Timeline: Your IT Career Progression

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If you are looking to start your IT career, you should look into some certifications. Reference CompTIA's certification tracker to start to plan out your track for certifications. CompTIA Career Pathways

hell911

kMastaFlash wrote: »

If you are looking to start your IT career, you should look into some certifications. Reference CompTIA's certification tracker to start to plan out your track for certifications. CompTIA Career Pathways

I know and I have planned to earn certain certifications before I graduate, but didn't knew about that career pathways link. Thanks!

[Deleted User]

No problem!!! Only in college so not to shabby

katiesss

so inspirational

katiesss

Title: Juniot tech
Hour/wk: 35 hours
Description: Support technican at a firm
Company size: 3 -5
Age: 18
Duration: close to 3 months
How: googled for local firms in my area and contacted them for volunteer experience
Certs: MS certs
Education: None
Pay: zero dollars i volunteered.

Title:Engineer
Hours/wk: 40 +
Description: specalist in cloud work.
Company size: 34 ppl its a firm
Age: 23
Duration: just started
How: applied online
Certs: MS Certs (havent achieved a certificate since 7 plus years ago the last cisco one i tried to achieve i failed )
Education: None
Pay : $ 80k plus

dave330i

Education: BSME
Certs: See left

Title: Network/Sys admin
Description: Maintained and built out Network, Windows and virtual infrastructure
Company size: small
How: Recruiter
Age: 37
Pay : $42k

Title: Windows System Engineer
Description: Built a few virtual infrastructure
Company size: medium
How: Recruiter
Age: 38-40
Pay : $65-117k

Title: Senior Consultant
Description: Virtualization SME
Company size: Global
How: Knew someone
Age: 40-41
Pay : $171k

Deathmage

Title: IT Coordinator
Description: Maintain a small Newspaper companies IT infrastructure
Company size: small
Certs: none
How: Job Posting
Age: 24
Pay : $32k

Title: System Administrator
Description: System Administrator for a boarding school, that encompassed all aspects of IT
Company size: small
Certs: ACTS
How: job posting site
Age: 25
Pay : $35k

Title: IT Manager
Description: inital hired as a Junior help desk but then Senior Administrator left suddenly and roles got thrown at me and I lead IT in aspect of system/network/help desk/telecommunications as-well as install, configure, and managing all aspect of the IT infrastructure.
Company size: Large
Certs: A+, N+, S+
How: Job posting
Age: 25-29
Pay : Initially 40k upon leaving 50k.

Title: Network Engineer
Description: all encompassing engineer, not just with networking but with systems and deployments
Company size: really small
Certs: ICM 5.1
How: job posting
Age: 29
Pay : $50k

Title: VMware/Network Solution Engineer
Description: worked with a local MSP that was all project based
Company size: Very Large
Certs: VCP5-DCV
How: Knew someone
Age: 29
Pay : $76 an hour, 1099.

Title: Senior System Administrator
Description: responsible for all aspects of IT in the senior capacity including network/system/virtualization installation, configuration, and design as well as maintaining security and telecommunication relationships.
Company size: Large
Certs: CCNA (In progress), MCSA (In progress) - employer wants me to have these by the end of the year for a sizable pay increase promise of 15%.
How: job posting
Age: 29
Pay : $62k

aderon

Title: Network Intern
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Cisco equipment (routers, switches, WAPs) physical installation and configuration
Company size: <75
Age: 17
Duration: 2 weeks
How: Facilitated through community college
Certs: None
Education: Still in high school and college
Pay: Volunteer


Title: Technical Support Representative I
Hour/wk: 40
Description: ISP support for residential and business customers
Company size: 10,000+
Age: 22
Duration: 1 year 1 month
How: Knew someone
Certs: None
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $12.75/hour + commission + pay for performance


Title: Technical Support Representative II
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Technical lead for enterprise accounting software product
Company size: 10,000+
Age: 23
Duration: 7 months
How: Knew someone
Certs: Net+, Sec+
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $16.25/hour + commission


Title: Technical Support Engineer I
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Technical support for enterprise storage vendor
Company size: 10,000+
Age: 24
Duration: 8 months so far (Current employer)
How: Knew someone
Certs: A+, Net+, Sec+, MTA: Windows OS, CIW WFA
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $18.50/hour

joelsfood

Title: PC Repair
Hour/wk: 5-10
Description: Small residential PC Repair Company
Company size: <55
Age: 16-18
Duration: <2 years
How: Went to school with owner
Certs: None
Education: During High School
Pay: $5-10/hr

