Accepted Offer

shawn488shawn488 Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□
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Thanks to everyone who gave me some input here for the past few months. I have accepted a job offer at a Fortune 1,000 company in the DFW area as a Network Engineer. 98k base with 5% bonus. In addition, 3 weeks of vacation per year. I think I got a very solid deal and I only had to negotiate slightly on the pay as they came in at 95k initially. I was unaware of the bonus until I saw the offer letter. Had I known about it I probably would have accepted that 95k. For the serious IT professional, the DFW is on fire and will only get better as far as tech jobs go with the influx of corporate HQ's slated to move to the area over the next 1-6 years.
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  • cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    Congrats!
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  • techtiatechtia Member Posts: 144
    Thanks for sharing. I need to get my foot in the door.
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  • praminpramin Member Posts: 138 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats on the new job,

    What will you be doing in the new job?
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  • bpennbpenn Member Posts: 499
    Awesome news. I know a few guys in DFW and they both agree that tech is heating up.
    "If your dreams dont scare you - they ain't big enough" - Life of Dillon
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  • MitechniqMitechniq Member Posts: 286 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats,

    The I-35 corridor is an amazing place to be in an IT.

    DFW - Banks, Financial (Capitol One, Citi, BoA)
    Austin - Startups and Well Known IT (Apple, Google, Oracle, Ixia, Rapid 7)
    San Antonio - NSA, Air Force Cyber Command
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  • coffeeluvrcoffeeluvr Member Posts: 734 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congratulations!
    "Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard. - Pooh"
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  • NetworkNewbNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Congrats on the new gig and always nice when the offer letter is more then you expected! icon_thumright.gif
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  • dcarey4698dcarey4698 Member Posts: 56 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Nice man, congrats!
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  • nascar_paulnascar_paul Member Posts: 288 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congratulations! Excellent job!
    2017 Goals: 70-411 [X], 74-409 [X], 70-533 [X], VCP5-DCV [], LX0-103 [], LX0-104 []
    "I PLAN to fail!" - No One Ever
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  • Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats!!
    *Associate's of Applied Sciences degree in Information Technology-Network Systems Administration
    *Bachelor's of Science: Information Technology - Security, Master's of Science: Information Technology - Management
    Matthew 6:33 - "Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need."
    Certs/Business Licenses In Progress: AWS Solutions Architect, Series 6, Series 63
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  • SgtBOOMSgtBOOM Member Posts: 12 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats! That area is definitely heating up lately (IT and weather wise).
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  • coreyb80coreyb80 Member Posts: 647 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congrats on the great offer!
    WGU BS - Network Operations and Security
    Completion Date: May 2021
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  • shawn488shawn488 Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Thanks everyone. Job title is Network Engineer.
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  • HailHogwashHailHogwash Member Posts: 87 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congratsicon_cheers.gif
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  • NansNans Member Posts: 160
    COngrats Man.
    2016 Certification Goals: CCNP Route /COLOR][B][/B][I][B]X[/B][/I][COLOR=#008000-->Switch/COLOR]:study:[COLOR=#ff8c00-->TShoot[], CCDP []
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  • LeBrokeLeBroke Member Posts: 490 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Man why does US have to have shitty healthcare. I'd be in DFW, Seattle, or Austin tomorrow if it wasn't..
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  • MooseboostMooseboost Member Posts: 778 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats!
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  • RemedympRemedymp Member Posts: 834 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats. Did they say whether or not they would pay for secondary schooling such as Masters degree?
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  • TstarksTstarks Member Posts: 8 ■□□□□□□□□□
    1000 congrats Shawn488!!!

    If you don't mind me asking, what was your prior position or experience?
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  • kohr-ahkohr-ah Member Posts: 1,277
    Congratulations!!!!

    @LeBroke the insurance companies hike it way up and charge the companies more because the hike so they charge the worker more and the cycle never stops. Murica....
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  • NOC-NinjaNOC-Ninja Member Posts: 1,403
    Congrats!
    www.cliwarriors.com
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  • andy4techandy4tech Member Posts: 138
    If I may ask,which certification do you have and what is your level of experience.
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  • TLeTourneauTLeTourneau Member Posts: 616 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congratulations!
    Thanks, Tom

    M.S. - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
    B.S: IT - Network Design & Management
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