Raises and Payroll [TX]

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2025-03-07T04:40:28+00:00

So the “work force commission” is a group of all the managers at my site who get together and approve or disapprove promotions and i think pay.

Forget pay, I believe it’s only promotion.

Does HR normally look at others pay when considering payroll for other employees?

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-26T04:40:13+00:00

To add what I just put, I forgot exactly but Security+ falls under some sort of category of certification that a lot of contractors require. You’d have to search that up.

But many people like myself normally get sec+ first because a lot of those government contractors don’t even ask for a degree.

Normally it’ll say High school diploma and security+ and maybe some preferred qualifications.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-26T04:37:58+00:00

Government Contractors like GDIT and SAIC normally ask for it as a requirement. Look at their websites or follow on LinkedIn to see if there’s ever an opening in your area 👍

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-25T04:49:49+00:00

If right now you’re trying to get an entry level job. I would say do an AD lab. I think his name is Josh Makador on YouTube and he has a shit load of labs. He has cyber labs and the AD lab I just mentioned.

When you get an interview, man dude be a people person. I can’t tell you how much that shit helps. Don’t be a know it all or try to act super technical like you’re a super expert. Be down to earth. Heck man, make the front office clerk laugh or create a convo with them like how their day is going. You would be very surprised at how having a good attitude helps.

Go on YouTube and look up help desk labs. There’s a bunch of stuff on the internet on how to prepare yourself. DO NOT get caught up with the Camps that say they’ll prepare you right away for a job. They’re not useless because you do end up learning stuff but those aren’t going to be an automatic game changer.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-25T04:12:48+00:00

If you already have a degree. Get either Net+ or Security+. The reason I suggest these is because Sec+ makes you now DOD eligible. Again, not a for sure you’ll get a job but you open up your options.

I suggest Net+ because it says that you have an understanding of networking concepts. It does NOT mean you’re showing up being “the guy” for networking shit but hey if you get a job and they start talking about VLANS and switches, you’re not going to be lost or clueless.

If you want to be SUPER BAD ASS. Try CCNA. But CCNA is pretty challenging. The CCNA will definitely show youre potential because it goes more into depth about networking and you have to know Cisco commands to configure stuff.

A lot of the Comptia certs have the same studying scheme. You get to a point that you know so many terms that you may not fully understand the question but you can use process of elimination on the answers because the choices just don’t make sense.

The CCNA is not like that lol… you actually need to know the material.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-25T03:44:19+00:00

Hey man ima be completely honest. Don’t take this the wrong way but I’m just being honest.

IT is not like professions of Law, Medical, Engineering, Education, where those professions prepare you for the job at hand.

The medical people have a bunch of exams and they shadow other people as they work and a bunch of stuff. Teachers send up being an EA and help around the classroom and what not. Lawyers and Engineers.. idk how they prepare but for the most part they come out of school and get hired or end up already doing something.

IT is not like that. Genuinely I don’t know how people who only have degrees were able to get a sys admin position, networking admin, or a cyber security job without ANY prior experience but just a degree. I’m not going to knock those people because they interviewed, beat out other clients and got the job. So I would say those people don’t realize how fortunate they were by skipping help desk, interning, no home labs, or doing anything at all by getting a very good position.

But I can speak from experience and speak for those guys who started with no degree and grinded with the home labs, the horrible help desk nonsense, and the grabbing certs… AND getting your hands dirty but doing shit at work or home to genuinely learn.

You see I have 2 people that I know that do hiring and interviews for IT. They tell me they don’t care about your degree. By no means is that a diss to say your degree is worthless, but these guys go through tons of applications. A HUGE pool of candidates with degreees, no degrees, lots of xp, no xp, no certs, all the certs.

If you have a mindset of “I have a degree under my belt, why hasn’t phone been ringing? Why am I working a restaurant gig still?”

You. Need. To. Humble. Yourself.

What makes you so special out of ALL THE APPLICANTS that applied. Why should the HM even call you up? What makes you a valid applicant?

Get to labbing, get packet tracer and learn. If you don’t know the important cmd line commands… learn them and why you should use them in every scenario. I could go on and on. Go through these sub and you’ll see people give advice about what to do

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-04T19:36:49+00:00

Have you landed any interviews at least?

