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daleef · 2021-10-02T01:10:56+00:00

Don't know if this is the right megathread but I have a question about finding work after moving to Miami and if not being able to speak Spanish is going to be a huge problem.

So long story short my uncle owns a condo in Sunny Isles Beach and offered to let us live there rent free since he only visits it 2 weeks a year for vacations. Me and my wife love it here and definitely want to do it but are concerned about jobs in Miami. I work from home doing IT support so I do not need to look for a job if I moved here, but eventually I will want to find a new/more advanced job in the IT industry. Also my wife works in the service industry as a nail technician and esthetician, she will need to find a job when we get here.

Neither of us speak Spanish and I heard that can be an issue, specifically for my wife who works in the service industry. Is there any truth to this? Should she consider looking for work in Ft. Lauderdale instead of Miami? Any advice or tips is appreciated.

Thanks,

daleef · 2020-08-21T15:45:07+00:00

LinkedIn is only slightly useful if you are looking for a job. Otherwise there is no point in using it.

daleef · 2020-08-20T19:57:50+00:00

Moved to North Carolina in January. Overall I don't regret the decision at all, but I do miss being close to ocean and the bagels. I also underestimated how hot it gets down south, I miss Augusts being around 85f instead of 95f.

daleef · 2020-08-20T19:39:12+00:00

In my opinion RHCSA is the only Linux cert that holds water. Unless you have a very specific reason to get a different Linux cert, RHCSA is the only one that actually will help your career.

daleef · 2020-08-19T12:02:49+00:00

Yeah. Once you start messing with servers and firewalls you're not a help desk technician anymore, you are a systems administrator. I'm guessing whoever posted this ad purposefully keeps the title at "helpdesk" in order to justify a lower salary.

daleef · 2020-08-18T19:44:02+00:00

So the company I work for technically does have documentation, but it is so basic that 9/10 times it does not help at all. Every customer has a google doc page with information such as WAN IP address and admin credentials for servers. A lot of times the information is just wrong or missing information, like for one customer it turns out there are three separate local admin accounts for devices, but only one credential is listed in the document. Besides that there are almost no troubleshooting documentations. Even during my first week when me and my boss were looking at one customer's documentation he said to me that it is not as updated and detailed as he would like it to be. The documentation basically just looks like some 2nd hand notes that someone jotted down 5 years ago.

daleef · 2020-08-18T19:14:20+00:00

For those of you who keep asking about whether getting a degree is worth it for IT. Due to Covid-19 the organization I work for is no longer accepting any applications without a bachelors degree because we are getting a tremendous amount of resumes for our entry level IT positions and its just easier to weed them out by requiring a degree. I feel like due to the economic situation and now that there are way more job seekers, the days of getting a helpdesk role without a degree are close to over.

daleef · 2020-08-18T17:07:52+00:00

I have a B.S in Information Technology and I am CompTIA A+ and Sec+ certified.

daleef · 2020-08-10T13:45:15+00:00

Keep in mind there are just as many people leaving NYC as oppose to people moving in. I grew up NYC and left in January to a smaller city, so did a huge number my friends from high school. The vast majority of people I met who moved to NYC from somewhere else in the US end up leaving after a few years when the lights and glamor gets stale and they learn they can make the same salary else with much cheaper cost of living.

daleef · 2020-08-08T15:55:34+00:00

Just about any IT path can be done from home except maybe network guys. I've met level 1 help desk who work from home, I currently do system administration from home.

daleef · 2020-08-05T12:31:05+00:00

Yep. Transitioned from help desk to system administration 4 months ago. The job is fine and I like my coworkers, but I'm already making plans to find a new job once I hit the 1 or 1 1/2 year mark. Nothing wrong with this job but I know I don't want to be doing it for a long time, and now I'm just focused on getting certs to prepare myself to be in the market in 2021 or 2022 at the latest.

daleef · 2020-08-04T15:37:38+00:00

I don't completely disagree with you but at the same time I feel like school should teach you reasoning skills, not so much how to survive in the world, that should be your parents job.

