3 Tips to Become a System Administrator in 2020 with Guest Host Chris Titus Tech
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I think job shadowing is very important esp when you are actively working in an entry level support role to really dig in and observe and get that hands on experience. I'm currently working in a Desktop Support Technician role although it is technically a Level 2 role a step up from Help Desk and a step down from Sysadmin. I'm currently doing all the training on my own with my home server labs, along with cloud Administration and then stay late after to work and job shadow with the Sysadmin off the clock.
I am an associate level System Administrator. Its a lot of fun and can be extremely overwhelming. You are expected to do just about everything. I had good base knowledge and my boss really liked that, I was also familiar with the DoD network so that was a big plus. I touch just about everything excluding database stuff. We are big on Windows/vmware stuff. We dip our toes into linux but just for STIGing servers. Its very rewarding and you can branch off to a lot of stuff since there is so much you have to learn.
What exactly is windows/VMware “stuff”
@@JHendo247 too much to list but creating environments, vm's, esxi host, group policies, powershell, active directory, STIGing, acas scanning, etc. Sorry if I was not clear
@@marcellowheeler88 thank you.. I’m just looking for ways to set myself apart, been tough landing a role because of no hands on experience. I’ve now accepted the fact I gotta build an in-home lab. So I’ve been trying to figure out what I’d need to mirror what’s used in the work field. Thanks for your reply 👍
@@JHendo247 oh yes that is a big help, only issue is you want a pc that can handle what you will be doing.
@@marcellowheeler88 hopefully Mac will do it
Thank you for sharing theses tips for system Admin.....
Once again thank you..
Great job. You answered a lot of questions I had on this topic.
Sys admin jobs have such strict requirements yet i dont know any sys admins that actually have all those desires skills.
The title is a general title but most sys admin roles are specialist
I just went from IT tech II to a System and Network Admin II. AA, BA, ccna, ccent, sec+. Love the sys admin role but want to grow into InfoSec over time and into pentesting hopefully.
What is AA and BA certificate?
@@saufiilyas7381 Those are degrees in IT, not certificates but you earn certain certification(s) when you earn a degree as well.
This is a great video, I just wish he explain in more detail a couple of things I honestly have never heard of.
a fun project to do is I use parallels as my virtual machine and set up a Splunk distributed search infrastructure using cent OS it's free to do and Splunk documentation is great also looks great on the resume
This is great. Awesome gems you drop. I have my CompTIA A+, CCNA , CCNA SECURITY, and studying CompTIA Linux+. But I realize what you’re confirming, it’s not what you know, it’s who know. I have interviewed for help desk, but don’t get job cause HR says I’m over qualified. The network administrator jobs want a B.S degree and 8yrs+ of experience. I’m not giving up, but for real, some days are frustrating. I have LinkedIn, monster , zip recruiter, Dice, career builder searching for me. I live in Southern California, a tough job market. Also don’t want to relocate to other state, but I’ve considered Vegas as far as I’ll go. I’m going to do what you advised, GET CONNECTED. Good looking my friend.
wait what? You have all those and you can't get a help desk role?
That's why I preach certs are overrated. They are needed but you need hands on. I'm currently a sccm admin but want to strictly do networking but they say i don't have enough experience. Have ccna. Security +, network +, A+ with 10 years in IT.
So did you get a job? :)
By now you should have a job hopefully, Im about to enter the IT job market and that's very weird, When I look up jobs in southern California I see thousands of different IT jobs, I was also thinking maybe try getting a job remote
Love the LCARS in the background.
You reminded me of Jason Aldean, You also motivated me ! Thank You I subscribed to your channel and this channel, Cheers from Aden,
Thank you so much,
thanks for this stuff !!
Thank you!
Chris is the guy to go every time that i am stuck . way up we go pam pam pam ...
Thanks for being real.