Title: PC Repair
Hour/wk: 10-15
Description: Repaired PCs for a small resale/pawn type shop
Company size: <100
Age: 18
Duration: <1 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: None
Education: High School
Pay: $8-9/hr

Title: Network Technician
Hour/wk: 10-30
Description: PC Repair, Network setup, system administration for a private university
Company size: <300
Age: 19-23
Duration: ~4 years (not 42)
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: None at start, but while there earned: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6
Education: In college
Pay: $6-9/hr

Title: Network Technician
Hour/wk: 40
Description: IT tech for a small MSP
Company size: <10
Age: 23
Duration: 3 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6
Education: BS
Pay: 28,000/yr

Title: Assistant Director I/S
Hour/wk: 40
Description: System administrator and PC repair for a collection company
Company size: <200
Age: 23-26
Duration: <4 yrs
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6
Education: BS
Pay: 28,000/yr - 38,000/yr

Title: LAN Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: IT tech for a single division of a large corporate company - System administration and PC repair
Company size: 10,000
Age: 26-27
Duration: ~1 year
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6
Education: BS
Pay: 70,000/yr (moved locations from OKC to Chicago)

Title: Network Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Managed ~500 device (switches and routers, tens of thousands of PCs) campus network in Kuwait
Company size: 7500
Age: 27-28
Duration: 7 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6, CCNA
Education: BS
Pay: 125,000/yr

Title: Principal System Administrator
Hour/wk: 50
Description: Senior Systems and Storage administrator, as well as consulting architect on side
Company size: 90,000
Age: 28-34
Duration: <6 years (still there)
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6, CCNA, CCNP, VCA, VCP, JNCIA, Storage+
Education: BS
Pay: 78,000-140,000/yr (and I expect to raise that again this year)

aderon

joelsfood wrote: »

Title: Network Technician
Hour/wk: 10-30
Description: PC Repair, Network setup, system administration for a private university
Company size: <300
Age: 19-23
Duration: 42 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: None at start, but while there earned: A+, MCP, MCSA, MCSE, CNA5/6, CNE5/6
Education: In college
Pay: $6-9/hr

42 years? now that's dedication

joelsfood

lol, good catch. that one was about 4.

NetworkNewb

Title: Systems Analyst
Hour/wk: 40
Description: First IT Job, first level support
Company size: <300
Age: 26
Duration: 2 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+
Education: BS: CIS
Pay: $16/hr

Title: Technical Support Analyst
Hour/wk: 40 (contract position)
Description: Very large company, pretty much a call center...
Company size: 40,000+
Age: 28
Duration: 1 year
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, Network+
Education: BS: CIS
Pay: $21/hr

Title: Systems Support Analyst
Hour/wk: 40
Description: I'm pretty much the whole IT Dept. Do absolutely everything from managing servers to setting up computers for new people.
Company size: <200
Age: 29
Duration: been here almost 1 year
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, Network+
Education: BS: CIS
Pay: $45k (starting to feel underpaid... I do live in the midwest so its not terrible. But will probably look for another position after I get my CCNA this summer)

techfiend

NetworkNewb: There are a lot of underpaid joats in the twin cities. I'm also one of them for a smb making a bit less than you. It's my first it job and a great learning experience. The guy I'm replacing, who's made a 20 year career of being a joat has told me not to get stuck in that position. Even with his experience he's barely making ends meet.

45K is comfortable for some areas of the cities like northern, but if you live around the hottest it spot, around edina, it barely pays the bills.

Infosec jobs are starting to flourish around here. There's more hits for cissp then for mcsa and ccna. Unfortunately most are looking for 5+ years experience.

Also read a lot of local companies are bringing their IT back inhouse because it's become cheaper than outsourcing. Not sure if that's good or bad for those in our position.

