Would you elaborate on the differences between help desk and data centers? I am attempting to follow a similar path to op and as much information as possible is helpful.
Right. I'm a freelance programmer and sort of studying CS, so I don't know how useful it'd be for me, but I want to explore dev ops a bit cause I've always enjoyed the ops side of stuff growing up.
Taking a class or two at a community college helps with in-person networking. A lot of the best tech gigs are word of mouth.
Linux and Cisco certifications are a step up above A+. Maybe 3-4 months of studying for lowest tier.
Decide if you want to work help desk or in datacenters. They are wildly different paths.
Would you elaborate on the differences between help desk and data centers? I am attempting to follow a similar path to op and as much information as possible is helpful.
Help desk requires mostly desktop and software troubleshooting skills.
Datacenter gigs concentrate on servers and networking.
If you are good at working with people help desk can be the way to go. Datacenter gigs can be completely solo graveyard shift type work.
Thanks!
I'd like to know too.
What is the Linux certification like? I've used Linux full-time for about five years, so I think it might be relatively easy for me to get.
Never took any linux certs. Only hired for the positions. I started on SVR4 and IRIX back in the late 1980's.
Linux+ is common. RH certs will open a lot more doors on the datacenter side of things.
https://www.redhat.com/en/services/certifications
Right. I'm a freelance programmer and sort of studying CS, so I don't know how useful it'd be for me, but I want to explore dev ops a bit cause I've always enjoyed the ops side of stuff growing up.