I'm doing CISCO cert, and Packet Tracer is a treasure.
try GNS3 if you can track down Cisco IOS
@@danmac4969 yeh just google the images
Currently, about to graduate with my associates in IT at the end of the year and taken many courses that are involved with many of the different certs out there from Security+ to AWS, Im just watching different videos to mentally prepare myself to learn what to expect and take the real certification tests.
Do you have any experience?
@@fpsfreak7940 @gus4024 A lil update, I didnt take any of the certifications since I decided to go for a bachelor's. But went from Help desk to system admin in a span of 6 months. Its possible folks, just keep applying different places like crazy. took me 200 applications to get my first IT job and after the first and some experience you could expand.
This is awesome because this is the situation I'm in right now. At the helpdesk, getting certs, trying to get out of helpdesk. Thank you! Also, can I ask what the star trek screen behind you is?
It's an old windows screensaver called System 47 by MeWho
Catp00p nice man thats what Im trying to currently do.
You make it out of help desk yet?
I've been a sysadmin for a few years. I highly recommend virtual box for your labs. Get yourself a pfsense router in there networked to your domain controllers. I would avoid snapshots by the way on domain controllers and use the inbuilt windows backup. USN rollback isn't fun if you have multiple domain controllers on a non AD aware hypervisor.
So true snapshots on a DC will mess things up and you will be running netdom commands to resync the DCs. So never do a snapshot restore in a production environment.
NERDS!!!
@@Akihito007 Hahaha!. Excellent
The link you have there for MTA - OS fundamentals is a 2015 version btw windows 7
The new MTA is majorly Windows 10
I'm leaving a company as an "IT Specialist" to a "endpoint sys admin" and my main function is mdm/intune/azure admin.. titles basically don't mean anything in IT anymore.
Hey, thanks for the video as they are very helpful and are helping me pick my career path. I’m only in grade 11 and I have some time, but if anyone in the field wants to give and tips on what degrees,certifications or programs to get/ do would be very helpful. thanks
It would be good to know what you are interested in - software or hardware? Have you done any research; what would you like to do in IT?
@@Sunokanse I was looking at networking and help desk technician. Things that lean more towards hardware. I'm just curious about what things I should prepare for or do
@@Hi_Twichy Well, there is no real "proper" path towards your goal. I know some folks who have the degrees and certifications for the field, and others who came in by accident. Everyone you'll meet in regards to your question will have variations in their answers. Take it from someone who has done help desk for a number of years (if only I knew then what I know now!), you'll have to have a "me first" mentality. Be opportunistic in aquiring knowledge. If someone is willing to teach or show you something, be ready to listen and then note it down for your own records. If the place where you're at is no longer letting your grow, then it's time to go.
First off, I'd definitely get an A+ certification. I got mine in 2009 and I'm certified for life (which is not much now). But the newer ones are only good for 3 years before you have to re-certify. Get it if you want, but note that not all of my co-workers in the help desk game had it, or any other training for that matter. To be honest, I don't think I used my A+ smarts much in my career, but it definitely gave me a boost like no other. It gave me the confidence to slap down the staffing company who did a bait and switch on me from a help desk job to quality control. In the end I got the help desk role, because I was confident I could do it - six years in fact! (which was a mistake in the end.) Get the A+ if you can, but keep in mind that you don't necessarily need it. Might not be a bad idea to look over the free videos to gain the knowledge and skip the test, and jump instead to a more higher cert (just my opinion, and lookout for pre-reqs). By the way, I highly recommend Professor Messer, because he's free. I studied 7 hours a day (I was jobless), and was able to pass both exams after studying for two weeks each. I don't recommend doing that, as I was a nervous wreck and crammed a ton of knowledge. But in the end I was definitely on Cloud 9.
For the networking route, you could get a Network+ cert, or go down the Cisco path with a CCNA in routing/switching (which is harder). I'm sure there is value in both certs, with Comptia being vendor neutral and Cisco being vendor specific, but you'll have to research what you are more into. I have neither, but my 2 cents are for Cisco (who is updating the CCNA in February). Why? Because you'll find Cisco equipment everywhere you go. Also, the basic networking concepts that Network+ covers will also be covered in the CCNA, but I'm not sure how the newer certification(s) will change things. I would definitely check out videos on RUclips (Network Chuck) and forums for a better idea from people wiser then I.
