03-19-2020, 09:12 PM
That's fair. I think we are not comparing apples and oranges when you and I are stating what we think is best a path and I promise I have never intentionally tried to get into a back and fourth with you. Sales/Consulting and Ops are not at all the same thing. This thread is from someone who has been asking around about switching a career to DevOps and that's who this advice is for, and people who find this through google.
Throwing humility to the wind here, but I don't work in IT and haven't for years. I'm coming from an engineering operations background from major tech companies with an impressive resume and references. I've worked on Apple iCloud, VMware/Dell-EMC's private Virtustream Enterprise Cloud, DevOps, as well as the old-school managed services and now work with mining/electrical/plant engineers building control systems. All with no degree and no certs.
My alumni from Dell-EMC work for Red Hat, Verizon, Amazon AWS, VMWare and numerous VC backed tech companies. I've got a lot of experience and insight from interviewing dozens of potential teammates and being interviewed by dozens of potential teammates and seeing the types of people that have and haven't succeeded.People that have been doing this for years can ignore me, but I don't see how giving insight is a problem here. I can only give advice on degrees for the tech industry and IT, but I know that I know what I'm talking about.
I found this place trying to find an alternative to jumping through WGU's pointless certifications hoops, and I know the subject matter of the WGU degrees well enough to know what is the fastest degree to go through and it isn't going to be the Cloud Computing. If you are getting an AWS Sysops in week/months and not spending a good year practicing it, you are wasting you time on a time consuming cert. BS Information Technology is the best if you want a check box and the optics are better than "Cloud Computing" and the certs are very, very easy. If want to learn some new skills with your degree or have a bunch to transfer, do COSC and TESU with study.com and you'll get a "State School" on your resume.
Throwing humility to the wind here, but I don't work in IT and haven't for years. I'm coming from an engineering operations background from major tech companies with an impressive resume and references. I've worked on Apple iCloud, VMware/Dell-EMC's private Virtustream Enterprise Cloud, DevOps, as well as the old-school managed services and now work with mining/electrical/plant engineers building control systems. All with no degree and no certs.
My alumni from Dell-EMC work for Red Hat, Verizon, Amazon AWS, VMWare and numerous VC backed tech companies. I've got a lot of experience and insight from interviewing dozens of potential teammates and being interviewed by dozens of potential teammates and seeing the types of people that have and haven't succeeded.People that have been doing this for years can ignore me, but I don't see how giving insight is a problem here. I can only give advice on degrees for the tech industry and IT, but I know that I know what I'm talking about.
I found this place trying to find an alternative to jumping through WGU's pointless certifications hoops, and I know the subject matter of the WGU degrees well enough to know what is the fastest degree to go through and it isn't going to be the Cloud Computing. If you are getting an AWS Sysops in week/months and not spending a good year practicing it, you are wasting you time on a time consuming cert. BS Information Technology is the best if you want a check box and the optics are better than "Cloud Computing" and the certs are very, very easy. If want to learn some new skills with your degree or have a bunch to transfer, do COSC and TESU with study.com and you'll get a "State School" on your resume.
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