Not Liking New Job, What would you do?

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  • EnderWigginEnderWiggin Member Posts: 551 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Nice, congratulations! That reduced drive time is a major plus!
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  • techfiendtechfiend Member Posts: 1,481 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Nice! I think this position will be a big step in your career. You'll learn a lot but it will likely take months to get any comfort in the position. Don't get too comfortable though as your experience will be highly marketable and allow you to take many different paths.

    You may want to take a look at wgu's vcp-dcv voucher soon. I think it's only good for a year. It will mean a lot with the experience you'll get and involves systems, networks, storage and security.
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    techfiend wrote: »
    Nice! I think this position will be a big step in your career. You'll learn a lot but it will likely take months to get any comfort in the position. Don't get too comfortable though as your experience will be highly marketable and allow you to take many different paths.

    You may want to take a look at wgu's vcp-dcv voucher soon. I think it's only good for a year. It will mean a lot with the experience you'll get and involves systems, networks, storage and security.

    Definitely a big step. Still a little end-user stuff, but it's a VDI environment with thin/zero clients (which I'm of course familiar with working at VMware) so it's not like there's a ton of troubleshooting to be done there. I'm slightly nervous but overall really excited to be challenged and get a crap ton of experience.

    I've never heard of WGU's VCP-DCV voucher. They just give it out for free to anyone enrolled? Is it VCP5 or VCP6?
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  • TomkoTechTomkoTech Member Posts: 438
    markulous wrote: »
    I've never heard of WGU's VCP-DCV voucher. They just give it out for free to anyone enrolled? Is it VCP5 or VCP6?

    https://wgudreamspark.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingDetails.aspx?o=1aee19be-194c-e511-9417-b8ca3a5db7b1
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  • ChevelChevel Member Posts: 211 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats on the new job!
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    TomkoTech wrote: »
    https://wgudreamspark.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingDetails.aspx?o=1aee19be-194c-e511-9417-b8ca3a5db7b1

    Ahhh I didn't even know that. I just got it now. I'm studying for the CEH but I'll try to work the DCV into it within the next year. Thanks!
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  • byron66byron66 Member Posts: 169 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats!!
    CCNA   A+   N+  Sec+
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  • coffeeluvrcoffeeluvr Member Posts: 734 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congratulations!! Glad things worked out for you.
    "Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard. - Pooh"
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  • MowMow Member Posts: 445 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congratulations!
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  • techfiendtechfiend Member Posts: 1,481 ■■■■□□□□□□
    The VCP-DCV voucher allows you take the test without taking any courses or foundations, saving $1000's. It's VCP6 and the mastering VCP6 book was all I used. It's a relatively difficult test but the passing score is low which makes it easier.
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I've got a VCP already, so I meet the requirements, but that's awesome they allow you to bypass the ICM and foundations.
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Guess I shouldn't be surprised. We are each given a training budget to use while we're here and I was approved for a couple CEH books before I put in my notice and then I found out just now they cancelled it after I put in my notice. I thought with everything I went through they'd throw me a bone here at least, but clearly that's not the case.
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    Ahh, small potatoes. Remember you are going to a better place. I was going to ask if you put in your notice yet. Guess you did..
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Yeah. I would have put it in earlier, but I got the offer letter too late Friday and Monday was a holiday, so put it in yesterday. I'm really struggling to fulfill this notice. 60-90 minutes each way is brutal. I'm almost tempted to tell them I'll only do it if I can work from home.
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    Do it, what can they do? Fire you?icon_lol.gif
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • EnderWigginEnderWiggin Member Posts: 551 ■■■■□□□□□□
    "....My car has a flat, I'll be working from home."
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  • JoJoCal19JoJoCal19 Mod Posts: 2,835 Mod
    Congrats on the new position!
    Have: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, eJPT, GCIA, GSEC, CCSP, CCSK, AWS CSAA, AWS CCP, OCI Foundations Associate, ITIL-F, MS Cyber Security - USF, BSBA - UF, MSISA - WGU
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    scaredoftests wrote: »
    Do it, what can they do? Fire you?icon_lol.gif


    Right? New job said they'd take me the next day if I get fired. I won't have a vacation for a while so may just take a 4 day weekend.
    EnderWiggin wrote: »
    "....My car has a flat, I'll be working from home."

    Haha. I could just keep saying that every day for the next week. Not sure they'll put up a fight, especially being short staffed.
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  • RoyalRavenRoyalRaven Member Posts: 142 ■■■□□□□□□□
    markulous wrote: »
    Haha. I could just keep saying that every day for the next week. Not sure they'll put up a fight, especially being short staffed.

    Most vehicles have four tires (or more), so that should get you by for a few days..
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  • EnderWigginEnderWiggin Member Posts: 551 ■■■■□□□□□□
    markulous wrote: »
    Right? New job said they'd take me the next day if I get fired. I won't have a vacation for a while so may just take a 4 day weekend.



    Haha. I could just keep saying that every day for the next week. Not sure they'll put up a fight, especially being short staffed.
    Just tell them you've been too busy working to get it fixed. How can they be mad about that? icon_lol.gif
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    icon_lol.gif That's funny.

    I think it'd almost be just less of a headache to get it all out there now and say, "Hey I want to work from home now until next Thursday. This commute sucks and I'm not really wanting to drive it anymore." If they have a problem with it then they can let me go.
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  • blatiniblatini Member Posts: 285
    RoyalRaven wrote: »
    Most vehicles have four tires (or more), so that should get you by for a few days..

    I am going to have to spend the next 10 minutes or so cleaning the tea I spit out.
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  • ITSpectreITSpectre Member Posts: 1,040 ■■■■□□□□□□
    markulous wrote: »
    icon_lol.gif That's funny.

    I think it'd almost be just less of a headache to get it all out there now and say, "Hey I want to work from home now until next Thursday. This commute sucks and I'm not really wanting to drive it anymore." If they have a problem with it then they can let me go.

    DO IT!!! You moving on up.... finally got a piece of the pie.....
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  • markulousmarkulous Member Posts: 2,394 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Lol. So dumb. They wouldn't let me work from home so they'd rather me leave now. It wasn't an unreasonable request. Oh well, moving on up. icon_cheers.gif
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  • JoJoCal19JoJoCal19 Mod Posts: 2,835 Mod
    Sounds like they are wholly unreasonable. I mean, if you can do your job from home, then why not just let you work your last days at home? Oh well, onward and upward!
    Have: CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, eJPT, GCIA, GSEC, CCSP, CCSK, AWS CSAA, AWS CCP, OCI Foundations Associate, ITIL-F, MS Cyber Security - USF, BSBA - UF, MSISA - WGU
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  • scaredoftestsscaredoftests Mod Posts: 2,780 Mod
    short sighted fools. Move on up!!!
    Never let your fear decide your fate....
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  • ChevelChevel Member Posts: 211 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Lol well okay enjoy the time off.
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