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    IT Certs - Not Entirely Accurate Report

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    • Bill KindleB
      Bill Kindle @thanksajdotcom
      last edited by Bill Kindle

      @ajstringham COMPTIA Security+
      Average salary: $80,066

      Wow, I'm grossly underpaid then...........

      I've stopped looking at these "reports" because they are not based in reality.

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        scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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        @Bill-Kindle said:

        @ajstringham COMPTIA Security+
        Average salary: $80,066

        Wow, I'm grossly underpaid then...........

        I've stopped looking at these "reports" because they are not based in reality.

        You aren't average career length or average career market though. You are misreading the stat. It's just an average of people holding that cert. You are much younger than average.

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        • Bill KindleB
          Bill Kindle @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller I've had that cert coming up on 6 years I think. Been working in IT in one capacity or another 10+ years now. I mean, unless 29 still means I'm too young......

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          • Bill KindleB
            Bill Kindle @IRJ
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            @IRJ Those look closer to what I see.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Bill Kindle
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              @Bill-Kindle said:

              @scottalanmiller I've had that cert coming up on 6 years I think. Been working in IT in one capacity or another 10+ years now. I mean, unless 29 still means I'm too young......

              It sure does. Average time in IT is more like 22 years and average age is like 43. And that's industry average. Average of those with certs is even higher.

              Step back and just try to define a certified industry average and use real numbers. You'll find that you are very young.

              I'm still young and have 25 years experience and am a decade older.

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                @Bill-Kindle said:

                @scottalanmiller I've had that cert coming up on 6 years I think. Been working in IT in one capacity or another 10+ years now. I mean, unless 29 still means I'm too young......

                It sure does. Average time in IT is more like 22 years and average age is like 43. And that's industry average. Average of those with certs is even higher.

                Step back and just try to define a certified industry average and use real numbers. You'll find that you are very young.

                I'm still young and have 25 years experience and am a decade older.

                25 years is a bit of stretch. You haven't been in IT since you were 12. You might have started learning stuff at 12 but don't say you have 25 years of experiencing, as that's deceiving.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                  @ajstringham said:

                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @Bill-Kindle said:

                  @scottalanmiller I've had that cert coming up on 6 years I think. Been working in IT in one capacity or another 10+ years now. I mean, unless 29 still means I'm too young......

                  It sure does. Average time in IT is more like 22 years and average age is like 43. And that's industry average. Average of those with certs is even higher.

                  Step back and just try to define a certified industry average and use real numbers. You'll find that you are very young.

                  I'm still young and have 25 years experience and am a decade older.

                  25 years is a bit of stretch. You haven't been in IT since you were 12. You might have started learning stuff at 12 but don't say you have 25 years of experiencing, as that's deceiving.

                  I'm 38. I started working as a corporate intern at 13 with Eastman Kodak. That's 25 years since I started. I started learning many years before that. I started programming in 1985.

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    That internship generated my first real job offer (outside of high school food service) when I was 17. It went quite well for me.

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                    • thanksajdotcomT
                      thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller said:

                      That internship generated my first real job offer (outside of high school food service) when I was 17. It went quite well for me.

                      That's more like 20 years then. Internships are limited experience. That's why they're internships.

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
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                        I've only been in IT for 10 years or so.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
                          last edited by

                          @ajstringham said:

                          @scottalanmiller said:

                          That internship generated my first real job offer (outside of high school food service) when I was 17. It went quite well for me.

                          That's more like 20 years then. Internships are limited experience. That's why they're internships.

                          No that's not how that works. Internships are the same as any other career stating point in IT. Completely on par and often far better than helpdesk.

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                          • ?
                            A Former User
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                            If I count volunteer experience I've been doing some IT since I was 13 or 14. But don't put that on my resume or anything most people wouldn't care I don't think. It depends on where the internship was at. I did work for some local churches, a non-profit housing authority and a small local film production company (It was a non-profit as well). I would certainly call them better than helpdesk. I learned far more setting up Apple Servers at a production company with an Xsan and fiber to the desktop (1GB fiber at the time lol). then I ever did in helpdesk.

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @A Former User
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                              @thecreativeone91 said:

                              If I count volunteer experience I've been doing some IT since I was 13 or 14. But don't put that on my resume or anything most people wouldn't care I don't think. It depends on where the internship was at. I did work for some local churches, a non-profit housing authority and a small local film production company (It was a non-profit as well). I would certainly call them better than helpdesk. I learned far more setting up Apple Servers at a production company with an Xsan and fiber to the desktop (1GB fiber at the time lol). then I ever did in helpdesk.

                              I did an actual POC database development project that cost a consulting firm their contract. I actually competed against a paid consulting group and beat the entire team on the project. Not only did they lose the contract but were banned from working at the company. Kodak was in the Fortune 100 back then, top 25 I believe. They were one company behind Pepsico then.

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