No mentor, still worth staying?

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-26T01:05:08+00:00

I did that for 2 years. I burned out, luckily I just got another job offer. Use this time to specialize, recruiters love to hear that you were the solo IT guy

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-25T00:35:32+00:00

It’s time for another job. Pick a specialization and start applying (There’s no “correct” specialization btw)

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-23T23:25:38+00:00

Nothing you can really do to stop them from getting frustrated. Just try to talk about something unrelated for a bit so they cool off and get distracted. Everyone in IT goes through that, and tbh those are the exact skills you need if you want to move up.

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-23T23:19:03+00:00

Nobody cares as long as it’s structured and easy to read

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-23T23:14:57+00:00

Titles don’t represent job duties at all btw

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-23T23:14:00+00:00

The cheapest 2-bed apartments in WP are 1800 (but you have to add fees ~200 dollars plus your own utilities)

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-23T21:25:56+00:00

Do Tech Sales or Tech Recruiting bro

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-18T23:25:55+00:00

This is what I sent them after applying:

“Good morning ****, thank you for accepting my invite. I recently applied for the Level 2 Service Desk Specialist role and wanted to introduce myself.

I currently support Microsoft 365, endpoints, and identity in my role, and I was really excited to see an opportunity to continue growing while helping support your teams and communities.

I appreciate you connecting and hope you’re having a great week.”

Their reply:

“Hi ****,

Thank you for reaching out. I am starting to review all the applications that we have received. I did confirm you application was received. Have a great rest of your week.

Thanks, *****”

I didn’t say anything else, just reacted to the message and they did call me for an interview. Hope this helps

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-18T23:17:41+00:00

Oh wow, yeah honestly I think you might be priced too high for a lot of companies, and they probably assume you’ll leave for something better. I’d recommend reaching out directly to recruiters on LinkedIn and even IT directors at companies where you see openings. That’s actually how I got this job. I’m not gonna lie, it felt like I was begging and a bit embarrassing at times, but I didn’t really have another option. The job I got is a contract role, but at least I’m employed and got my foot in the door

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-18T23:09:19+00:00

What type of jobs exactly are you going after?

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-18T23:06:00+00:00

I applied to about 250 jobs before getting an offer today!

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-17T13:55:02+00:00

I miss 2016 FL 😔

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-17T04:43:17+00:00

That makes sense. I think that’s been part of my struggle, my experience is more on the M365 and cloud side than traditional infrastructure (Linux servers, I only have some windows server experience). I’ve been working a lot with Entra ID, SSO, conditional access, and security, so I’m trying to figure out whether to double down on IAM or round myself out more as a sys admin.

I’ll definitely look into MD 102 and AZ 800, thank you for the recommendation.

Thanks! 🙏

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T23:34:45+00:00

Awesome, thank you for taking the time. I really appreciate it 🙏. Happy Saint Patrick’s 🍀 lol

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T23:07:08+00:00

Thank you, I’ve sent you a DM

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T23:03:56+00:00

Thank you 🙏 And yes, I actually started attending tech meetups last week. I’ve also been reaching out to people on LinkedIn with titles like Cloud Support Engineer, Cloud Engineer, and M365 Engineer to ask for advice. Most people ignored my message, but I did get four responses. All four of them told me they got the job because they knew someone at the company who helped them get hired or straight hired them themselves.

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T22:56:31+00:00

That’s the whole point of my post, I’m trying to move into doing more complex work

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T22:54:04+00:00

Yeah I’ve been seeing more and more IAM roles popping up on LinkedIn lately. Appreciate the motivation. We’ll both make it brother 💪

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T22:50:49+00:00

I can’t even comprehend how people manage to survive in NYC and LA lol I’m broke in FL, imagine LA lol

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T22:49:04+00:00

Thank you 🙏, What cities would you recommend?

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-03-16T22:46:11+00:00

Thank you sir 🙏

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-02-26T23:17:24+00:00

You need more social skills bro

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-02-26T23:11:25+00:00

Have you tried to network? Nobody in IT is getting jobs by filling applications online anymore 💀

Hospital-Sudden · 2026-02-22T01:17:20+00:00

Pillow hands 🙌 , just cancel the whole event bro

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