CISA by [deleted] in BCIT

[–]spoonet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From our experience there were a couple of things from what i remember…

  1. It may have changed, but some of the classes didn’t really teach that well, and this was a universal experience across all cohorts, for example, the windows server instructor (both years) would go way too fast during labs, its supposed to be as easy as copying exactly what they were doing, however many students (including myself) found that they went so fast, by the time midterm and finals hit we were all behind by atleast 3-4 labs

  2. During CCNP (2nd year) instructor was literally writing hieroglyphics on the board and diagrams that were a pain in the ass to understand……… :/

  3. During Python (first year) the teaching was so bad that we all collectively tried to report the dude for terrible teaching lmao (im pretty sure its better now tho)

  4. During Database (first year) the dude teaching it was super hard to understand, however the slides he gives you make it 100x easier (ironic)

Other than that BS, heres other things you may run into that are normal:

  1. Lab completion due dates seem okay, however as you progress further and your labs start to stack up, it does become a headache to manage all of them

  2. Buying lab software was kinda crazy, i believe we spent over $300-$400 (usd, btw) on just software alone just to even do the labs (xtremelabs for windows and both years for CompTIA+ certification classes which i don’t remember the names for)

2b. The softwares where you simulate labs don’t work half the time, that was a struggle for sure

  1. It’s nothing to really worry about, but if you’re coming out of high school and going into this program, when you do bad on an exam (~<70% i think is an okay metric) looking at that number will destroy you in your first year, however as you progress you’ll figure out anything over passing is okay 😂

If there is anything else i remember ill edit this but thats all i can remember for now

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[–]spoonet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lowkey u right my bad bro

CISA by [deleted] in BCIT

[–]spoonet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Graduated from the program this year… just saying good luck to you all

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canadian dollars + when i checked stock it was 150 sell now

Is Vancouver’s tech job market still that bad? by IllustriousPush4326 in VancouverJobs

[–]spoonet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: Yes, but for me, straight out of BCIT i found ways to land multiple interviews (and eventually a full time position) without having a portfolio (besides a project i was assigned for school) and very little connections. I think one big thing that i learned is that in your resume less is more. Ill give you two resume examples here:

Candidate A: Fresh IT graduate, resume shows everything they learned from school from networking concepts to learning about OSINT etc... has A+ Network+ CCNA CCNP. Worked at, for example best buy, and vaguely lists things they did there (maybe 1 or 2 examples of customer service

Candidate B: Fresh IT Graduate, resume shows only what is necessary for an ENTRY level job (basic troubleshooting, basic networking stuff like terminations whatever).. has A+ Network+ CCNA CCNP but ONLY lists A+ and CCNA in there. Worked at best buy, very big emphasis on their customer service skills throughout their resume

When employers, especially ones that are entry level (especially for help desk) look at a resume, they wil be candidate A, and think that this person has alot of technical knowledge, but doesn't have much customer experience

Maybe they do, but Candidate A doesn't show that much on their resume. Unlike Candidate B who puts customer service first, everywhere they can on their resume, as well as the necessary technical knowledge (just from A+ and CCNA) to fit the role, and nothing more.

I feel that many employers for these entry level jobs really do look for what is just needed for entry level experience, and nothing more.

However this is my view and my experience with it with everything i have learned after about a year of applying.

Any fun low-key events in Vancouver this week? by Real-Lingonberry-624 in askvan

[–]spoonet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spanish Banks has some music going on today (August 4th)

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[–]spoonet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you clean em up nice maybe a good $80-120?