experts. The CSO just copy/Pastes NIST documents. The guys on the team just pull emails out and stop a spread after a phishing attack or disables accounts that were compromised etc. Not real security work, it's just to limit legal liability is all.
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  Network Tools - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  networking comptia prof messer video training it career it training a+ • • steve  

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  I remember when sometimes I used some of the network tools mentioned on this video, also making my own RJ45 cable connection for first time.
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  Job postings with no salary listed
  • RandyBlevins  

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  @Carnival-Boy said in Job postings with no salary listed: I wasn't, but don't focus on the actual amounts - they were just arbitrary figures. Although salaries in Europe are a lot lower than the US. But my point was that a lot of employers are flexible and will make exceptions for good candidates, regardless of experience. Specifying a salary can cast the net too narrowly. Finding a good developer is hard over here, there aren't many available. if you can't find a good dev - then you simply aren't offering enough money to get them to walk away from their current gig.
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  Wireless Network Technologies - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia video training it career it training a+ wifi wireless 802.11 • • steve  

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  watching this rn : -)
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  802.11 Wireless Standards - CompTIA A+ 220-1001
  youtube networking comptia certification video training it career a+ wifi wireless it education 802.11 • • steve  

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  I made this safe for work
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  Assigning IP Addresses - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia prof messer certification video training it career it training a+ ipv4 • • steve  

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  Cool very interesting!
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  An Overview of IPv4 and IPv6 - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  networking comptia prof messer certification it career it training a+ internet ipv4 ipv6 • • steve  

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  @brianwinkelmann said in An Overview of IPv4 and IPv6 - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer: So for now we don't use IPv6 on local network areas right? Maybe in the future? Some people do, but not many. Mostly people only move to it when they want public IP addresses. IPv4 works really well for internal addressing so while you are free to use whatever, most people (and companies) stick to IPv4 because it's well known, understood, and supported by any equipment that you have.
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  Network Services - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  security networking comptia prof messer certification it training a+ it careers utm • • steve  

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  Wow Network Services are really needed.
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  Cellular Network Technologies - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia prof messer video training a+ • • steve  

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  @brianwinkelmann said in Cellular Network Technologies - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer: We are on 5G year now No real 5G available in the US. Bolivia has access to stuff that we do not. They had to allow 3G and 4G to be called 5G in the US to hide that no 5G equipment is available here. We support WISPs and they are 100% blocked from buying any that works right now. It's terrible. The US is rapidly turning into a wireless backwater as we fall farther and farther behind.
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  Configuring a SOHO Firewall - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia prof messer video training firewall a+ router • • steve  

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  Done with this one!
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  Network Devices - CompTIA A+ 220-1001 Prof Messer
  youtube networking comptia prof messer video training a+ • • steve  

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  Done with this one too! Reading the comment section : - )
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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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  This was very informative, I like the simplicity of the explanations. Also @scottalanmiller thanks for the extra feedback! I watched this a week ago btw
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  My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...
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  New version uploaded. Link in the original post will take you to the new document. How are those changes? I have tried to remove all the terminology like DR/BCP. I have put the promotions together so hopefully that will make more sense too...
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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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  @scottalanmiller ahhhh the S.A.M.
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  Certifications
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  @JaredBusch said in Certifications: @scottalanmiller said in Certifications: @flaxking said in Certifications: MS certs can definitely give you an edge at companies that are MS Partners, since they need to meet certain requirements I assume that that is going away given that the certs themselves are going away. And the MS Partner track has long had the cloud/azureO365 on the list. As its own competency. Now that other exams are retiring they'll be needed for other competencies.
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  Resume Critique
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  @DustinB3403 said in Resume Critique: @alex-olynyk remove your phone number and email from this document... Ffs are you wanting to be spammed? Calm your panties. It's a resume that is public shared via Google drive link. Pretty common and he can remove access at any point
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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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  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.