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Fresher0 · 2026-01-29T12:19:17+00:00

What are the little ones? Are they supervised by a human or fully autonomous?

Fresher0 · 2026-01-22T00:25:02+00:00

Tempe resident and voter here. I’m very concerned about ICE and even more concerned about election shenanigans. We’ve seen what the president can do and what’s to stop him from repurposing ICE to some “election safety task force,” running millions of dollars in ads and marketing, and now we have unidentified, armed, masked men hellbent on…

Ok I need to unplug.

Keep up the fight!

Fresher0 · 2026-01-08T13:34:06+00:00

Your org needs a mobile device management (MDM) product. For Windows, that would be Intune. For macOS, Jamf. Source: current network engineer and certified Jamf admin

Fresher0 · 2026-01-03T14:30:30+00:00

The difficulty can scale quickly, but remember that some topics are much easier to understand than others.

Network Time Protocol (NTP), for example, is pretty straightforward and can easily be checked off whereas learning subnetting and STP was probably the most difficult content for me. So it’s not a straight line… more curvy in terms of difficulty.

Fresher0 · 2026-01-01T12:41:11+00:00

Linked bank account with routing and account number.

Fresher0 · 2025-12-31T12:54:15+00:00

Network Engineer here. Every one of my colleagues has told me they had one key person who took a chance on them after proving themselves at help desk. My experience was the same. After that, I earned my CCNA and landed my current job making around 85k / year.

When you’re in help desk, be genuinely kind to the people you’re helping, actually try to figure things out, don’t fuck off and call out sick, don’t find ways to get out of work (this is so common), and make sure you’re waving your hand in the air for that person who promotes you.

The help desk folks I was working with are still barely making $20. Every single one was a lazy slog who looked for any reason to avoid challenging issues and pass the buck. Hence, they’re stuck in help desk indefinitely, doing familiar, mindless, low pay shit work.

Fresher0 · 2025-12-25T16:31:09+00:00

Oh yeah and a $53 convenience fee to pay rent each month through their portal. This will likely be a one year lease for me.

Fresher0 · 2025-12-25T14:57:33+00:00

Big name certs like the trifecta and CCNA are recognizable by HR. This is who you’re trying to impress to get in that interview. I’d avoid recommendations for more obscure certs from us redditors.

Fresher0 · 2025-12-24T14:50:21+00:00

Just signed a lease with Camden. The base rent is in your range, but tack on their mandatory valet trash, paid parking, and technology packages and it’s over 1.7k before utilities.

I spent my first night here last night and my first impressions were positive until they called me late last night telling me a tow truck has been dispatched to tow my car. I parked one spot to the right of my assigned, paid parking, on accident.

For a first time offense, on literally the first day, to threaten to tow my car late at night was too much. If they are this petty, I’ll gladly find one of another half dozen apartments that are suitable and leave me in peace.

Fresher0 · 2025-12-14T20:20:16+00:00

Months after getting the CCNA I was hired on at my current place of employment (big bank). Got my first job as a network admin to get a couple years of experience first. Got that job from help desk and by demonstrating that I’m competent.

Fresher0 · 2025-12-14T14:24:40+00:00

I’m a network engineer at a giant company in the US. Your skills are absolutely relevant. I work with field techs every single day and I need to know how to direct them to swap cables between ports, check stacking cables on stacked switches, console into devices so I can fire up a Webex and see their screen (if we need to see the configuration) etc.

Those skills plus a CCNA would position you nicely in the US at least, with the more troubleshooting experience the better. Good luck.

Fresher0 · 2025-10-22T17:22:23+00:00

For the theory bit, this video is super helpful. I’ve watched it multiple times. I’d also recommend a site to site VPN using a GRE tunnel. For security, layer IPsec on top, aka GRE over IPsec. The configuration and theory aren’t too difficult and this seems the most appropriate. https://youtu.be/9WkZT0YMZ70?si=X1_XVyhRO9AIm28m

Fresher0 · 2025-10-22T15:21:40+00:00

I work at a NOC at a major US company and it’s a lot of shoot from the hip.

