A little 2 years work experience in i.t what were you doing?

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A little two years in I.T

what kind of stuff have you achieved,

and done

and what job were you doing?

and how much were you making?
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  • YuckTheFankeesYuckTheFankees Member Posts: 1,281 ■■■■■□□□□□
    It's only been about 5 months but I started out in NOC and I have an interview for a NOC tier II/III position this Friday..so everything is going well so far.

    Cert wise: I have the network+ and Linux+..currently studying for the CCNA.
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  • snokerpokersnokerpoker Member Posts: 661 ■■■■□□□□□□
    In two years in IT I went from being a Computer hardware tech to a level 2 Noc tech. The certifications I had were A+, Network +, and MCP (XP). After two years I was making $15/hr.
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  • higherhohigherho Member Posts: 882
    Right after college I was able to obtain a Systems Engineering position (networking equipment configurations mainly) but realized that the drive and other factors were not for me. So I became a help desk coordinator and then obtained a System Administration position which I currently hold.

    Though I really want to dive into networking really bad. I went through the Cisco networking academy, two CCNP classes, took the single composite exam right after that (I got a 785 needed 820 icon_sad.gif). However, I kept getting promoted in my company so I focused more on my work than my studies. Although, now I'm full force into CCNA and I will get it this time without a doubt (a lot more networking experience)..

    Only have my security +

    YuckTheFankees wrote: »
    It's only been about 5 months but I started out in NOC and I have an interview for a NOC tier II/III position this Friday..so everything is going well so far.

    Cert wise: I have the network+ and Linux+..currently studying for the CCNA.

    NOC in the DC area?
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  • shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    at 2 years I was at Tier 2 NOC getting ready to move into my 1st network engineer job.
    Currently Reading

    CUCM SRND 9x/10, UCCX SRND 10x, QOS SRND, SIP Trunking Guide, anything contact center related
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  • ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Right at two years I moved from helpdesk to a mixed NOC / sysadmin role for a small business. Not long after I moved into sysadmin / JOAT work. I was about 60% done with my AAS, 4/5 done with MCSA, and had A+ and Net+.
    Working B.S., Computer Science
    Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
    In progress: CLEP US GOV,
    Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
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  • N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Deskside support to access control over some DoA and DoD databases.
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  • Agent6376Agent6376 Member Posts: 201
    I went from working in the Best Buy stores to working in the field. Lots of stories in my life come from years 2 and 3 in IT.
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  • bertiebbertieb Member Posts: 1,031 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Agent6376 wrote: »
    Lots of stories in my life come from years 2 and 3 in IT.

    Aint that the truth!
    More high level access to systems (which you'll inevitably get after 2/3 years) will always mean more stories, some of them due to self inflicted mistakes or trying to hard to impress :D
    The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they are genuine - Abraham Lincoln
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  • YuckTheFankeesYuckTheFankees Member Posts: 1,281 ■■■■■□□□□□
    higherho wrote: »
    Right after college I was able to obtain a Systems Engineering position (networking equipment configurations mainly)...snip...

    NOC in the DC area?

    Denver metro area
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  • cvuong1984cvuong1984 Member Posts: 65 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Lots of similar stories here.

    I went from Help Desk to NOC Tier 2 in about 2 years.

    At the time I had my MCSA, working on my MCSE.
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  • JinuyrJinuyr Member Posts: 251 ■■□□□□□□□□
    For the first three months of my IT career I was working as an Intern. After that, I was a Help Desk Analyst for about 3 years before becoming a PC Technician.
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  • dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Currently at 16 months in IT. The only cert I don't have listed in my profile is CCENT. As for the certs I'll have at 2 year, planning on knocking out VCAP5-DCA & DCD. My title's Windows System Engineer. Main responsibility is building and maintaining VM infrastructure.
    2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
    "Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
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  • YuckTheFankeesYuckTheFankees Member Posts: 1,281 ■■■■■□□□□□
    dave330i wrote: »
    Currently at 16 months in IT. The only cert I don't have listed in my profile is CCENT. As for the certs I'll have at 2 year, planning on knocking out VCAP5-DCA & DCD. My title's Windows System Engineer. Main responsibility is building and maintaining VM infrastructure.

    Were you hired on as a Windows Sytem Engineer?
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  • dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
    YuckTheFankees wrote: »
    Were you hired on as a Windows Sytem Engineer?

    Yes. This is my 2nd IT position. My first IT job was a Network Systems Admin for a small startup. I lucked out and skipped the helpdesk phase.
    2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
    "Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
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  • YuckTheFankeesYuckTheFankees Member Posts: 1,281 ■■■■■□□□□□
    dave330i wrote: »
    Yes. This is my 2nd IT position. My first IT job was a Network Systems Admin for a small startup.

    Was your first IT job a network system admin? If so, dayummmm icon_thumright.gif
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  • paul78paul78 Member Posts: 3,016 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I'm probably the old fart here. In my second year in IT, I was a systems programmer on a Convex C2 mini-super computer. Back in the old days, if you wanted software, you either ported it or wrote it.
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  • tearofstearofs Member Posts: 112
    19 months in IT, work at a Cisco partnership, doing CCIE home lab...
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  • Forsaken_GAForsaken_GA Member Posts: 4,024
    2 years in, I was working the internal help desk for Mindspring, essentially tier 2 support, though we rarely talked directly to customers.

    Those were fun days, when the commercial internet was still in it's infancy.
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