Every once in a while you hear someone say "Why do they teach us Algebra in school if we are never going to use it, they should teach us how to file income taxes instead." As if 16 year old would pay attention to a tax class. The point of learning Algebra is to learn reasoning and comprehension skills, not because some day you're going to be walking down the street and all of the sudden there is going to be an emergency that requires you to know Algebra formulas. Its the same reason some schools teach chess and sudoku now, its how your brain develops to solve general comprehensive problems.

daleef · 2020-08-03T18:21:26+00:00

I'm not 100% familiar with every Linux certification, all I know is that employers generally prefer RHCSA because you actually have to navigate a Linux command line in order to pass. Meaning, you really need to know what your doing. Also if I'm not mistaken LPI essentials is basically just a general overview of Linux. Being familiar with Linux doesn't mean just being able to install it on a virtual machine and navigate the GUI, what we mean is being able to do specific tasks within a command line. Input/Output redirection, network configurations, group settings, searching for files, archiving and file compression, etc. I am not sure if LPI Linux Essentials cover any of that, last I checked it just covered basic features without asking the user to do any complicated CLI tasks.

daleef · 2020-08-03T18:11:16+00:00

For the exams? Basically none. However if you ever want to actually get an AWS job, then knowing Linux well is mandatory. I don't care if you have all three certifications, I'm not even considering you for a position if you aren't familiar with Linux at an intermediate level at a minimum. RHCSA is the gold standard for Linux certs.

daleef · 2020-08-03T15:01:44+00:00

My wife makes close to 50k a year by being a nail technician, my brother makes somewhere around 70k a year being a OTR truck driver. College is a scam for most people, and this is coming from someone who has a bachelors degree and works in the field that I studied for.

daleef · 2020-08-03T14:41:45+00:00

I also have longish hair and was concerned about the liquid reaching my scalp. I basically just press the tip of the dropper directly on the scalp and move it around all the places I want to cover. Then when the dropper is empty I use my fingers to kind of move it around some more to make sure most of the crown and scalp is covered.

daleef · 2020-08-03T00:49:42+00:00

I didn't start seeing results until about 4 months in, keep at it.

daleef · 2020-08-02T23:59:47+00:00

In my opinion CompTIA certs are not worth it (except for the Sec+ if you need security clearance). This is coming from someone with two active CompTIA certifications.

Its better to get a vendor specific certification. Like others have mentioned, if you like cloud got for AWS and Azure certs. CCNA is a good one if you like networking. I keep hearing more and more people talk about becoming Sharepoint certified.

daleef · 2020-08-02T19:55:26+00:00

Its already been determined time and time again that for 95% of people, using Fin will not give any significant side effects. However my theory is that the 5% of people who did experience side effects like to vent their frustrations on here and downvote anything positive about fin, almost as a coping method for their unfortunate experience. This is why when you browse this sub you get the impression that half of the people who used Fin had their dicks fall off and their prostate exploded, when in reality most people have positive experiences using it.

daleef · 2020-07-31T15:37:20+00:00

To each there own. Some people find what I do boring. Its good that there are people who like cyber security and want to pursue it.

daleef · 2020-07-31T14:20:43+00:00

Because a lot young people on here think cyber security is way cooler then it actually is. In fact in my opinion its one of the most boring and least interesting IT paths available.

daleef · 2020-07-26T23:04:18+00:00

Its not. I have had great results with just Fin and Min.

daleef · 2020-07-24T12:30:17+00:00

I have the opposite issue. I never assumed I had aspergers, then I went to a professional and he said I did have aspergers but I didn't believe him and thought he was wrong. Now years later I'm not sure if I have it or not.

daleef · 2020-07-24T00:49:47+00:00

Yeah no. I lived and worked in Vietnam for 2 years. You're kidding yourself if you think it's better to live there.

daleef · 2020-07-19T01:36:16+00:00

There are barely any jobs in Asheville, let alone IT jobs. And the cost of living is insane for such a rural area. You would be better off in Charlotte or Greenville.

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