It's who you know not what you know. I had been taking classes at the local community college for a while and had a chance encounter with someone who gave me a shot.
I delivered a pizza to the coo of the first company I worked for. He was wearing a company sweater and I recognized the name as one I had applied to recently. I mentioned that I had applied and he gave me his card and told me to email him to get an interview. I nailed the interview and stayed at that company for 4 years. They were a large MSP in the area.
That’s a pretty small bonus and a pretty low wage for a systems admin position. But titles are so fluid that what it means to company A often doesn’t even remotely resemble what company Bs position with the same title so that’s neither here nor there. Just be sure you aren’t being underpaid due to lacking a degree in case you are in a role performing a critical function.
The average systems administrator salary is 85k in the US. It's actually lower in my area, plus I work remotely 80% of the time. The range is from 70k to about 110k from what I understand.
Thankfully this company is great, I plan on using their tuition reimbursement to finish my degree. I'm working on expanding my skills and I'm hoping to be promoted to cloud engineer in the next year or 2
We make about the same amount of money and I’m also a sysadmin
How did you get into IT?
It's who you know not what you know. I had been taking classes at the local community college for a while and had a chance encounter with someone who gave me a shot.
I delivered a pizza to the coo of the first company I worked for. He was wearing a company sweater and I recognized the name as one I had applied to recently. I mentioned that I had applied and he gave me his card and told me to email him to get an interview. I nailed the interview and stayed at that company for 4 years. They were a large MSP in the area.
Now thats a cool way to get what you want! Nice job
gordonramsaymeme.gif: "Finally, some normal fucking salary."
Love to see the HSA Investments!
I rarely see anyone in IT get paid overtime that just insane
That’s a pretty small bonus and a pretty low wage for a systems admin position. But titles are so fluid that what it means to company A often doesn’t even remotely resemble what company Bs position with the same title so that’s neither here nor there. Just be sure you aren’t being underpaid due to lacking a degree in case you are in a role performing a critical function.
The average systems administrator salary is 85k in the US. It's actually lower in my area, plus I work remotely 80% of the time. The range is from 70k to about 110k from what I understand.
Thankfully this company is great, I plan on using their tuition reimbursement to finish my degree. I'm working on expanding my skills and I'm hoping to be promoted to cloud engineer in the next year or 2
Good for you. 85k is nothing to scoff at, and if this is your work without a degree then you’ll do just fine.
Ok