Rich | A Trini Network Engineer
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Port of Spains very own 🇹🇹 | Tenor Steel Pan @ Desperados | 🏴☠️ of the Caribbean | 90’s Kid | CCNA / Sysadmin 💻 | Positive Vibes | Opinions = Mine
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How I made 6 figures in tech in 90 days.
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@BuddyNoLove
A bidet. It’s already paid for itself, and my ass is always clean.
Tushy Classic 3.0 Spa Bidet
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Just a few months ago I congratulated you for landing a helpdesk job which was, presumably, your first IT position.
I hope you’re trying to say
“Instead of spending $2000, come
study with me for free”
I see a lot of people want to join Bootcamps to study cyber security.
Do you want to pay $2,000 to study with me?
We'll create a study plan that works for you, including study sessions, ask me all the questions want, and taking practice exams. I'll be your accountability
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Someone thought it would be cool to just, you know, bring their own wireless router and connect it in the office.
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Another quick deployment to replace this Frankenstein network. Cables managed by yours truly
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On site this morning to clean up this mess and Decom old gear.
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When those lights started blinking I almost cried.
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Got shorty saved as CompTIA cause the 🧠 is A+
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Cesarian Section? No, I’m dressed like this to replace a Cisco Switch.
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This is incredible. Convert into .csv, upload into google calendar...badda bing badda boom
I asked chatGTP to create a Network+ study plan for a 9-5er who’s only available to study:
Mon & Thurs: 5p-8p
Tues & Wed: 6p-9p
Sat & Sun: 3-4 hrs each day
I specified this schedule needs to reflect completing the 26 hr Udemy Dion Training NETWORK+ course in 30-45 days..
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Without a doubt
What’s a book, podcast, or course that has helped you in your career journey?
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Calling me to tell me that I’m your favorite IT guy doesn’t excuse you from submitting a ticket. 😂
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I had an interview yesterday.
The first question they asked me was to name two layers of the OSI model.
So in typical Rich fashion I laid out the whole thing.
The interviewer expressed shock and said “you’re probably the first person to do that”
Anybody who is new to the tech/cyber realm I just want you to realize: the average person you encounter at work is NOWHERE NEAR as smart, knowledgeable, passionate, or dedicated to their career as ppl you see in any of these tech communities online
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Took a CCNP practice test and man…I haven’t gotten bodied like that since the first time I tried to beat Red in
Pokémon Silver..😂😂
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Anything is possible.
I have an A in a freaking Python class.
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Me explaining subnetting to people who can code
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Shipped 40 refurbished laptops to Trinidad to help support the next generation of youths
Purchased my first home breaking generational chains
2x Microsoft certified
ITIL Certified (shout out to
@TechBaeAsh
&
@princessxap
for the resources)
Looking forward to ‘24.
🇹🇹 🌎
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Quick tidy up at my church’s new building
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Folks ready to drop a rent payment on Beyoncé tickets, but not willing to spend $300 on that CCNA 😂
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3 years ago today, a certain someone told me a that the helpdesk / desktop support route is a dead end, $12 an hour job and that I should sign up for this $7000 bootcamp.
I almost believed them too until I came to twitter and did some research
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These are them.
The keys to my first house.
Living proof…God is good.
It doesn’t matter what you call him, just believe and do the best you can.
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All that twitter space did was confirm something that has been bothering me for awhile.
Lots of people were tech in the bio but end-user on the timeline.
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“The one that they call when they shit ain’t connecting no more, feel like I got a job in IT”
I BEG YOUR PARDON JERMAINE?
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According to the documentation…this is the core and access switch 😬
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Copped a steal for the home lab!! Only $5!!
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Site to Site VPN configuration with
#PacketTracer
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I’m a bit selective with who I engage with on this app, because the bios say “Tech” but the content screams “End User”
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How I look explaining how to subnet to people that call me overpaid
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@echap2190
@BuddyNoLove
Only folks with skid marks on their drawers think a bidet is nasty 😂😂 but I feel you
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I know some people that have been trying to get into tech for years because they scared of the help desk
Me telling all the broke boys that getting into tech via the help desk is the easiest $50k side door ever
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I don’t believe in imposter syndrome because I see senior engineers google how to fix things every single day.