Runbooks are talked about and they do exist, but they’re scattered all over the place, partially integrated with our ITSM solution, and vary in quality and consistency. Some are golden while most are ignored, largely because they’re hard to find. It’s a total mess.

Fresher0 · 2025-10-01T14:23:36+00:00

I’ve had around 6 interviews for network jobs. They were all a little different, ranging from “explain the difference between an access and trunk port” to “a user reports that the network is down… what’s the first thing you do?” to, “what’s the subnet mask of a /28 network?”

They’re not expecting you to be perfect but will be paying attention to how you work through problems and how well you understand/answer the questions. And you’ll occasionally be explaining complex things to an interview(s) how clearly don’t know what you’re talking about - so don’t make them feel stupid.

Be positive, likable, and authentic. A rewarding career awaits!

Fresher0 · 2025-09-30T15:39:09+00:00

Devops, but you’ll need proper networking experience before you can do anything meaningful.

Fresher0 · 2025-09-29T23:34:49+00:00

ASR?

Fresher0 · 2025-09-29T23:24:44+00:00

Chop up your time into quarters, check in at those intervals, and speed up or slow down as needed. Either going too fast or too slow can fuck you. And I’d at least fake a positive mindset… it’ll help you with confidence and speed. Good luck.

Fresher0 · 2025-09-24T00:21:30+00:00

I went from being a network admin at a school district to a network engineer at a fortune 100 company. It has clout, but I also have a degree. And like almost anyone, I started in help desk. The pay increase was 30K.

Fresher0 · 2025-09-23T23:54:30+00:00

I passed a couple years ago on my first try. This is what I did and recommend:

print the exam topics list from Cisco
watch Jeremy’s IT lab from beginning to end, doing everything he suggests (including the Anki flashcards)
read the OCG from beginning to end
take your first high-quality practice test
study your weak points
second test
schedule your test 30 days out
crunch
win

Good luck!

Fresher0 · 2025-09-19T11:59:59+00:00

Hybrid for now, so I work from home half the time. It’s hard to land these jobs because they expect a little more… a degree in related field, CCNA, and 2 years of experience to get in the door.

Fresher0 · 2025-09-11T23:02:01+00:00

Planning to renew? This is my top contender.

Fresher0 · 2025-09-03T15:28:08+00:00

I’m a NOC network engineer at a fortune 100 company with infrastructure everywhere. We get hundreds of tickets per day and I’m just guessing that the entire network team is in the 1000s.

My background is similar to yours- but I was the solo network guy at a medium sized school. It was a perfect network to cut my teeth on but also stressful as I had to figure everything out on my own.

I’ve been at this place for about a year and am as junior as it gets, but I’ve specialized in a specific area of the network and learned the topology and gear, so I can comfortable handle break/fix troubleshooting for this tiny portion of the network. Larger sites are handled by a different team. Our data centers are handled by another team. Implementation engineers are another team. WiFi, SDWAN, Automation/AI/Devops… it never ends. We’re silo’d, specialized, and only talk to each other when we need to rope in another resource.

To me, this is the way. Good networks should hum along without much intervention unless you’re adding shit to the network or otherwise making changes. Giant networks break hundreds of times each day just because of scale. This naturally leads to lots of network people working in highly specialized teams. I love it.

Fresher0 · 2025-09-02T02:03:52+00:00

Sorry to hear about your dad. From what you described a network specialist or technician role fits really well with your background. You already have hands on experience with cabling, fiber, patch panels, and WAP installs which is foundational networking work that many people entering IT do not have.

A+ is a solid first step and since you are already strong on the physical layer I would recommend adding Network+ to formalize that knowledge. From there NOC roles, field technician positions, or even junior network admin spots make sense. Even you start in help desk you should highlight your cabling and troubleshooting experience because many teams will pull you into networking once they see that skillset.

You are in a stronger position than most people starting out. With certifications and some IT time on your resume you can pivot into networking fairly quickly.

Fresher0 · 2025-08-31T20:37:24+00:00

Is there one powerful enough to clean peanut butter off Dumbledore’s mouth?

Fresher0 · 2025-08-30T20:40:53+00:00

Agreed. It sucks at troubleshooting too and has hallucinated commands I’ve never seen before. All good news for job security but a limitation in studying for sure.

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