Was going to put it up for $500 but take anything over $300 really after a while…
I worked in the logistics industry and started to hate it, and commissions were coming down so in 2022 I started studying for IT after seeing some vids about cybersecurity on YouTube. I got the Google IT Support certificate done and then in February 2023 I got my CompTIA Sec+ done.
In April I started as a **Data Center Technician** with Microsoft at one of the local DC campuses. It was a decent job, at about **$52k** a year, but I started to hate the blue collar aspect and wanted to use my brain more on more advanced stuff, that’s why I got in to IT, not run cables.
6 months later I landed a job at a local mil base working as a NOC Technician for a mil contract company. I found the job on indeed and had a clean enough background for a federal clearance and it called for Sec+. I also have a great interviewing skills and am versed in negotiating so I landed $75k. They thought it was cool I also worked at the Microsoft Store back in the day at a local mall.
2 months later they ask me to go the **SysAd** team. More responsibility so I get a raise to **$78.5k**. Annual raises happen so another raise to **$81k** happens. A year goes by and earn my IT bachelors from WGU with more certs and the company pays for it. I eventually land at **$88k** taking over the **Linux Admin** spot on the SysAd team asking for more money and another yearly raise in 2025.
October of 2025 roles around and I’m working on my Masters in Cybersecurity at WGU, the company pays for it. There’s an open spot down the hall for a **Security Engineer II.** My boss says I can have it if I want it. I say yes and get a raise to **$96.5k.** February 2026 roles by and another annual cost of living raise, I’m now slightly over **$100k.**
Recently a friend reaches out about a **UNIX Administrator 3** job in the financial field. It’s:
\*\*$107k
\*\*$5k sign-on bonus
\*\*Work from home 3-4 days a week
\*\*5 weeks PTO
4% 401k match
4 weeks parental
2 days volunteer time
I nail all the interviews and Linux-y/RHEL questions and i got the job offer. I start in 2 weeks. Just wanted to share my journey as a logistics/supply chain dude breaking in to IT with little experience in his early 30’s. This all happened from 30-34.
I worked in the logistics industry and started to hate it, and commissions were coming down so in 2022 I started studying for IT after seeing some vids about cybersecurity on YouTube. I got the Google IT Support certificate done and then in February 2023 I got my CompTIA Sec+ done.
In April I started as a Data Center Technician with Microsoft at one of the local DC campuses. It was a decent job, at about $52k a year, but I started to hate the blue collar aspect and wanted to use my brain more on more advanced stuff, that’s why I got in to IT, not run cables.
6 months later I landed a job at a local mil base working as a NOC Technician for a mil contract company. I found the job on indeed and had a clean enough background for a federal clearance and it called for Sec+. I also have a great interviewing skills and am versed in negotiating so I landed $75k. They thought it was cool I also worked at the Microsoft Store back in the day at a local mall.
2 months later they ask me to go the SysAd team. More responsibility so I get a raise to $78.5k. Annual raises happen so another raise to $81k happens. A year goes by and earn my IT bachelors from WGU with more certs and the company pays for it. I eventually land at $88k taking over the Linux Admin spot on the SysAd team asking for more money and another yearly raise in 2025.
October of 2025 roles around and I’m working on my Masters in Cybersecurity at WGU, the company pays for it. There’s an open spot down the hall for a Security Engineer II. My boss says I can have it if I want it. I say yes and get a raise to $96.5k. February 2026 roles by and another annual cost of living raise, I’m now slightly over $100k.
Recently a friend reaches out about a UNIX Administrator 3 job in the financial field. It’s:
**$107k
**$5k sign-on bonus
**Work from home 3-4 days a week
**5 weeks PTO
4% 401k match
4 weeks parental
2 days volunteer time
I nail all the interviews and Linux-y/RHEL questions and i got the job offer. I start in 2 weeks. Just wanted to share my journey as a logistics/supply chain dude breaking in to IT with little experience in his early 30’s. This all happened from 30-34.
Not sponsored or anything but I have yet to see a protein powder like this, animal based, 1 ingredient, third party tested, no plastic anywhere, non GMO, NSF, even the scooper is paper... etc. etc.
Is there anything else out there like this that's cheaper/better?
How was it training your spoo to be a registered therapy dog? Any training channels you followed? Anything funny or quirky with spoos?
My spoo starts training with our trainer on Sep 16th.
Google says standard poodles are a top choice large breed for therapy dogs and she has a great temperament (and I’ve raised her/trained her since she was a puppy).
She has her AKC CGC (urban & advanced too) tests next month.
She is very easy to get along with, just moved back to Des Moines.
Great communication, great email/phone skills/ettiquette, Office 365, Administrative/secretary work, office morale.
Due to a disability they need an office job for lighter lifting.
If you have any ideas or know of anything, that would be really helpful! Thank you!
Used the black rim paint from oreilys. Washed the wheel first and did several coats, used a deck of cards to cover the tire between the rims. Did one wheel at a time.