We’re all just trying to maintain and figure it out, and nobody has all of the answers
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CompTIA and CCNA studies helped me secure the job that allowed me to be hand picked to deploy new network gear.
Finished product coming soon. Thanks to
@davidbombal
@JeremysITLab
@CioaraJeremy
@KeithBarkerCCIE
@ProfessorMesser
and
@TotalSem
for every bit of wisdom.
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@iamKierraD
I’m going to respectfully disagree with you. The way black men are portrayed online is very heartbreaking. Sure, their efforts may be nothing more than posturing..but it is a step in a positive direction.
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We are network engineers.
We know that this service is broken due to [redacted] , but since that one guy in sec ops with his sec+ thinks he knows it all were going to spend all day building the case that it’s not the network, and wait until EOB to send our detailed findings. 😃
"Perpetually studying for a certificate that we'll never take" 😂😂
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@BeezSLS
Stop gatekeeping. Tech is easy. I bought my own course and made six figures in 9 days as a non-technical technical writer, no certs or experience or interviews. I only clock in for the time it takes me to walk to the bathroom and brush my teeth. Full remote. (Sarcasm jkjk)
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The Cisco CCNA.
I have a deeper understanding of networking and how it relates to everything.
I know how to troubleshoot - tech is a jigsaw puzzle.
The CLI show command outputs conditioned my mind not to be intimidated by walls of text.
What's the BEST Tech certification you have that helped the most in your career and why?
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Did you really submit this ticket, and end it by saying you will be on vacation for 2 weeks?
RESOLVED.
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@lavidalocaaaaa_
😂😂 sometimes humor doesn’t translate well. Congratulations on passing that CCNA though 💪🏿
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Just realized I’ve crossed over 700 followers..
A good time to put it out there that I’m not a Tech/IT expert by any means; just a guy that enjoys running show commands and the sweet sound of RJ45 connectors being pushed into place.
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🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 when I first started looking into my CCNA, it was these guys that really made me believe I can do it.
Ran into my guy
@davidbombal
it’s always good to see you and catch up.
“You’ve come a long way from sleeping on the couch” 😂
#CiscoLive
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New tech started yesterday, and today they have her shadowing me.
So instead of the usual “just do what I do” I let her know I’m far from perfect, and to correct me if I miss a step.
So far she’s corrected me like 8 times - that’s how to break the cycle of imposter syndrome.
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Applied for a role for shits and giggles on Saturday, interviewed today…and I could tell they were ready to talk an offer right away…or not.
Most importantly, I just like to make sure that my resume gets calls and my interview skills are sharp.
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If I had $500 for every time someone approached me, asked for my “Tech Career Blueprint”..and I gave it to them - PDFs and all…only for them to turn around and do absolutely nothing with it….my car would be paid off 😂
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Omfg for a split second I thought this was packet tracer for PS4 😂
Here's the most fun way to learn about networks without putting your own network at risk.
🕹️ Download
#PacketTracer
today for free!
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No longer in demand?
So…..why am I about to board this plane?
People talking about network engineers will no longer be in demand.. Those folks are dummies. Networking is networking whether it’s the Cloud or on prem.
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I have no sympathy or remorse for anyone who resorts to this.
You are literally undermining the credibility that people actually work hard to get.
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I love me some Cisco and I have that CCNP in my crosshairs but right now Azure has me in a full Nelson and I don’t want it to let go.
This honeynet lab I’m working is too much fun
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Got my first “overqualified” rejection email 🤣
Ever forward!!
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“Being Black in tech is difficult enough without creating new categories of self-segregation.”
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
Observation
#2
: There exists an implicit class system in tech that distinguishes between technical and non-technical people. At its worst, folks from one class will see themselves as more valuable or important than folks in the other class, leading to controversy and schisms
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And it’s only $125.
I’ll be honest…this is a better offering than the Network +, without the difficulty of the CCNA for someone new to tech and networking.
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Taking this Python class is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made in my career…unbelievable. Syntax is no longer intimidating and I love it
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No certs. No degree. Just Ctrl-c ctrl-V’d my way into my first tech gig. Certs came after, on their dime.
They are really tryna tell you that you can't get an IT role with just 1 certification 😭 people have been doing it for 20+ years.
Hell I did it and I was only 16 in high school obviously no experience.
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I love Mondays...
"Have you restarted the pc?"
