IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

nomoreneveragain

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breh this recruiter called me and told me to send him my resume with the message "happy for *recruiter at Harvey Nash to represent your resume to Gerber for this position and no other agency"

what should i do??

You put your name on the exclusivity clause

You probably won't hear back from him regarding the Gerber position though
 

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From what it sounds like, he's trying to make sure that if you wind up working at Gerber, its only through him. Multiple recruiters are trying to fill the 1 or however many positions at Gerber. You can always call him up and ask him what it means, and let him know your not interested in exclusitivity if his explanation doesn't sit well with you.
 
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Any SQL love?? Trying to figure out if I should dive into more advanced Cisco or SQL?? What would you do?
 

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Any SQL love?? Trying to figure out if I should dive into more advanced Cisco or SQL?? What would you do?

You'll probably have better job prospects working with databases than with Cisco equipment. Mainly because it's so hard to get experience on high end Cisco equipment.
 
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You'll probably have better job prospects working with databases than with Cisco equipment. Mainly because it's so hard to get experience on high end Cisco equipment.
Thanks I was thinkin about hitting a non-credit course on sql in the fall...
 

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Same here bro. What book are you using to study?

I actually have two books. The first book I'm working through is this one:
amazon.com/CompTIA-220-801-220-802-Authorized-ebook/dp/B00943SZ8I

This book is very text-bookish and can be a boring read, but it has a ton of information in it.

This is the other book I have:
amazon.com/CompTIA-220-801-220-802-Authorized-ebook/dp/B008K4TCW0
From what I've read of the Cram book, you should read another book first since it assumes you have a lot of base knowledge already. It kind of jumps into things like the Northbridge and Southbridge without really going into a lot of depth into what they are and how it relates to the computer. The first book is more like an 'encyclopedia' of computer topics, describing everything in a textbookish format, and this is more like a 'study guide'. It's more geared towards 'taking the test' than anything.


I'm considering about getting this one as well
amazon.com/CompTIA-Certification-220-801-220-802-ebook/dp/B008SA1I3W

From the sample I've read, this one seems the easiest to get into. I'd recommend this book as a first purchase, even though it's more expensive than the others.
Do I really need 3 books for the exam? Probably not, but it'll be better to have numerous sources for information just to be overly prepared rather than under.
 

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I appreciate it breh, I just wanna see nikkas succeed :to:

I just came back from a meeting with the UNIA and we getting the ground work together to start teaching some classes in the hood to show cats how to get a career in IT. I can't speak on everything, but between the ideas I got in my head and the structure/infrastructure they have in place........:whoo:

i was looking to get something like this started in Detroit, but have no idea how to get started, plus my partners i had in mind to help backed out/routinely forgot :beli: finding like minded individuals is like looking for aliens sometimes
 

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i was looking to get something like this started in Detroit, but have no idea how to get started, plus my partners i had in mind to help backed out/routinely forgot :beli: finding like minded individuals is like looking for aliens sometimes

I know breh, even within the group I'm with, some of the people be having me like :what:

But I always had plans to do it dolo, so I ain't really concerned. Once I get the lesson plan created and the framework toegether, if you're seriously interested, I'll shoot you an email so you got everything you need to get started. All the teaching material, places to research holding the classes, how to get starting equipment and funding, and all other types of logistics.

My plan is have this implemented all throughout the US, then parlay it into teaching cats how to do the same thing in Africa (I'm thinking Nairobi).

It's not a game breh. I'm really on some get down or lay down shyt. Either get in live or get ran the fukk over :birdman:
 
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