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dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
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Accepted an offer of Senior Consultant position today. Seems like a great company with lots of advancement opportunity. Salary wise, I'll be closer to $200k than $100k. Not bad for someone 2 weeks shy of 3 year in IT. Too bad wife's working late tonite. icon_sad.gif
2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
"Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
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    networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Congrats!
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
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    ptilsenptilsen Member Posts: 2,835 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Nicely done!
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    Master Of PuppetsMaster Of Puppets Member Posts: 1,210
    Congrats! Also, very impressive salary! And I thought your last one was big :D
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    JasminLandryJasminLandry Member Posts: 601 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats icon_cheers.gif wow not even 3 years.. really motivating for use beginners in IT.
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    coffeeluvrcoffeeluvr Member Posts: 734 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Congratulations!!!
    "Something feels funny, I must be thinking too hard. - Pooh"
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    gbdavidxgbdavidx Member Posts: 840
    Can you share w/ us your career path? I am definitely doing something wrong, been in IT 4-5 years and on the 50k side icon_sad.gif
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    IvanjamIvanjam Member Posts: 978 ■■■■□□□□□□
    @dave330i - congrats on the new job!
    Fall 2014: Start MA in Mathematics [X]
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    CleverclogsCleverclogs Member Posts: 95 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Big congrats on the new job. Reading posts like this is great motivation :)
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    MishraMishra Member Posts: 2,468 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats. What a salary. I think I was making 35k 3 years into IT...

    I'm close to 10 years and probably am not making more than what you are hinting at... I would like to note that I don't care. I feel I'm paid what I'm worth... That's a hint to those who need to learn how to value themselves.
    My blog http://www.calegp.com

    You may learn something!
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    jvrlopezjvrlopez Member Posts: 913 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats!!!!

    Love hearing these stories, especially considering that I'm on the job market after the 15th.
    And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. ~Ayrton Senna
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    neo9006neo9006 Member Posts: 195
    What path did you take do that in 3 years. Nice and congrats. Real Motivation. :)
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    snunez889snunez889 Member Posts: 238 ■■■□□□□□□□
    congrats on the new job
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    sizeonsizeon Member Posts: 321
    What are your credentials? 3 years in IT and already $200,000. That is amazing.
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    gorebrushgorebrush Member Posts: 2,743 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Wow, that's quite some jumps!

    Congrats!

    I won't be long behind the big bucks once the CCIE's start rolling in (I'm thinking about multiple :))
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    dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Thanks everyone.

    For those curious, before 3 years in IT I spent 14 years as a mechanical engineer. Skills such as technical writing, design methodology, project management all translate to IT.

    Also, in the 3 years I've been working in IT, I've learned enough to pass 4 entry level, 6 associate level, 4 professional level and attempt 1 expert level certs.
    2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
    "Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Nice work Dave. Good to see hard work paying off.
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    EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I hate you.

    j/k man, good to see TE'ers raking in the money. Fine example of your stars lining up right. But they didnt line up right just like that, you've put in the effort. You only get out what you put in.
    NSX, NSX, more NSX..

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    Asif DaslAsif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats on the new gig! Impressive salary.
    You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Naguib Mahfouz

    The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
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    PolynomialPolynomial Member Posts: 365
    dave330i wrote: »
    For those curious, before 3 years in IT I spent 14 years as a mechanical engineer. Skills such as technical writing, design methodology, project management all translate to IT.

    Project management really is that important, isn't it?
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    whatthehellwhatthehell Member Posts: 920
    Congratz!
    You on linkedin by chance?
    What will your responsibilities be? Mainly virtualization consulting?
    Good luck!
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    TheProfTheProf Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 331 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Good stuff, congrats! The consulting work is going to be mainly VMware virtualization? or will Storage/Networking also be involved?
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    kriscamaro68kriscamaro68 Member Posts: 1,186 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Congrats on the new job. Glad to see thing only getting better for you.
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    dave330idave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Thanks again everyone. Work will be mainly virtualization and private cloud.
    2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
    "Simplify, then add lightness" -Colin Chapman
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    QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    Well played sir. Finish off that damn VCDX.
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    LarryDaManLarryDaMan Member Posts: 797
    dave330i wrote: »
    Too bad wife's working late tonite. icon_sad.gif

    To me, that would be icing on the cake :) Congrats on the new gig.
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    N2ITN2IT Inactive Imported Users Posts: 7,483 ■■■■■■■■■■
    @ Poly not as much as design methodologies. Integrations and architecture pay a lot of money. A former college mate works in the smart grid / power industry makes the kind of money Dave makes. He designs system integration with UML and provides a host of other roles/solutions.
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    cgrimaldocgrimaldo Member Posts: 439 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats!
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    EveryoneEveryone Member Posts: 1,661
    Congrats!
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    gadav478gadav478 Member Posts: 374 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Great gig! Killer salary!

    Congrats and best wishes on your new job.
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    Snow.brosSnow.bros Member Posts: 832 ■■■■□□□□□□
    That's impressive, congrats on the new job and wish you all the best!!! very good salary too.
    "It's better to try and fail than to fail to try." Unkown

    "Everything is energy and that's all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics." Albert Einstein.

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