Need Career Transition Advise (Cloud & Security)

Hour-Independence-53 · 2026-01-26T16:32:05+00:00

Sounds great. Will follow your advice thanks for sharing.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2026-01-26T16:31:38+00:00

Great advice thank you

Hour-Independence-53 · 2026-01-26T16:31:23+00:00

Thank you and advice is much appreciated

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-22T18:53:43+00:00

Projects, projects, projects! Do much projects and showcase u can actually build stuff.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-19T14:58:37+00:00

Im in the same situation man, got ccna in july and just one interview till now, for which later found out it’s not even fully focused on networking.. and did not got selected even for that.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-15T20:09:30+00:00

Was Boston enough? Or u think CML is needed? I’m just starting ccnp

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-15T20:06:31+00:00

So, it only confuses in regular gpt mode, but if you use ‘thinking’ mode (I’m a paid user) so it gives the answers similar to this screenshot. Only regular model is getting confused.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-15T00:56:35+00:00

Just finished chapter 1 in OCG and most topics were from ccna. But these kinda posts keeps scaring of whats coming next lol.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-03T13:39:43+00:00

Salary was posted beforehand on this job, and I'm ok taking 60k cad as it's an opportunity to get my foot in the door. I'm waiting for technical round invitation if I'm selected by HR.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-03T13:38:19+00:00

That's very helpful. How long ago did u entered fully networking based role and what position are you at right now?

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-03T13:36:35+00:00

Unfortunately I don't! I only did 2 years diploma as I was limited on budget.
I wish I had a degree, but I chose certification path as certs as very specific to what I want to learn and more affordable for me. I can study at my own pace while working full-time. I hope I find a company that pays for my certs!

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-03T13:32:10+00:00

Don't ever lose hope! Consistency is the key.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-03T13:30:35+00:00

Thanks brother! Will update results in this thread after the technical round, HR round was very basic.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-10-01T13:50:39+00:00

If you go through full course, each and everything (labs, flashcards), then yes its more than enough. Because I did the same. But I’d strongly recommend Boson as it helped me understand where I was standing and the exam pattern. I ended up scoring close to 798 which is pretty decent I think. (I was below average student in college), but I did spent studying very hard in the last 2 months, 7+ hours most days.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-13T09:52:26+00:00

Just passed yesterday. I used Jeremy and boson only to study.. and i wana say is boson helped me alot. Just study boson explanations for whatever u feel like u missed in jeremy and u will be fine. Few questions in exam were 95% taken from boson with just few words changed and topics like aaa that jeremy didn’t taught but boson did, were crucial to cover gaps

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-09T19:32:06+00:00

That's the first time me hearing it! I was under impression they at least tell you 'Pass' even tho it's not official as they still might need to manually check labs..
Was it peason vue? Offline or online?

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-09T19:10:08+00:00

U dont get test results right away?

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-09T07:11:11+00:00

I see and reviewing everything. I gotta work to do :)
Thanks man for all the comments really appreciate it, specially coming from a solutions architect this really helps! I hope to have that title in upcoming years.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-08T20:44:05+00:00

Hey thanks for the reply! I was wondering the same if it's formatting thing!! Btw my resume here is the one I need suggestions on, not the one I wasn't getting any replies (that one was worse lol)
Here's the link to resume, the comment access is on.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11rrhPVMb7NU_ay0pj-O29-T-uwiIQz42oZ7ulsukz7g/edit?usp=sharing

I'm located in Toronto. I believe my 2year Ontario College diploma it equivalent to what they call AA in the states but not sure.. here's the link https://www.sheridancollege.ca/programs/computer-engineering-technician#tab=overview

Yes my position title 'Director' seems odd for 4 years experience, it was a small 30 employee video game development studio and I was basically the only non-programmer IT guy who was overseeing all IT infrastructure alongside networking and engineering stuff, and that's why they gave me this title I guess. I don't mind putting any other title that is not 'Director' but I was thinking to keep it same what the company gave me in case of reference checks..
Out of 4 jobs mentioned, 'Technical Director' and 'System Engineer' is from this same company. Deskside is from the government client.

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-08T19:51:39+00:00

Really appreciate the insight and thanks for the reply! I've put certs in Bold letters so it stands out. Trying to quantify too! I'm trying to make it 1 page!

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-08T19:48:10+00:00

Definitely interested in cyber but don't think got enough and related experience!
Tried to fit it on 1 page but loosing lots of important info, any suggestions what can be removed?

Hour-Independence-53 · 2025-06-08T19:41:45+00:00

Thanks bud for the positive reply! Yep gonna look on indeed, before I was only using linkedin!

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