Now please note, I haven't mentioned any degrees so far. If you really want one, go for it; I've got one myself. But honestly, I never really went down the software route all that well, and ended up landing on the hardware side, so never had much use for it. Now this may not be the case for you, but you can certainly achieve the networking/help desk technician role without a degree. It might be a better idea to get the certs first, get your foot in the door, and then work on the degree later to boost your salary - if your company is willing to assist with tuition assistance. But you're young, so you can take your time. However, with all this said, here is the perspective from a Networking Engineering Lead I know - "you don't need any certs or schooling". When I asked him about advancing out of Level I help desk and what would be the best route to do so, his answer was to get your hands dirty. He had all the cert books and the knowledge, but no actual certs in Cisco or Microsoft. His advise was to start reading the used books, doing the labs and playing around. Mind you, all of the Engineers under him had no certifications or degrees in that field either, but they had years of experience starting from a basic help desk role. Here's a tip, if the company you are at keeps people in the same role for years and years, then that is not a good company. You don't want to be in help desk forever, so look for a company that will provide opportunities, and for those go-to guys who can provide mentor-ship.
And finally, work on your soft-skills. Work on communication, especially over the phone and your writing skills. I've always been the kind to jot down my notes and compile them in some fashion or another for referencing later. The soft-skills are important, as they can make or break you. For example, my previous company wanted to let me go as I wasn't doing too well at the help desk. Since I'd finally landed the role, I wasn't about to jump ship just yet. So I threw my Team Lead under the bus (he wasn't particularly helpful in training) and spent the weekend thinking about what I was doing wrong. And I gave a lot of thought to how I work and process things. You need to understand, high volume help desks can be extremely chaotic, and I was in a hellish role. During the interview, I was thinking I can handle it; no big deal. But that wasn't the case, I couldn't work well in that chaotic (and I saw this happen for a lot of the folks who came after me). That is when I started creating notes and steps for myself for the work that needed to be done. Simply put, help desk work typically is repetitive. If you do the same scenario over and over again, eventually it will come to you instinctively, which is what I figured out. *I don't do well in chaos, so I create order in the midst of the chaos that is around me.* The steps that I wrote up to make the work as perfect as possible, that is what I used and forced the all help desk scenarios to go through them, no matter how cumbersome it might be. Tweaking and doing it repetitively brought familiarity and confidence. Listen, if you can grasp that, there should be no reason why you can't achieve your goals in this field, regardless if you're behind a phone, a monitor screen or even a tech out in the field. Best of luck, and remember, your best cheerleader at the end of the day is you.
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Agree
What are your thoughts about Coursera, skillshare, udemy cbt nugget? RUclips tutorials?
I like everything you say but you didn’t mention on which cert to start. I got my CCNA and I was looking for a job I ending up in Desktop support but I really wanna be a network engineer or a network Admin or system admin.
what's your current status?
You need experience to become a Network or Sysadmin as no one starts off in those roles off the batt. You getting your CCNA was a waste of time because you ended up in Desktop Support. You start at the Help Desk or Desktop Support, job shadow get as much hands on experience and lab training, then study for your CCNA and then move up into an Admin role.
Hey Chris, thanks for the very informative video. I know this is an oddball question, but what do you use that intel Nuc for? Thanks
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I'm certified! Well at least that's many think! LOL
ammmm what is that startrek looking console behind you ?
I'm a student right now in information technology major and I feel lost sometimes in wether to focus on system admin and network or into application development? any suggestion on how to focus on both without getting lost?
First get into a sysadmin job and learn development on part time after that you get to be whats now days called DevOps.
