u/Suberv

Super condensed version… So about 15 months ago, I posted about how my homelab helped me break into IT with my first role. Today is my first day at a new company, with 15k more dollars, and a set schedule.

This job had 3 interviews… I was able to bring up my homelab in all 3. On the last interview, and towards the end, the guy goes: “It was between the 2 homelab guys.” A lot of people will say maybe it was the experience, certs, education but there’s no denying, having a homelab put me in another league.

I’m writing this to say thank you again. I don’t have anything expensive. I started off with a Frankenstein NAS from a cheap mini pc running Ubuntu Server and temu ssds. My last job ate that up and counted it as experience. I know this isn’t a career sub but this has advanced my career a lot!

Previous role: IT support specialist, 50k, tier2, very minimal access and a ton of middle men involved to do basic things.

Current role: Help desk analyst, 65k, tier1&2, lots more access it seems (so far, I guess!).