GreaterNinja

Title: College Helpdesk
Hour/wk: 20
Description:
Company size: >250
Age: 17-20
Duration: 3 years on and off
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: High School - in college
Pay: $6.50, then ended up at $7.38/hour
Title: Point of Sales Installer
Hour/wk: 50
Description: Installed Store registers and self checkout machines + servers, UPS, etc…dirty job…but fun.
Company size: >250
Age: 22
Duration: few months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $15/hour
Title: Desktop Support II & III
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: Desktop Support level 2 and then Tier 3 exec and conference support
Company size: >250
Age: 22-24
Duration: 2 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $20.18/hour
Title: Service Desk Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: programmed thin clients, administrated POS servers and application servers, administrated SAP, SQL accounts…learned a lot..but one hellish job.Company size: >250
Age: 25
Duration: 7 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $23/hour
Title: Sr. IT Engineer
Hour/wk: 50
Description: setup a tele video conference network for the military to receive behavioral health therapy and prescriptions remotely, won a $1 million bonus and allowed the parent company I worked for to earn a 17.3 billion USD contract for 5 years. got burned out bad at this job.
Age: 26
Duration: 3 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $30/hour
Title: Desktop Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: creating the corporate image for a $3 Billion USD revenue company. creating scripts, packages, and jobs using batch files, vbscript and some powershell. administrating deployment server, mbam server, etc. Doing Desktop Support, Network Support, Desktop Engineering, Some system Admin work and some Infosec / Patch management projects.
Age: 30-32
Duration: 26+ months - current
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+, Security+, Dell DCSE, MCP, MCTS
Education: Bachelors in Mathematics, working on M.S. Information Security Assurance through WGU
Pay: ~81k/yr W2, no benefits
Title: Owner of a tech services business
Hour/wk: 20-60
Description: Created a company that had 7 figure revenue for 2014. Business is volatile and I am switching gears toward school, virtualization, networking, SA and InfoSec.
Age: 31-32
Duration: 15+ months
How: Had the balls to take the risk.
Certs: Network+, Security+, Dell DCSE, MCP, MCTS
Education: Bachelors in Mathematics, working on M.S. Information Security Assurance through WGU
Pay: ~180k/yr

Deathmage

GreaterNinja wrote: »

Title: College Helpdesk
Hour/wk: 20
Description:
Company size: >250
Age: 17-20
Duration: 3 years on and off
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: High School - in college
Pay: $6.50, then ended up at $7.38/hour
Title: Point of Sales Installer
Hour/wk: 50
Description: Installed Store registers and self checkout machines + servers, UPS, etc…dirty job…but fun.
Company size: >250
Age: 22
Duration: few months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $15/hour
Title: Desktop Support II & III
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: Desktop Support level 2 and then Tier 3 exec and conference support
Company size: >250
Age: 22-24
Duration: 2 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $20.18/hour
Title: Service Desk Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: programmed thin clients, administrated POS servers and application servers, administrated SAP, SQL accounts…learned a lot..but one hellish job.Company size: >250
Age: 25
Duration: 7 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $23/hour
Title: Sr. IT Engineer
Hour/wk: 50
Description: setup a tele video conference network for the military to receive behavioral health therapy and prescriptions remotely, won a $1 million bonus and allowed the parent company I worked for to earn a 17.3 billion USD contract for 5 years. got burned out bad at this job.
Age: 26
Duration: 3 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+
Education: Associates degree in Mathematics
Pay: $30/hour
Title: Desktop Engineer
Hour/wk: 40-45
Description: creating the corporate image for a $3 Billion USD revenue company. creating scripts, packages, and jobs using batch files, vbscript and some powershell. administrating deployment server, mbam server, etc. Doing Desktop Support, Network Support, Desktop Engineering, Some system Admin work and some Infosec / Patch management projects.
Age: 30-32
Duration: 26+ months - current
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Network+, Security+, Dell DCSE, MCP, MCTS
Education: Bachelors in Mathematics, working on M.S. Information Security Assurance through WGU
Pay: ~81k/yr W2, no benefits
Title: Owner of a tech services business
Hour/wk: 20-60
Description: Created a company that had 7 figure revenue for 2014. Business is volatile and I am switching gears toward school, virtualization, networking, SA and InfoSec.
Age: 31-32
Duration: 15+ months
How: Had the balls to take the risk.
Certs: Network+, Security+, Dell DCSE, MCP, MCTS
Education: Bachelors in Mathematics, working on M.S. Information Security Assurance through WGU
Pay: ~180k/yr

My eyes, give us some spaces....

