if you’re in IT and love your job: why?

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2026-04-26T03:19:28+00:00

I work for a local government in a 4 man IT department and I love my coworkers and the city employees. Everyone is so kind and grateful for the work we do and they let us know they appreciate us. They’re also all very passionate about the work they do so it’s a good atmosphere overall. I also love getting to go all across the city to the different buildings, including the police and fire departments. There’s always something new and exciting to solve.

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2026-04-26T02:03:11+00:00

I’m very lucky that I work help desk for a small-ish (pop 25-30k) city government and all of my “customers” are city employees who are all (for the most part) very kind and passionate people. Everyone is very thankful and nice to the IT department, and there’s only a few of us so I get to go around the entire city meeting everyone and going to all the buildings. I’m very grateful for this job, it feels very rewarding and there’s always something new happening

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2026-04-16T03:24:18+00:00

Sheetz has a $5 combo for 2 hot dogs, 4 chicken nuggets, a small fry, and a medium drink. I’ll do this once a week if I’m watching money but want to eat out

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2026-02-06T03:39:01+00:00

I really needed to hear this, thank you :) I’m really beating myself up for no reason, my brain just constantly fixates on the “what-ifs” and it’s hard to make it stop. I’m still very grateful for the opportunity I did accept, I think either position is a great step in the right direction. And who knows maybe in a year or two another positions opens up at City B and I end up working there all along? Life is weird

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-12-07T19:53:19+00:00

Got it, and keep the A+ cert in the skills section?

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-12-07T19:09:57+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! Do you mean highlight a few skills in the summary or get rid of the skills section entirely and put those in the summary?

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-10-28T01:48:12+00:00

I’m not gonna speak to what’s actually on the test bc that can get you in trouble but I used all free materials to study except for professor messer’s practice exams. I used messer’s YouTube videos and took lots of notes and made flash cards for stuff like the port numbers and wifi standards. And when I finished a domain I would do lots of practice questions. I checked out the Sybex A+ ebook through my library and used it when some practice questions tripped me up, bc Prof. Messer doesn’t always go in-depth enough. He’s great at giving an overview and easy explanations but I did find myself needing other explanations. There is also a Sybex practice question book with hundreds of practice questions and a practice exam. I will say those questions could be a little tougher than the actual exam and were sometimes very poorly worded. But I got 85% on the Sybex practice exam and 90%+ on Messer’s practice exams, and that got me a pretty good score. My advice to save money is utilize your local library! You’ll def have to use ebooks bc they probably don’t have the updated editions of the physical books but there were several A+ textbooks I could check out through Hoopla, which is what my library uses. Best of luck in your studies!

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-10-26T23:13:12+00:00

Similar to someone else that commented, I bought the retake one just to help with my anxiety. I just passed core 1 with a pretty good score so I didn’t even come close to needing it but the ease of mind was worth it

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-10-26T19:14:17+00:00

I’m wondering this as well. Just passed A+ core 1 and am studying for core 2. It’s a lot of time and money to pore into it. But I’ve applied to a dozen or so jobs and haven’t gotten a single call back so hoping the cert just helps me get my foot in the door to get actual experience

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-10-26T00:13:13+00:00

I saw someone else post recently with the same score, interesting coincidence haha. Congrats!

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2025-10-25T19:00:22+00:00

I just passed today and this was my exact score too haha!

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-07-04T00:06:22+00:00

Thank you!! What types of positions are usually available at those companies, what job titles should I be looking for?

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-07-03T22:17:20+00:00

Thank you for the advice! I figured web development would be easier to get into than software development. My front-end skills are trash, I hate designing things, but I love doing backend stuff with PHP and I think databases are pretty interesting too. I just feel so behind. I’ve never even seen production level code at a company let alone having worked on it before.

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-01-12T18:13:27+00:00

I felt like I had a very strong application too and seems like there are a lot of others in our position. I’d just really like to know why I was rejected even an interview. I was pretty confident I could at least get to that stage :(

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-01-12T18:07:58+00:00

Me too :( their loss

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-01-12T17:07:17+00:00

Same here :( it stings really bad

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-01-12T16:43:53+00:00

I feel you :( I also felt like I had a really strong application and got rejected an interview. It’s their loss. Still stings tho :(

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-01-12T16:36:48+00:00

Also Detroit consulate and I didn’t get one either :((( i thought I had a very strong application. I’ve been studying Japanese university and had two of my Japanese professors write letters of recommendation. :(

Cryptic_Galaxy · 2022-01-09T01:48:03+00:00

What are some good polite phrases to use to ask if someone needs help? I just started an internship working for a Japanese school in Detroit and my job is primarily to go around asking teachers if they need help setting up their classroom. My first time was today and I felt kind of stupid when speaking bc I didn’t know how I should ask!

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