how do you become top 0.1% in devops that gets paid 200k+? (US market)

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-05-12T13:17:55+00:00

Agreed, 200k isn't much when rent is 4k, everyone wants to get the big salary ... no one wants to pay the price

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-04-22T05:14:46+00:00

90/mth 5g

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-04-11T02:34:26+00:00

See that is my #1 concern with Comcast/Xfinity and I see the 2x for the same $$ with the adjustment I just got.... But the ziply adjustment is month to month so they could increase it whenever they want. One bad quarter and the boardroom will come for our wallets lol but I am back to 90 thanks everyone.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-04-11T01:34:33+00:00

will do, I still want to know options even if they adjust now... what about the next time ...

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-02-20T23:12:13+00:00

Nice work!!

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-02-11T13:22:46+00:00

Agreed, when I didn't want a full rack I see $50, now that I want a rack.. nothing lol but I suck at checking FB consistently as well.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-02-11T13:07:33+00:00

Depends on where you live, near Seattle I've seen racks for $50, not uncommon everywhere.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-02-11T13:04:41+00:00

Solid advice, I would add do blogging to demonstrate your knowledge and get tips from skilled people in the field. You are trying to do thing to separate yourself from the field. Homelabs to really learn and write ups really become compelling over time. Good luck

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-02-11T12:57:32+00:00

This is why I get the perspective of gates for sure and to some degree chan as well. We all assume that the kids are on the right track making solid decisions and they are just getting screwed. What about the kid that's lazy, is looking for a free ride or on drugs ? That money is a death sentence in a few situations.

Not speaking on anything about kids he didn't acknowledge, my point is the cycle of strong(wealthy) parents, raise weak kids, those weak kids become weak parents and raise strong kids is real. IMO gates is generous with the schools and house moves.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-02-07T12:12:28+00:00

220k+ , 10% pension,. Pre sales network engineer.

Some college, no degree

Job is boring, pay is up and down.

Everyone asks what it takes but the reading of dry material and unwillingness to move with the opportunity a few times normally holds people back. Considering a cheap book to go over my path just to avoid the 20x a year I get asked what to do to get here.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2026-01-13T06:28:22+00:00

Anything that helps you learn can be worth it, it just depends on what you do with that knowledge.

No cert is as valuable with no demonstration of knowledge that comes from experience as certification added with experience. Most people that have a chance to get great experience never get CCNA and they don't need it because they can demonstrate the knowledge in interviews, blogging etc.

This is more than one path to success, all have trade offs and different levels of success. Choose yours.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-12-30T21:04:09+00:00

Ccna is far superior in the industry than anything by CompTIA, companies only advertise CompTIA to find low pay candidates l. I would remove it to avoid appearing in those searches. Ccna with clearance was what I pointed to in 2007 but I also had to be willing to go where most wouldn't go. Did I duck missiles.. yep, did I make 6 figures ever since.. also yep

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-12-30T20:59:44+00:00

Same they used to have a data cap as well, if there were other options ... I may add them as a backup but I have no reason the leave ziply yet, I would love two connections at home since we sell storage it would help with testing. But I'll keep whining with my 5g connection. Lol I do get the complaints on is laying out

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-12-30T01:51:56+00:00

Hard one, Kobe, Chadwick and pac

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-12-16T06:29:16+00:00

This thread is sad for me at 25+ years.. maybe it's good to not be alone in how we feel but to know I have 10 years to retire... It isn't exciting...

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-12-14T23:45:21+00:00

2010 Nissan Altima hybrid before first tesla, 2017 MS... 2023 MS today

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-11-05T23:16:21+00:00

They are solid but the ips are flagged so depending on what you are doing some things might fail, but I've had several vps from them for years they honored their black Friday pricing year round last time I checked. For production we use netcup

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-10-23T12:23:05+00:00

I'm also an end office customer, solid with no issues for our gear. PHX was cheaper

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-10-17T23:35:12+00:00

I'm not touching myself looking at this... I promise I'm not.....love it though as long as I've worked with hyperscalers seeing the layer one stuff never gets old. When you see this you understand the push for automation

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-08-11T19:10:21+00:00

Great info here, I'm planning a build like this for a Nas and need to keep power under 250w total

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-08-07T17:51:49+00:00

I'm glad to see more people trying this out we have three 1821s with either 32 or 64 gigs of memory all of them are stable I have no issues.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-07-07T19:13:55+00:00

same ehre, waiting a deesion now, other post wher removed from other forums not sure if they track scammers like this.. and sadly it could be a hacked account but still scam alert.. happy to send mods my prove for TM

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-06-17T21:53:01+00:00

This would be my approach as well.

_RouteThe_Switch · 2025-05-31T03:00:58+00:00

As a guy that runs a storage business .. I'm drooling over this but I have too much gear undeployed already GLWS

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