kly630

Title: IT Extern
Hour/wk: 24
Description: IT support for public hospital
Company size: >1000
Age: 25
Duration: 3 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: None
Education: Bachelors in mathematics
Pay: $16/hour

Title: Network Specialist I
Hour/wk: 40
Description: IT support for public hospital
Company size: >1000
Age: 25
Duration: 1 year
How: promoted
Certs: MCSA (2k3), CCNA
Education: Bachelors in mathematics
Pay: $47K / year

Title: ERP Analyst/SQL programmer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Analyst supporting SAP Business One implementations
Company size: 10
Age: 26
Duration: 2 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: MCSA (2k3), CCNA, SAP certified application associate, sugarCRM implementation consultant
Education: Bachelors in mathematics, Masters in computer science
Pay: $40K / year

Title: Application Development Specialist
Hour/wk: 40
Description: General work in IT services center for large tech firm
Company size: > 100,000
Age: 29
Duration: 3 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: MCSA (2k3), CCNA, SAP certified application associate, sugarCRM implementation consultant
Education: Bachelors in mathematics, Masters in computer science
Pay: $40K / year

Title: System Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Work on vmware/storage team in cloud services/hosting datacenter
Company size: > 1,000
Age: 30
Duration: 1 year
How: Networking/Knew someone
Certs: MCSA (2k3), SAP certified application associate, sugarCRM implementation consultant, LPIC-1, RHCSA, VCA-DCV
Education: Bachelors in mathematics, Masters in computer science
Pay: $50K / year

JoJoCal19

Title: PC Specialist/Network Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: JOAT for a small envelope manufacturer
Company size: 250
Age: 23
Duration: 14 months
How: Internal applicant
Certs: None
Education: AS Computer Networking
Pay: 32k

Title: Sr. Technical Support Specialist
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Second level desktop support for Financial firm
Company size: 100K+
Age: 24
Duration: 20 months
How: Knew someone
Certs: None
Education: AS Computer Networking
Pay: 50k

Title: Sys/Data Security Analyst II
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Security access control and IAM for the same Financial firm
Company size: 100K+
Age: 26
Duration: 20 months
How: Internal applicant
Certs: None, but got Network+, Security+, CISSP, and ITIL F while in this position.
Education: AS Computer Networking. Completed my BS in Business Administration while in this position.
Pay: 57k

Title: AVP - Information Security Risk Management
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Information security risk management and GRC for large Financial firm.
Company size: 250K+
Age: 32
Duration: 8 months
How: Internal applicant
Certs: CISSP, CEH, CHFI, ITIL F
Education: BS in Business Administration while in this position.
Pay: 72k

Title: Sr. Information Security Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Security administration, project management, audit, etc for a governmental firm.
Company size: 1500
Age: 32
Duration: Current
How: Recruiter
Certs: CISSP, CEH, CHFI, ITIL F
Education: BS in Business Administration while in this position.
Pay: 83k


Always trying to keep moving up. The 8 months at my previous employer was solely due to wanting to relocate back to Jacksonville.

markulous

Title: Support Specialist
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Reset passwords, minor browser troubleshooting
Age: 30
Duration: 3 months
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $10 an hour

Title: Desktop Support
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Temp job, migrating XP to 7 for a large company
Age: 30
Duration: 3 months
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $16 an hour


Title: Service Desk Technician
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Remote End-user support
Age: 30
Duration: 8 months
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $16 an hour


Title: Service Desk Level 2
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Take escalations for mainly end user issues, some server stuff, managing a small team
Age: 31
Duration: Current
Certs: MTA: OS, S+, N+, CCENT, Project+
Education: AS IT
Pay: 45k

Not huge jumps in pay, but I think if I continue to learn and apply knowledge I should be able to get 10k+ within a year. I've gotten more certs as well.

nelson8403

Title: Geek Squad CIA
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Tier 1 (if that) work
Age: 20
Duration: 5 years
Certs: None
Education: AS IT
Pay: $13 an hour

Title: Desktop Support
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Regional PC Tech, setup computers, small networking
Age: 25
Duration: 5 years
Certs: CCNA, CCNA Voice
Education: none
Pay: $20 an hour

Title: Family Construction JOAT
Hour/wk: 40
Description: JOAT less than 200 employees setup servers, webapps, computers networking etc..
Age: 29
Duration: 1 year
Certs: none (CCNA lapsed)
Education: none
Pay: 60k

