Linux flyweather • 2mo ago • 98%

To Linux admins: What certifications/degrees do you guys have?

I'm trying to decide whether it would be worth spending an additional 2 years upgrading my associates to a bachelor's in CS or not. I don't see much of a demand for the RHCSA in my area (Toronto, Canada) but I see that basically every job posting has a degree requirement. I'd be 25 by the time I finish school with the degree but I honestly just want to start applying for jobs I don't want to waste time. I have the A+, CCNA and LFCS. I get my associates next week. I'm aware that I'll probably get a bunch of responses of people saying "I don't have a degree or certifications!" but I'm genuinely confused as to how you're in IT without either of those things unless you knew someone or got in very early so some elaboration would be nice.

Home Networking flyweather • 5mo ago • 100%

Should I have a github profile as someone who wants to be a network engineer?

Title. I have my CCST (yes, I should've gotten the CCNA, working on it. My school paid for the voucher) and CompTIA A+. I'm trying to make a presentable resume for networking internships but I'm hearing conflicting advice about whether I should have a github portfolio or not. I host a web server that links to a blog. Some things on that blog include GNS3 labs, packet tracer activities I've created, Bash scripts for simple Linux admin tasks etc. I just have a link to this static website. Why would recruiters open up my github and care about my packet tracer files or daily cron job script for RAID backups? I'm not interested in programming outside of network automation. I've used netmiko before with GNS3 and it's incredible, but I don't see why (or how) I would put those netmiko scripts on github.