"Yeah, several times"
"Do it again"
"...if you say so *audible eyeroll*"
Issue suddenly resolved
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Just spent 45 minutes just trying to remote in to begin to troubleshoot this issue, only to have the user tell me the are in the Bahamas.
Some folks are really out here trying to ruin wfh for everyone.
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Let me go stack these HVAC certs
I'm calling it now
Cisco will integrate AI with their SDN solutions and break the Management plane into 2 parts: the Prompt plane and the AI plane
We will no longer have to configure ACLs, etc. We just give generic prompts to AI and it does it for us
Give it 5 years
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@_needleeyee
@BuddyNoLove
If I’m understanding your question correctly, then no, it’s not. That would be nasty. It comes with the stuff you need to connect it to the clean water lines. So you’ll be washing with the same water that would go to the bathroom faucet.
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My love language is DNS 🤷🏿♂️
Ok, clearly, I need to write a Network Engineering book.
@CiscoPress
, can I get an advance?
...And maybe
@Jaddyy
can co-author.🤔
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Mail Call!! Thanks
@JBizzle703
!!! I still have 45 days left in my development tenant so y’all know what I’m going to be doing.
👹👹👹👹
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@SirAnaba
@JermaineJupiter
I went to Afro tech too and experienced the same thing. Everything was behind a pay wall - and I get it everyone has to eat. Well I went to another conference (non Afro centric) and experienced the opposite. It’s a weird catch 22 as a black technologist.
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Some stats:
238 applications (mostly quick apply on indeed and LinkedIn)
6 phone screens
1 fourth round interview (which I didn’t get)
2 second round interviews both of whom sent offer letters
Key takeaways: this job market is very competitive. Come correct or not at all.
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There are many people in this field that are skirting by doing just a bit less than the bare minimum.
No certs, not even google. Just vibes.
What’s the harshest truth you’ve learned along your tech journey so far?
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Poor mans food makes a rich mans soul
🚨 Quote w/ a pic of your FAVE foods eaten in Trinidad 🇹🇹
(or at a Trini food spot/Trini home)
Happy Independence Day!!!!
Trinidad & Tobago ❤️🤍🖤
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In order to apply for this Sr. position, I need to be ITIL Foundations certified. I freaking knew it man.
Now to find some resources...research says I should be able to bang it out in a few weeks.
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These interviews are getting more intense. Can no longer hit them with the Trini Charm™️
At the end of my panel, they asked me to share my screen and build a topology in packet tracer 😂
That was actually too much fun
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Powershell just keeps getting easier and easier…turned an hour of clicking into 15 minutes to build a script, then 5 minutes of making sure the script ran…powershell ISE is a gift
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@rebeccaisdope
What’s funny is - she probably knew she was on speaker 🤣
That old school love is loud and proud
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Just found out that work is sponsoring my Palo Alto certifications…
I see where this is heading.
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I called my mom just to say thanks.
She can’t remember the details, but back in ‘99 she brought me my first computer, and unknowingly changed the trajectory of my whole life.
To her, it was a toy intended to keep me off the streets of Brooklyn. But to me it was everything.
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@DigitalQuinn
Nah, they’d rather spend $2500 (with a 30% discount) because they don’t want to self study 😂
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@thealexisJnr
I have both, and here is my first hand opinion.
You will have a far more progressive learning experience by understanding networking at the ccna level before the cyber security concepts covered at the sec + level. DMs are open if you want to chat more about that.
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Me explaining to my coworkers why we off on Monday
TGIF
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Got all the way to the supermarket and realized I forgot my tripod
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I’m finally in the “total compensation” phase of my career. What good is a huge salary if the benefits package is terrible
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@UnShelledTech
Living proof. Six figs at the start of year 2, but some key takeaways
1. I had no life for a year and a half
2. Fiscally conservative
3. I took the unpopular route of hybrid (on site) helpdesk / jr net eng
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Intro to Scripting (Python) is completed.
Highly highly highly recommended course.
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Basic computer literacy should be a requirement for staff authorized to WFH.
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100% yes. Just being able to talk about what I’m learning while taking my CCNA landed me a job paying 75k. As far as cloud certs, I have Aws and Az certs.
Will CCNA/MD-100 and MD-101/Azure/AWS/RHCSA without experience land you a job making 60-70k?
The truth
Yes
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