Title: Network Security Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Firewall, IDS setup, application settings
Age: 30
Duration: Current
Certs: CISSP, CCNA, CCNA Security
Education: BS - IT Security
Pay: 75k

chmod

Title: Help Desk Technician
Description: Small online company, i started on the marketing dpmt but i was staying after hours helping the sys admin with the help desk issues and then with the hosting issues and new requirements(the majority of services were hosted locally).
Company size: less than 50 persons.
How: Knew someone.
Age: 19

Title: Technical Support Engineer
Description: First TAC support for HP proliants then TAC Support for HPUX.
Company size: +5000
How: Applied online, as i learned a lot of linux in my previous job i was able to pass the tech exam required to get hired.
Age: 20

Title: System Administrator
Description: I was hired to support all the linux systems but then they fired the other sys admin and i had to support also the M$ boxes for the 3 countries, then i implemented asterisk with aheeva so i was in charge of the VoIP infrastructure.
Company size: +2000
How: Applied online.
Age: 21

Title: IT consultant
Description: Presales and implementation engineer for a Cisco/M$ partner.
Company size: 15 employees
How: A former college professor recommended me, the company wanted to start selling asterisk/aheeva solutions so they were looking for an engineer with experience in VoIP, linux and off course asterisk.
Age: 23

Title: Core Enginner
Description: Implementation and O&M for a managed network of an ISP. Promoted to Team Leader
Company size: +2000
How: Applied online.
Age: 24

Title: Project Manager
Description: In charge of the projects,budget and contracts related to telecom of 8 countries, also i became the fulfillment responsible for the related telecom/IT services for the internal clients.
Age:25

Title: Solutions Engineer
Description: Develop/Plan/Design telecom solutions for ISPs, in some cases/technologies i also work in the implementations phase (VoLTE, HD voice, CDN's, FTTx, IPTV, MPLS, Sip Trunking) also i have to define and control implementation budget and timelines.
How: Former boss wanted me back. Made the right offer.
Age: 26 (close to 3 years now).

JeanM

Title - Customer service rep in a local mom and pop computer store.
Description - sell computer hardware/software upgrades, worked the cash register, then started helping out in the store repair/upgrade dept. first job out of high school, while attending college.
Company - small
How - found it by going door to door with my resume , first job. Got my A+ cert here.
Age - 18
Pay - 8-9 an hour
Duration - 1 year

Title - Tech support for Earthlink ISP
Description - windows tech support at a local Earthlink ISP call center/help desk.
Company - large
How - found through local contracting agency, 3 months later went perm. Quit as the shift was not working out with college schedule.
Age - 19
Pay - 9-14 an hour
Duration - 1 year


Title - Computer technician for Gateway Computers
Description - worked as a technician at a couple local Gateway computer stores. Got my MCP here.
Company - large
How - saw a listing, applied in person
Age - 20-23
Pay - 40k with full benefits.
Duration - 3 years, left due to company wide store closures.


Title - IT Analyst for a local County
Description - Started in internal help desk, then 6 or so months after got promoted into Windows AD/Exchange account admin position, then 6-8 month later moved into project/security related position. Then finally moved into Server/SCCM/Application packaging role and WSUS. Got my Network+ and Security+ certs here. Got laid off when the economy started to tank.
Company - govt
How - through a contracting agency contact from previous job.
Age - 23-28
Pay - 40-60k with full benefits.
Duration - 5-6 years.


Title - IT Analyst for a local Healthcare company
Description - Got my foot in the door with local help desk working as AD/Exchange account admin and as escalation team for internal help desk. After about 9 months moved into the NOC/TOC area working on Systems side for system/network device monitoring. Setting up BMC monitoring system in QA/Prod env. Got my CCENT here.
Company - large
How - through a contracting agency
Age - 28-30
Pay - 40-47k with full benefits
Duration - 3 years


Title - Escalations Support Engineer
Description - Escalations engineer for internal help desk teams. Then moved into a project role. Got my CCNA here.
Company - Fortune 500 networking company.
How - got contacted by someone working in the company to see if I wanted to join.
Age - 30 to current
Pay - 71-80k with full benefits

lo_____ol

Title: Helpdesk Technology Assistant at College (part time)
Hours/wk: 15
Description: Assist student body with technical issues. Provide central point of contact for IT department.
Company size: 500+
Age: 18-20
Duration: < 3 Years
How: Word of mouth at my college
Certs: None
Education: High School - In College
Pay : $9/hr