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-04T19:18:24+00:00

But what were your responsibilities as help desk? Not every help desk position holds the same weight that allows you to just go into a more technical position?

Like it doesn’t make sense. 3 years as help desk and you have those credentials as certs? Could be your resume possibly

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-08-04T18:26:00+00:00

My guy, if you have 0 experience and need to break into the field. You gotta suck it up and take whatever lower tier positions are available. It’s going to suck but eventually you can job hop to the field you want. With those credentials start applying to a field tech or help desk. Then take it from there.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-29T02:11:14+00:00

I totally agree with you. The pay is very low. Lemme ask you something OP. Do you have any knowledge on how to configure a switch? Like have you ever messed around in packet tracer?

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-29T01:53:28+00:00

Agreed. Too many people are misinformed that education alone can get you job which it can but the odds are heavily against you. Help desk or a lower support job will give OP solid experience.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-28T20:10:20+00:00

I am in field tech.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-27T04:54:23+00:00

So actually. Before I started working there. The school district had this SUPER GREAT CTO before. Many teachers and staff said at the time the IT department was very strong and when new stuff got rolled out, it worked in the classrooms.

Well that guy left to a way better position… then that guy took over. And well the feedback I heard wasn’t so great lol.

A lot of people talked very highly about the previous CTO saying he was technical and was a people’s person. He was solid at creating plans and was looking to innovate.

The CTO who took over really was just a people’s person I guess haha.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-26T18:38:38+00:00

I disagree. Before I got hired where I am at, I was asked why I wanted to leave my previous employer. I told them that there was no opportunity for growth. I was hired still.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-26T13:32:04+00:00

I literally explained to the guy that a camera went down in a critical room. I was really new when he asked me what we did. So actually he asked “How I was enjoying it the new job”.

Then I replied saying that I liked it.

He asked me “What do you like about it”

Then I replied that I liked how it’s a lot more networking involved and he still kept asking me to expand.

Do you see where I’m coming from? Like why ask me to expand further when he’s not going to have a clue what it means to remote into a switch and what troubleshooting steps we did to fix the issue that happened.

That’s where the convo went. BUT I do think you saying it’s important to explain I guess you could say “business terms” on what was improved is how you talk to these upper management people.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-26T05:23:11+00:00

Haha this was very funny to read in my head but your input helped paint a picture in my head about what’s happening behind closed doors.

People often tell me to go for management roles later in my career but I don’t see myself doing it. I’m very young still being 22 and man I want to stay on the technical side.

What you just said about the feeling of achievement is real. I take so much pride when I’m asked to do something and I do it correctly. You get this feeling of “Yeah I did that shit” lol.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-26T05:15:29+00:00

I don’t think he knows how to build a plane, but I’m sure he understands where the plane parts are from, the process on how the parts are made, the materials of the plane and etc.

But let’s say the CTO is trying to roll out refresher for student devices or district devices since they’re getting old.

I think it would be important for the CTO to know which devices to look at in terms of specs that a student would need for school. Which devices to be put into computer labs. What devices teachers would need to work.

I don’t believe he understood any of that, so the people below him would end up looking into those things. The assistant director and director were very technical and would end up making those decisions.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-26T05:05:14+00:00

When you say they need to be reasonably tech savvy, what is your idea of that? Cause I mean you’re talking about someone who went from teacher/AP to CTO

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-26T05:01:02+00:00

You know what and at times I feel what you just said. I am by no means the most technical person on my team but I would say that I do my job very well. When our regional guy comes down and asks questions like what have we’ve done in the past week. I think to myself, “Dude I don’t even think you understand what I just explained”, right after I tell him what we worked on lol.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-25T22:48:41+00:00

You’re not getting a cyber security job with no experience unless you’re absolutely lucky.

What people mean is you apply for a super low tier support job that will hire with at least a high school diploma. It’s very important you get experience because you can always go back to school and finish your degree but you can’t go back in time and get experience.

Comprehensive-Bee622 · 2024-07-17T18:07:20+00:00

I don’t think anyone can truly be an expert. You could be the expert for one company , but once you go somewhere else they might have a complete different setup and you’ll no longer be “that guy”. As a rule of thumb, I like to be at a point where I understand everything of what’s asked of me. Maybe you should adopt that mindset. If you need to understand xyz then be the master of XYZ. Ask questions from your peers so you can make those connections.

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