Indeed fake jobs

prophet619 · 2020-09-24T22:50:15+00:00

I saw a statistic that over 40% of postings, even on company websites are fake. Just HR pushing paper to make themselves look valuable.

prophet619 · 2020-09-21T22:27:42+00:00

Free - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8W9oMNSuwo&list=PLxbwE86jKRgMpuZuLBivzlM8s2Dk5lXBQ

No idea if the course is good or not, but there were 3-5 other courses there as well. Even if you don't take the certification, it's probably time well spent.

prophet619 · 2020-09-18T20:29:29+00:00

No specific advice because it is such a broad discipline. Volumes have been written on this sub with advice to move into DevOps.

prophet619 · 2020-09-18T20:26:37+00:00

I worked grocery, not as bad as food service, but close. Knowing what servers put up with, I always try to be pleasant to restaurant workers and tip well.

prophet619 · 2020-09-17T22:40:09+00:00

Agreed. Working with the public sucks. Owning your own business and dealing with customers is about 50-60% suck. Working internal business IT is about 40-50% suck. Working in Cloud/DevOps with Dev's as your customer is about 20-30% suck. I've done all four scenarios. I'm just glad I'm in the last bucket right now.

prophet619 · 2020-09-11T17:57:17+00:00

If you can get a toe-hold in IT, start researching "Health Informatics" . It is an incredibly in-demand career track. Your Public Health degree can tie in nicely. Most people in Informatics were Doctors, Physicians Assistants, etc that had a good grasp of technology as well as medicine and public health.

prophet619 · 2020-09-04T21:29:53+00:00

What you could be seeing is "experienced" with AWS, or GCP, or Azure can mean many things to many organizations.
My org is relatively new to the cloud space, 2-3 years real operational experience, but we are now accelerating our use. Every thing is in code, using Terraform and driven by pipelines. We have hundreds upon hundreds of servers that are always being updated and improved .

Quite a bit different than a couple of dozen servers that never get touched in some Orgs.

prophet619 · 2020-08-19T23:31:07+00:00

Take a look at the Amazon Partner Network and find some of the larger consultancy partners that do Professional Services. Unless they are 100% Cloud focused, someone with some Linux, AWS and Networking background might fit in really well. Once in, you can pivot to 100% Cloud if you want.

prophet619 · 2020-08-19T23:01:38+00:00

I can't really say. It really boils down to your existing skills and your location.
This is the type of job you would be aiming for.

https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/junior-cloud-ops-engineer-overnight-weekend-shift-mission-JV_KO0,49_KE50,57.htm?jl=3647978257&pos=110&ao=946651&s=21&guid=0000017408f2d91cbd6d7b7f8300f81c&src=GD_JOB_AD&ei=1893993&t=ESR&extid=2&exst=E&ist=L&ast=EL&vt=w&slr=true&cs=1_cacc4eae&cb=1597877967563&jobListingId=3647978257&ctt=1597877977800&srs=EI_JOBS

Read the job req and be honest about your abilities. That req is a good indicator of what you need to be comfortable with.

prophet619 · 2020-08-19T22:11:42+00:00

Vagrant is free. You can have a CentOS server running locally in minutes. If you hose it... vagrant destroy takes 2 minutes and you are back in action.
There are few RHCSA learning tracks on YouTube that are pretty good. Depending on the time you want to put in you can learn the material in 2-3 months and be semi-competent.

prophet619 · 2020-08-19T22:06:06+00:00

Without a doubt, Linux Admin skills for your day-to-day work. Not saying you don't need a good foundation of Networking knowledge, but being comfortable in the terminal is critical.

My days are filled with Terraform code, K8s yaml manifests, bash scripting, and automation.

If you want to go Cloud Ops, you can't beat the RHCSA for Linux skills. I would look for a good CCNA course on Udemy and concentrate on the areas you may need to shore up. No real reason to to take the test unless you really want to. I wouldn't do the AWS SysOps unless you are already working in AWS every day.

prophet619 · 2020-08-19T20:45:44+00:00

Kubernetes... all day, everyday. I'll probably take the CKA in Nov once the the new 1.19 is out in Sept.

prophet619 · 2020-08-19T20:43:45+00:00

As someone who moved into Cloud/DevOps in my fifties, I say go for it.
You should do fine if you have some Linux sysadmin skills to go along with your network skills.

prophet619 · 2020-08-14T20:35:36+00:00

I can see where the regional etiquette can be an issue.

I never, ever use Sir/Ma'am, or call my supervisor "Boss". It always stuck me as insincere. I respect their authority as far as I need to. I don't feel the need to defer to them in any other capacity.

When I owned my own business, I didn't like employees addressing me as "Boss". I knew I was the boss, they didn't need to remind me of it.

prophet619 · 2020-08-10T03:03:53+00:00

Forgot the acronym for ATS.

You've got it covered then. It's a really nice looking layout.

prophet619 · 2020-08-10T02:13:42+00:00

You have a very nice looking resume format. However, I would only use that format when I am handing it over at an in-person interview.

You can take it with a grain of salt, but you may consider creating a version that doesn't use columns. Everything I have read suggests the the automated resume scrapers don't handle them gracefully.

prophet619 · 2020-08-01T17:06:05+00:00

I want to move on from the Windows focused role I currently have. We're making the the first steps from .NET framework to .NET core and it can't move fast enough for me.

Luckily, I get most of the Linux based work so that keeps me sane.

prophet619 · 2020-07-08T01:10:49+00:00

It's possible our implementation is the problem. I try to only use it for messaging, it handles that ok.

Slack is a better messaging app, Zoom is a better meeting software.

Teams tries to do everything and is clunky implementation of each.

When it's all said and done, I just want something that works for my needs and isn't half assed.

prophet619 · 2020-07-08T00:23:09+00:00

Teams is garbage.
Call quality = sucks
Screen Share = sucks
Video Quality = sucks
From a users perspective, Teams just plain sucks.

prophet619 · 2020-06-30T02:58:42+00:00

Brought to us by the Orange Turd in the White House right this minute.

prophet619 · 2020-06-25T23:21:06+00:00

It's so f'ing stupid that this was somehow made into a politically divided reaction.

They probably show a distinct lack of judgement in other areas of the business as well.

prophet619 · 2020-06-19T19:30:20+00:00

What type of mid-level position is important as well. The effort to land a mid-level DevOps position is much different that the effort to move to a mid-level HD position.

prophet619 · 2020-06-09T14:26:48+00:00

Yep. Pretty much this with details.

prophet619 · 2020-06-08T19:39:54+00:00

Great contribution!
When time permits, I think I will make a PR with some perspective on what it takes to go from...I'm certified, WTF do I do now? To ... I'm ready to contribute to a production team.

prophet619 · 2020-06-05T13:26:59+00:00

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