uneasy-sausage

So Ive got to ask, and I've failed to find answer through research for this question, where the hell are all the educated young people at? I'm 28 and relocated to Tampa Bay and I have no idea where my cohorts are here or in this state.

I appreciate the feedback. I'm a Junior Windows Sysadmin right now trying to guide myself into a direction. My work is mostly with a cloud-fearing customer who keeps ALL things in-house, so my view of work from inside this chamber makes feel anxious about what the real world is doing/offering. I've noticed that within a vast organization such as the one I work in - the opportunities to perform from zero installs/configurations is pretty much nonexistent and a push to DevOps/automation/cloud tech is more of would-like-to-have and not really a goal that is in the making.

Diving into code such as python and Javascript is probably a good fail safe/transferable skill wherever I end up/doing. I've been leaning towards the whole Linux/CCNA/Networking/Cloud roadmap but am still relatively unsure.

I appreciate your feedback and the opportunity to bounce things around.

I was hoping you could expand on your statement of prospects for those with technical proficiency? What are your thoughts on proper skill investment if some of the skills associated with formal RHCE seem to be decreased.

OP was incorrect about the year - it was 2013. The OPM breach included ANYONE who filled out/submitted an SF86 form to the USG. I believe fingerprint data was compromised at all - our (US) government flopped real hard on this issue and put millions of people's personal information into the wild.

I mean I guess it's only procrastination if you are actively avoiding a task that you deem important and are constantly entering a loop of regret and remorse for delaying the task or work associated with it.

Like homework or chores or in my case small steps to study for an exam I have to pass in order to keep my job.

Very YMMV?

Care to expand on the coping mechanisms you developed? Emotional regulation and stamping out rumination seems to be a wonderful life skill to develop across the entire board.

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess youve removed most forms of gaming from you life?

Have you cut out some of the compulsive habits/actions such as binging video games?

I'm confused here - they used US cyber Intel trade techniques and services a foreign soverignty, where is the line between treason and gun for hire? And they we're employed by a US staffing agency.

Any recommendations for someone looking to work towards more cloud experience? Study resources? Certs? Lab concepts?

Currently a sys admin in a standard large microsoft server environment with VMware, DHCP, dns and AD as my typical daily tools.