Title: Security Engineer II —> Linux Admin II
Pay: 101k —> 97k
401k Match: 4% —> 10%
WFH: Fully in Office —> 2 Days Hybrid
PTO: 3 Weeks —> 5 Weeks + Volunteer Days
Parental Leave: 1 Week —> 8 Weeks
HSA Match: $750 —> $2000
Currently doing GRC, policy and auditing, moving updates around for engineering, vulnerability scans, and SIEM building/rules, little bit of everything. Before this I was a Linux Administrator. My current job is okay, but little to no room to move up at all. The new company however… they’re a local branch with national locations and deep pockets from their government affiliation… so their benefits are top tier as you can see so it’s technically a step up in pay via benefits. I MIGHT be able to talk them up to $100k.
BUT The work environment I have now is SUPER relaxed… almost too relaxed and I could literally show up and do nothing all day and they wouldn’t know. I can work on whatever I want to work on… it’s a military environment and this new one is slightly a mix between public/private sector because it’s a federal financial institution so guessing it’s semi-relaxed which I think might be good for me because
I’ve only been in IT for 4 years now and I want something more fast paced…
I have only worked at a Microsoft Data Center (more blue collar) and a military unit as a contractor (doing SysAd, LinuxAd, Sec Engineering). I have my Bachelors in IT and Masters in Cybersecurity.
My path to security:
Data Center Technician —> NOC Technician —> System Admin —> Linux Admin —> Information Assurance Engineer (since November)
Now I’m very blue team and I like it, with some GRC. Small federal/military shop and I wear a lot of hats. Policy writing, authoring test results, creating SIEM rules, vulnerability scanning, writing tickets, reviewing software, change control. $100k a year in the Midwest, it’s a good gig but I want better.
Again, it’s a decent job but I just finished my cybersecurity Masters at WGU and I’m studying for CISM. I want the $115-125k and to be more specialized and be more obsessed with what I’m doing. I also would like hybrid/remote instead of 100% in office. I’m open to learning how to code python, I’m open to diving deeper in to SIEM/SOAR automation, I just don’t know where to go from here. Anyone else feel this way like they don’t know where to go and how to be more marketable?
Like the title says. I’ve heard of keto guys drinking avocado oil in their water bottles and MCT oil in the morning during rides, etc.
Do you bring meal prepped meat with you? Beef sticks? How many? lol … What kind of electrolytes do you bring?
My whole 5 story brick apartment building downtown was shaking… was that a large military airplane or something?
Just like 6-7 minute ago around 10:33pm
I’m moving the tank to an area with more children so I would like to get a cover for it. It seems all the major retailers are out of this simple glass cover for a popular tank.
Also the tank is getting cleaned and moved today, that’s why the water is so low. I will clipping the wood so the lid fits sadly.
The dims of the lid are typically:
16.9 x 9.06" [43 x 23 cm]
I applied for a Cyber Security Analyst 3 at a larger financial company that is based out of my city I live in. It was basically a threat intel analyst which is part of my job duties now.
* I tailor made the resume for this job, I had my premium Jobscan ai tool scan it and I manual tweaked every detail until it was perfect and had a 100 score (you get a free copy of it through WGU)
* I have every damn cert under the sun, A+, Net+, Azure, Sec+, Cloud+, PenTest+, ITIL 4, CySA+, SIEM certs, and even put CISM in Progress on there…
* I have a Bachelors in IT
* I have a Masters I just finished in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
* I had a direct referral from the CISO. He sent a referral link that I used, and I put his name in the referral box too.
* Lastly… with the cherry on top… one of the new technicians I work with and who I train, and isn’t even old enough to drink yet, and only 2 years XP in IT got an HR phone interview a few days ago. He didn’t have a referral and his resume was not tailored for the job. He did submit though a week before me….
And anyway I got an auto denial email…
The only think I can think is that I’ve only had my Cybersecurity Engineer title (current job) for 6 months… before that I was still IT/Engineer work. You would think with a referral from the CISO I would at least get a phone call. I put $125k because the salary range was 110-132k listens and I checked “yes” when open to negotiation. Wow though. I will have to reach out to CISO friend and ask soon what happened but I’m sure it’s just some bureaucratic bs. It’s tough out there people.
I applied for a Cyber Security Analyst 3 at a larger financial company that is based out of my city I live in. It was basically a threat intel analyst which is part of my job duties now.
* I tailor made the resume for this job, I had my premium Jobscan ai tool scan it and I manual tweaked every detail until it was perfect and had a 100 score (you get a free copy of it through WGU)
* I have every damn cert under the sun, A+, Net+, Azure, Sec+, Cloud+, PenTest+, ITIL 4, CySA+, SIEM certs, and even put CISM in Progress on there…
* I have a Bachelors in IT
* I have a Masters I just finished in Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
* I had a direct referral from the CISO (the company is large enough that there is 2 of them). He sent a referral link that I used, and I put his name in the box.
* Lastly… with the cherry on top… one of the new technicians I work with and who I train, and isn’t even old enough to drink yet, and only 2 years XP in IT got an HR phone interview a few days ago. He didn’t have a referral and his resume was not tailored for the job. He did submit though a week before me….
And anyway I got an auto denial email…
The only think I can think is that I’ve only had my Cybersecurity Engineer title (current job) for 6 months… before that I was still IT/Engineer work. You would think with a referral from the CISO I would at least get a phone call. Wow. I will have to reach out to him and ask soon what happened but I’m sure it’s just some bureaucratic bs. It’s tough out there people.