Great video!! I agree my friend. Negotiation is very important. History and track record too. Lacking experience? Show WHY you deserve more. Back you case up with facts as well.
Another awesome video, Thanks for the inspiration! Currently prepping for my A+ exam to start my own journey, and this content is so nice to see gives me more motivation to push forward.
Great video Brendan as always. Following you for a while. Taking inspiration from you a lot. Have started my CCNA classes and putting good hours to get certificate in the 1st week of July. By the way I am from a India. I am a delivery guy now want to start Career in IT. Your video really helps🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
While I am deciding if this is the path for me. Of course, iv looked into other’s experience, income and the path taken to Get there. Hands down your Chanel has been the most helpful. Especially given I’m looking For a remote career and I was nervous sitting all day in front of a computer, could effect my physical health and upkeep…..💪🏻
Great video man the algorithm led me to your channel lol It’s crazy that when I did helpdesk 2014-2016 my salary was still similar to yours. I ended up leaving helpdesk after two years to work in a NOC just to land a SOC role
@@TheBuffNerd7539 yep. I have some of that stuff documented on my channel. I’ve been checking out your stuff since last night. I’ll most likely be reaching out to you in the future to jump on the podcast or something else. Keep up the good work bro
@@TheBuffNerd7539 knowing people in high places always beat talent. Trust me when I say this, I used to work in government and seen many highly qualified people get overlooked because of nepotism and/or friendship
As a tier 1 HD tech making $13 an hour(aka 15-20% below median), I highly recommend negotiating your pay. Like Buff said, even if you're entry level, it's valuable to develop that skill because it will serve you for your entire career. I wish I'd have pushed for more when I was hired, but I didn't have that kind of confidence and was just happy to have an offer. Know what your marketable skills are and know what the market is for your skills. If people with your experience are making $x, odds are you will be able to get that same pay with the right attitude.
This video is a GEM. Looking to get into IT specialist with the DHS. Received my A+ and network + years ago. Still optimistic I’ll get a nod. Any pointers?
I just started my transition into IT got my first job today so amped.. ur videos help a lot, helps keep me motivated esp cuz ur fairly new... using ur story for inspiration bro keep at it !!!
Only four months? Haha! I regularly keep my desktop on for months at a time. The only reason I shut down my system is to clean it of dust. That takes maybe 20 minutes and then, I turn it right back on and it stays that way until the next cleaning many months later. The longest stretch I can think of where it wasn't cleaned, but was still powered on was when I lived overseas. It was on all day everyday for a little over two years. If you build a powerful system, then it can last for quite a long time (this system is almost eight years old).
Great vid but not a huge fan of the music in the background though, kind of distracted me from focusing on what you were saying a lot of the video. Maybe just turn it down a bit, but thanks for the knowledge brother!
I leave my pc on all the time, it has been on for years straight but with reboots of course. They're actually designed to operate this way, or at least they were designed that way when they were finding their way through the 80s and 90s. I doubt that part of the tech has changed.
im in a difficult spot rn. i got offered a job making $36/hr as a remote executive assistant but im in school for IT & i know most of the entry level positions will only offer half that. not sure what to do
oh man! That is a tough one. Will the job take away from your schooling? Or is there growth at the company to where you could pivot and shoot towards an IT position once you are finished with schooling? That's a real tough one.
I would suggest to keep working your high paying job, finish your IT degree, get a parttime job in IT to get it on your resume and you’ll eventually match or even get higher than what you are making now. It’s hard but you know the IT ceiling is higher than your current job and hopefully that motivates you enough.
@@cashmoney4736 location is a huge part of it, but you are right. You need some experience(hence parttime while working his high paying job right now). My point is, HR executive assistant is already the cap and there is no career/path to move on from there. It’s reasonable to say you need experience to make over $40 an hour in IT. If it’s easy everyone would be doing it.
Executive assistant have a very high turn over rate and is a very stressful job. 35 an hour is very good but that's definitely salary it won't be a 9-5 job. You will have no personal life. Expect a 24x7 schedule lol! you will be the executives door mat.I would keep working with the IT career if it truly makes you happy. I've seen people get paid around that much with just a CCNA at a entry level position. Also depends on where you work. I was paid 22 an hour for entry level tech support with no certs or degrees and most days I had maybe 1 call or a couple tickets regarding server restarts. I only worked maybe 2 hours a day and rest was just studying or gaming. Trust me you will not have free time with that job and you will want to quit right away.
Anyway you can do a resume review for a video.. im breaking into IT but I have a degree in an unrelated field and I want to get an internship similar to yours.
Honestly, I miss it lol. The best company that I’ve ever worked for with the best work environment was Quicken Loans and Little Caesars. Both in downtown Detroit. If they needed a wireless engineer and paid close to what I’m making now, I’d come back lol.
Either apply for higher paying IT support role or go into Networking or Systems by getting a cert like CCNA, Azure, etc... Then apply for junior network/system admin roles.