Title: Classrooms Technology Assistant (part time)
Hours/wk: 15
Description: Assist classrooms with tech related issues.
Company size: 500+
Age: 19-20
Duration: < 2 years
How: Promoted in. Word of mouth.
Certs: None
Education: High School - In College
Pay : $9/hr


Title: Information Technology Assistant (intern/temp)
Hours/wk: 30 - 40
Description: Assist IT department with new campus computer upgrades.
Company size: 500+
Age: 20
Duration: < 3 months
How: Word of mouth. Recommended by staff.
Certs: None
Education: High School - In College
Pay : $9/hr


Title: Point of Sale Deployment Technician (contracted)
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Responsible for providing tier 2 support and rolling out machines to stores across US.
Company size: 500+
Age: 21
Duration: < 3 Years
How: Browsing online Craigslist
Certs: None
Education: High School - In College
Pay : $20/hr

Title: IT Support Specialist (full time)
Hours/wk: 40
Description: Responsible for providing support to end users.
Company size: 500+
Age: 22
Duration: Present
How: Reached out by recruiter by posting resume online at Indeed.com.
Certs: None
Education: High School - In College
Pay : 55k Salary

vCole

Title: Help Desk Technician
Description: Internal desktop support.
Company size: 1000+
How: Applied while I was in college
Age: 21
Pay : $13/hour to start, $14/hr after 3 months.

Title: IT Support Specialist
Description: Internal desktop support and junior sysadmin tasks.
Company size: 200
How: Hired after being at my first job for 9 months.
Age: 22
Pay : $17/hour

Title: IT Support Specialist II
Description: Internal desktop support and junior sysadmin tasks.
Company size: 300
How: Applied through CareerBuilder.com
Age: 22
Pay : $19/hour

Title: Network Analyst
Description: Mid-level SysAdmin
Company size: 1000-5000
How: Applied through Monster.com
Age: 23
Pay : 56K/year

Title: IT Consultant
Description: SMB Consulting
Company size: 5
How: Browsing Craigslist after my previous company was purchased.
Age: 23
Pay : 55K/year

Title: NetApp
Description: Mid-level SysAdmin
Company size: 10000+
How: Contacted by a recruiter
Age: 24
Pay : $30/hr

Title: IT/Network Administrator
Description: Mid-level SysAdmin
Company size: 200
How: Applied directly
Age: 24
Pay : $50K/year (Moved to another state and all I could find for work)

Title: Engineering Support Systems Administrator
Description: Mid-level SysAdmin
Company size: 10000+
How: Spoke to my previous manager when I moved back home.
Age: 25
Pay : $43/hr

Title: Systems Administrator III
Description: Mid-level SysAdmin
Company size: 5000+
How: Applied directly.
Age: 26
Pay : $85000/year

Title: Systems Administrator IV (Same company)
Description: Senior SysAdmin
Company size: 5000+
How: Promoted
Age: 28
Pay : $91400/year

E Double U

Title: Helpdesk Intern
Hour/wk: 25
Description: Answered calls and opened tickets
Age: 18
Duration: less than 1 year
How: Godmother's brother pulled me in
Education: In college
Pay: I think it was $7/hourly, no benefits


Title: Contractor
Hour/wk: 40; during June push I worked 80 hours in a 6 day work week
Description: Built, delivered, & installed IBM/Lenovo pc's for LA school district
Age: 23 - 25
Duration: 2+ years
How: Mother's boyfriend introduced me to his friend that had his own company; offered me a job working for him
Certs: Got A/N+, MCDST
Education: Just finished B.S. in Bus Admin: Info Sys
Pay: $12/hourly, no benefits


Title: Contractor
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Dell workstation refresh (backed up data from old machines and transferred to the new; installed software); setup HP printers
Age: 25
Duration: 2 -3 months
How: Guy that I worked with at former employer told me about the position; interviewed w/ boss & team lead
Pay: $19/hourly, no benefits


Title: Customer Support Analyst / Team Lead
Hour/wk: only 40 req'd, but I regularly worked 60
Description: NOC/global support (called circuits out to telco and a lottttt of other stuff); highlight - went to Mumbai to give training
Age: 26 - 29
Duration: 4 years
How: Recruiter got me the interview w/ shift mgr & team lead
Certs: CCNA, ITIL
Pay: $24/hourly with great benefits


