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Never have I ever felt so beaten and belittled trying to get my foot in the door, I was approached by my colleges internship team in regards to an interview with a potential employer. Reluctantly said ok after finding out about the company.

Sat there for nearly 20 minutes being rather berrated that someone in his late 20’s ‘who’s design and creativeness period could be coming to a close’ wants to consider working for a ‘start up’.

I don’t, I just want my foot in the door.
The fuck?

/rant

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Now that it’s the weekend, let’s talk about hobbies outside of tech. What do you like to do?

Personally, I was once big into TCG(Trading Card Games)/CCG (Collecting Card Games) games and would make time twice a week to compete at local’s/ mini-tournaments that worked well with my rotating roster.

Also, I love myself a bit of beach fishing, and travelling - not just interstate/around Australia - but also internationally.

Then my son was born, and this cheeky lil virus, threw a massive spanner in the works haha.

So let us hear what you enjoy! :)

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In-reply-to » Hey all, I'm back with another question to pick your brains with. I have recently completed a Coding Bootcamp that provided me with a Diploma of IT - that focused on the realm of Code, Cloud and Cybersecurity. (Basically Python, HTML&CSS, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I feel that on so many levels, and I appreciate the honesty. I feel as though the level of which the diploma taught me things - I already had most of it by being proactive and learning in my personal time.

The only reason I finished it was to a lleast have one piece of paper saying that I’m semi capable in tech, lol. Because it’s a bit rough trying to break into the industry when I just have medical/nursing degrees and certificates.

I do understand that having a collection of certificates can look bag, as it makes you look like more of an achievement hunter than anything.

I do have a question for both you and more so @prologic@twtxt.net, when looking at candidates - if you’re not looking at certificates per say. Are you more so looking how the person represents themselves before moving on to a technical/role specific interview?

But thanks to you both for your replies, it helps a lot! :)

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Hey all, I’m back with another question to pick your brains with.
I have recently completed a Coding Bootcamp that provided me with a Diploma of IT - that focused on the realm of Code, Cloud and Cybersecurity. (Basically Python, HTML&CSS, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)

I understand there are many pathways into Tech/IT and with that, there are many certifications.

What would you consider certifications that are fantastic to show baseline knowledge and understanding? Some that would really help solidify and prove my knowledge/even upskill me from where I am.

Would anyone recommend the CompTIA certifications?

Then continuing on from base knowledge - which are some certs that you have completed and really felt fulfilled/proved that you solidly understand some area/aspect of tech after completing.

Also, have they helped with employability in your realm?

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In-reply-to » @lyse I am relatively a green thumb to all of this, what exactly does i3 enable you to do?

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Ah gotcha, I’ll have to look into it a bit more. It’s always fun learning about new things and new technologies - and how you can implement them to make yourself more productive.

Thanks for taking your time to let me know :).

I feel you on the preferring something to just work aspect also ;)

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In-reply-to » What's everyone's preferred OS?

Wow! Thanks everyone for your responses!

Currently using Zorin on my XPS - I often change between this and Ubuntu - which isnt good i know haha Distro Jumping. (I’m relatively new with Linux - but the more I use it, the more I love it!)

Main PC is still Windows, but this is where I learnt the most of the command line, using WSL.

Then I have a Macbook with the M1 chip that really doesn’t see much use :/

Thanks again for all the responses! It’s amazing to see how everyone uses some in similarity but then how different your choices are as well :)

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A week after graduating, managed to pick up COVID which means I’m stuck at home. This gives me more time to pick up on my bash knowledge, as well as recap over networking and docker - then ill move on to a really deep dive into GoLang, Terraform.

I guess being sick has its advantages.

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