Don't bother with Networking. Cloyd computing and cyber Security is the future. You are off going the Sysadmin route for cloud Administration. Network Engineering is dealing field as there are more cyber security, Sysadmin and cloud jobs than there are networking jobs given that everything is moving to the cloud.
Great vid and subscribed. I recently got my A+ and landed my first IT jobs as Field Service Technician. The only problem is I am part of a remote team. However, they still support me but still I would like if there’s was someone I can shadow
Congrats on your new job i am working to get my first IT job i am studying for the A+ what resources you used to pass thanks.
Katy Gonzalez I just watched the professor messor vids and bought his course notes
Kaushal sedhai thank you so much i will try to buy his note many thanks for the quick reply i appreciate it.
Katy Gonzalez I can email it to you if u want
@@frodobe_tbaggin3146 REALLY? omg you will do a huge favor to me many thanks here is my email katy.gonzalez12@yahoo.com may GOD bless you forever.
Linux rhel-7 are best for Linux administraton admin.
Very nice video, its really about a sys admin 2020. But could we practice all what u said here in a single PC using virtual box. is it possible to become Sys Admin in 2020 ?????
Sysadmin jobs are here to stay as they have a much brigher future than Networking. A lot of the Networking jobs have been declining a lot due to everything moving into the cloud. SysAdmins roles are evolving into the cloud that has a brigher future proof future.
how do you get a sys admin job that doesn't throw you back into that IT helpdesk level 1/2 role?
You get as much hands on experience and move up.
HELP
Do I need bachelors degree ? Because I want my AAS in computer science and get extra certifications while going to school. What do you guys think ???
Hey I’m not sure if you will see this but currently I’m a 25U in the Army which is a IT. I have my security plus cert with the admin card for my battalion which I can configure or setup WAN/LAN networks. I was thinking about going to college for system admin or network engineering. What do you think will be the best route for me?
College and certs
I'm IT Graduate but I'm lacking of experience, knowledge and training. I wanted to get a job related to my course that I took.
I want to be system administrater but I don't know where to start. 😭😭😭
Did you figure it out? Im in that situation
You have to start out at the Help Desk as no one starts out as a Systems Administrator off the batt without piror experience. You start form the bottom and work your way up.
Does 4 years military IT experience help?
Military experience is too general. Turn type of work that you have done would have to be relevant. If you done IT stuff then yes it would count.
How could you mention the servers behind you and not mention the cool Star Trek LCARS display (screen saver) you're running?
Sure, while it looks flashy and cool it is actually only using a regular pc in a rackmount case. the pc itself is a bit underwhelming being a i5-3550 with 8 gb of ram and 120 ssd. I tossed XCP-ng on there and virtualize quite a few things out of them. The two monitors - Top running cmatrix -a from linux and the bottom is running System47.scr which is from mewho a screensaver made in the late 90s. All of the equipment is refurb or throwaway units but makes for a great testbed.
This may be long, and I know you made this video a while ago. I just received my information system management degree this past may. I need some sort of guidance in what’s I should do. I am pretty good with programming as far as python and c++. I barely know anything about network admin. Please help where should I start
Try to get an internship or something along the lines of a junior programmer. You don't need that much programming skills to be an admin because you won't be coding. Powershell and command lines are a plus though.
You get yourself a Helo Desk job and go from there
My workplace uses Windows Server, Windows 10, and Office 365. I thought I found a good source of info here, but all I see are videos about why you don't use something and that something is usually what my company uses. So, I guess NEXT...
Thank I am applying for a sysadmin job. I feel really comfortable with networking. I have my CompTIA A+,Network+, and Server+. I know how to use i-drac. I know how to create vms using hypervisor in Windows Server, I can set up some server roles but I have found that many rely on other server roles. Practicing for this job I reset a Dell 720 rack server to reset i-drac credentials. As it shut down I saw a dreaded update screem and after reboot and post the screen has been stuck on Configuring memory all day. How long should I wait before I flash the NVRAM on the rack? As I am just now a graduating student I have no experience in SQL or Citrix and even though I have used active directory, opened powershell and configured NTP servers, and I have done a few projects I still worry that I may be getting in over my head. I am so worried about what would have happened if I got a server at my would be job stuck on a configuring memory screen and the network and server roles running on it went down. Ty for video but did you learn all this on the job or before you got the job?