Title: Complex Configuration Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Migrate customers from old network to new MPLS network; all Cisco routers/switches
Age: 29 - 31
Duration: 1 year, 6 months
How: Applied internally when NOC role was being offshored; interview w/ 2 config managers
Pay: $57k annually w/ benefits


Title: Security Systems Specialist
Hour/wk: 40
Description: SOC (worked on Cisco, Check Point & Bluecoat equipment)
Age: 31 - 32
Duration: 8 - 9 months then laid off after position was offshored
How: Contacted friend in the SOC when the config work was being offshored; interviewed w/ SOC manager & team lead
Certs: CCSA
Pay: $58k annually w/ benefits


Title: Info Sec Analyst
Hour/wk: only 40 req'd, but I usually put in an extra 90 minutes daily voluntarily
Description: Cisco ASA, Symantec (DLP, web/email gateway), MDM, NVR/DVR, RSA, bldg access
Age: 32 - 34 (current)
Duration: 2 years and counting
How: Sent an email to HR w/ my resume & cover letter; interviewed w/ CISO, Net Serv VP, Info Sec Analyst, & HR VP
Certs: CCNA/P Security; working on CISSP now
Pay: $34/hourly w/ benefits

wolfinsheepsclothing

Title: Help Desk Analyst
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Typical Tier 1 stuff
Age: 24-25
Duration: 8 months; then hired as a SysAd
How: Applied online
Certs: Net+/Sec+
Pay: $58k

Title: Linux System Administrator
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Mixed OS Environment (Red Hat // Windows // OSX)
Age: 25-31
Duration: 6 years; then hired as a SysEngineer
How: Applied online
Certs: Net+/Sec+/LPIC-1/Linux+
Pay: $70k

Title: System Engineer
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Red Hat environment
Age: 32
Duration: 1 year (current)
How: Applied online
Certs: Net+/Sec+/LPIC-1/Linux+/RHSCA/RHSCA-RHOS/ACE-PANOS
Pay: $115k

RomBUS

Title: Field Technician/Jr. Sys Admin
Hr/week: 40+a lot of overtime
Description: First IT gig. Fast paced learning, put out there in real world environments/high pressure situations quickly. Since we were small I was lead IT person when head consultant was not in attendance
Age: 22-23
Duration: 1.5 years
How: Knew someone
Certs: MCP, and some Windows 2003 certs on my way to become MCSE
Pay: Started at 22k, finished at 27k

Title: Installer/Configuration Tech (seasonal contract)
Hr/week: 40
Description: After fallout from first IT job (killed my economy), needed money fast. Found a job for easy contract work working for Dept. of Education
Age: 23
Duration: 3.5 months
How: Applied and interviewed (2x)
Certs: A+ was a necessity
Pay: 20k

Title: Network Technician
Hour/wk: 40+
Description: Struggled at finding work for about a year after contract position. Then found this: First MSP job. Loved the company, met some cool people out of this. Was let go because of "restructuring" as they say
Age: 25
Duration: 1 year, 8 months
How: Applied and interviews(3x)
Certs: Network+, completed MCSE: Security. Started working on Windows 2008 EA
Pay: 30k+benefits


Title: Computer Network Engineer (fancy title for Sys. Admin for this company) (contract)
Hour/wk: 40+overtime
Description: Another MSP. Day-to-day user support and taking care of their server administration needs for one of their clients. Eventually performed an infrastructure move for them and then was let go
Age: 25
Duration: 3 months
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: None
Pay: 40k

Title: Network Admin
Hour/week: 40+lots of overtime
Description: First job being part of in-house IT staff. Generalist position
Age: 25-29 (current)
Duration: 3+ years and counting
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: Windows Server 2008 EA, MCSA: Windows 7, couple of MCTS ones, studying for CCENT
Pay: a smidge over 50k(+benefits)

FloOz

FloOz wrote: »

I love these kind of threads Always interesting to see others progression in the IT world.

Title: Computer Systems Intern
Description: Senior year of college internship. Worked with Telecom, Desktop, and Network teams. Got a good feel for the industry.
Company size: 1500+
How: Knew someone + I worked here during the summers previously as a filer clerk.
Age: 20
Pay : $11 an hour

Title: Desktop Engineer
Description: Desktop support work with some networking thrown in.
Company size: 1500+
How: Same job as where I had my internship
Age: 21
Pay : 42k

Title: Network Engineer
Description: Changed jobs to get into networking. Worked with Nexus and other Cisco tech.
Company size: 1500+
How: monster.com
Age: 22-23
Pay : 52k

Title: Network Administrator
Description: Changed jobs to work at a company that will look great on my resume and also get amazing experience. Daily work is routing/switching changes.
Company size: 1500+
How: Knew someone
Age: 23-24 (just turned 24)
Pay : 70k

Just took a new position to add to the above

Title: Senior Network Engineer
Description: Professional Services side of things
Company size: 1500+
How: Recruiter
Age: 25 (just turned)
Pay : 85k + commission

aderon

aderon wrote: »

Title: Network Intern
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Cisco equipment (routers, switches, WAPs) physical installation and configuration
Company size: <75
Age: 17
Duration: 2 weeks
How: Facilitated through community college
Certs: None
Education: Still in high school and college
Pay: Volunteer


Title: Technical Support Representative I
Hour/wk: 40
Description: ISP support for residential and business customers
Company size: 10,000+
Age: 22
Duration: 1 year 1 month
How: Knew someone
Certs: None
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $12.75/hour + commission + pay for performance


Title: Technical Support Representative II
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Technical lead for enterprise accounting software product
Company size: 10,000+
Age: 23
Duration: 7 months
How: Knew someone
Certs: Net+, Sec+
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $16.25/hour + commission


Title: Technical Support Engineer I
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Technical support for enterprise storage vendor
Company size: 10,000+
Age: 24
Duration: 9 months
How: Knew someone
Certs: A+, Net+, Sec+, MTA: Windows OS, CIW WFA
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $18.50/hour

Very excited to add this to the list above:

Title: NOC Technical Support II
Hour/wk: 40
Description: Network and server farm monitoring
Company size: 200~
Age: 25
Duration: (Current employer)
How: Applied online
Certs: A+, Net+, Sec+, Lin+, Proj+, LPIC-1, MTA: Windows OS, CIW WFA
Education: A.S. Certificate in Microcomputer Repair/Installer
Pay: $43,000/year

bmnaught

Wow




Amazing how people succeed in thisi site fast

goatama

Alright, here's mine. I'm leaving off my call center work, because ew.

Title: Counter Intelligence Agent / Double Agent
Hour/week: 40
Description: In-store Geek Squad Tech, then transitioned to In-home
Age: 24
Duration: 2.5 years
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+
Education: High School
Pay: $10/hr - $14/hr + benefits


Title: Computer/Network Technician
Hour/week: 40
Description: Desktop tech for school district
Age: 27
Duration: 1 year
How: Recommended by friend, applied and interviewed
Certs: A+
Education: High School, Some College
Pay: $16.50/hr + some benefits


Title: Systems Administrator
Hour/week: 40
Description: Sysadmin for same school district
Age: 28
Duration: 2.5 years
How: Restructured my position and pay based on duties performed
Certs: A+ - Net+, Sec+, ACMT during
Education: High School, Some College
Pay: $37,000 + some benefits


Title: Technical/Security Support Analyst
Hour/week: 40+
Description: Exchange, AD, Websense admin for local gov't, then transitioned to VMware, storage, security admin (vulnerability assessments, firewalls, pentests, assorted compliance activities, etc.)
Age: 30
Duration: 3.5 years
How: Former boss from school district recruited me
Certs: A+, Net+, Sec+, ACMT - C|EH, CCNA, CCNA:Sec, VCP5-DCV, NCDA, Project+, Linux+, Mobility+, TCNA during
Education: High School, Some College - Finished AAS and BS during
Pay: Start - $52,000; End - $63,000 + benefits


Title: Sr Information Security Engineer
Hour/week: 40
Description: Security guru for state gov't
Age: 34
Duration: Current (<1 month so far)
How: Applied and interviewed
Certs: A+, Net+, Sec+, C|EH, CCNA, CCNA:Sec, VCP5-DCV, NCDA, Project+, Linux+, Mobility+, TCNA
Education: BS, working on MS
Pay: $84,000 + benefits