Honest opinion. Is server+ worth having?
You still need prior IT experience. I suggest getting yourself a Help Desk or Desktop Support job since no one starts off as a Sysadmin off the batt. You have to start from the bottom and work your way up which is how the vast majority of systems Administratiors gotten into their roles regardless if you have a degree or no degree at all.
In a nutshell, IT requires having your feet wet constantly
Marko pretty much. There is so much to learn that you’ve got to be learning constantly.
And it also requires beer
@@timmymorris91 Indeed! I am currently getting into Linux System Administraton world and boy there are many things to wrap my head around. I am just a bit worried how to get the job after I'm done with studying and getting the cert at the end of this year, especially considering these crazy times :) The main question is how to apply for the position when everyone is asking for experienced admins
It's too bad some people think they can be dried some day.
@@marko3808 don't worry, you can always start like junior, make a CV and get some practice done while you're searching for job :)
Hey boss! Can you make a video about the path to become an ethical hacker?
CINTAS?
A lot of it is luck. I prayed a lot and things worked out for me.
Tell me how. I am sure you also worked hard enough.
Please take a moment when you can to pray for me,
Much appreciated.
As an IT guy Im aware I need to try and find solutions myself too so I'll also have a go at a prayer
I agree 🙏🏼 💯
im 40 years, can i become sys adm still?i have exp with linux and programming; i gained that exp by building lab server with hypervisor vmware technology
Is it a good idea to create a test lab using a few raspberry pis with linux os's? That was that plan I had in mind when a friend of mine also suggested putting together a test lab at home. I'm hoping sometime in the not to far future I can gain the knowledge to become a linux system admin. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
College and certs.
Windows is used in 90% of companies if you wanted to become a Sys Admin.
yeh you can Linux is awesome, but depends on where you want a job as windows is all over the place do both is good. Some places like service providers are 100% linux i think, check job ads.. I prefer cisco & linux but got to look at what jobs near
his solution was he had a buddy xD no hard feelings, loved the content!
Is there a lot of math involved with system administration? If so what kind?
Most IT jobs don't really require math past basic arithmetic. If you get into computer networking, you will want to understand how the binary number system works and how to convert between binary and decimal. This is useful when understanding how IP addresses work. Apart from this, you are likely not going to need much math in most of these types of jobs.
What if I have an Associate's Degree in Network Administration? That's what I am currently working on, in the second semester.
I have one. Didnt get me anywhere. But the fault is not with the degree but with the skills you end up with. Once you finish just start getting respected certs. I'm about to be RHCE certified and hopefully that will get my foot in the door somewhere.
@@kdworak4754 Thank you for the reply. I was even considering getting a Bachelor's degree but now I don't want to.
@@hashiramasenju6058 dont quit tho. The degree isn't worthless. Its a degree. Just know that the road only starts when you get it. 👊
@@hashiramasenju6058 why don’t you want to ?
@@josealvarado6145 because its a waste of time, money and effort.
Can you be a system admin with Redhat system administrator certificate
depends on where you work/apply. Linux is always useful (prefer it), a lot of business uses windows and linux. see what they want in job ads.
Certs alone won't give you a job. You still need experience. You start out at the Help Desk before you move up become a Sysadmin.
The TNG ControlPanel is tits yo!
Test labs to practice certification tracks do not help that much. In addition the test lab does not have the milestones or the problems a real environment has. And usually no one appreciates certifications or I have a home test lab. Because there is no one there to break it or run into inconsistencies from which the test lab owner can draw the experience by fixing a real problem. It is still a chicken and the egg problem and it will remain like that.
Is that a lcars screen from Star Trek TNG in the background? Is it just a screen saver?