IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Data-Hawk]

this new web application I'm building guaranteed I'ma have a $1 million before I'm 30

Cool. Just bookmarked your site at work( will check later ). Currently working on a minecraft clone( just finished up terrain generation and block adding/replacing ). Hopefully i can add a character model and some new textures within 3 weeks. if so i'll shoot you a PM if you dont mind testing it.

 

[acri1]

Im thinking about getting my AA in IT brehs. Would it be worth it? I would do help desk or some kind of desktop support part time to build the resume. I would double major in network admin (basically a CCNA prep course) and DBA. Waste of time/$$$? It's only $1100/semester. I need a little structure to get started.

I'd say it's worth it if you have the time, especially if you don't already have a degree.

A lot of IT support jobs want people to have some sort of higher education. Last two jobs I had, you had to have an associates degree to get an interview. Plus, a lot of people that teach IT at Community Colleges actually work in IT and teach on the side, or either used to work in IT and still know people in the industry. So it'd be a good way to network - you impress your prof enough and he/she might put in a good word for you with their company.

I took a CCNA class not to long ago and the teacher was actually the network guy for a local school district.

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

I have a degree, but not in CS. But it is so cheap here (~$1100/semester for 16 or more credits), I don't think going back would be too bad.

 

[88m3]

I have a degree, but not in CS. But it is so cheap here (~$1100/semester for 16 or more credits), I don't think going back would be too bad.

the only thing your racist ass state has going for it

talk about brain drain

 

[Chris.B]

Im thinking about getting my AA in IT brehs. Would it be worth it? I would do help desk or some kind of desktop support part time to build the resume. I would double major in network admin (basically a CCNA prep course) and DBA. Waste of time/$$$? It's only $1100/semester. I need a little structure to get started.

Networking and Database Administration are 2 separate fields in IT.
Make up your mind.

Networking goes in hand with programming more than DB's

 

[Chris.B]

this new web application I'm building guaranteed I'ma have a $1 million before I'm 30

great...don't give out any ideas or you will end up like the @The Nigerian

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Networking and Database Administration are 2 separate fields in IT.
Make up your mind.

Networking goes in hand with programming more than DB's

From what I've been reading it's better to start with system/network admin as nobody hires DBAs with no experience. Plus some system/network admins wind up doing shyt with SQL. So I'm going that route.

 

[krexzen]

From what I've been reading it's better to start with system/network admin as nobody hires DBAs with no experience. Plus some system/network admins wind up doing shyt with SQL. So I'm going that route.

Nobody hires anybody without experience for damn near anything. Getting into system or network admin gigs is no easy task either.

 

[Chris.B]

From what I've been reading it's better to start with system/network admin as nobody hires DBAs with no experience. Plus some system/network admins wind up doing shyt with SQL. So I'm going that route.

True but I don't see how getting network experience can translate into DBA skills unless you are willing to play with Database on the side when you get a job

 

[Chris.B]

Nobody hires anybody without experience for damn near anything. Getting into system or network admin gigs is no easy task either.

If you are willing to make next to nothing...someone will always hire you.
But make sure you quit once you get the experience.....that's what I did to my first employer

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Nobody hires anybody without experience for damn near anything. Getting into system or network admin gigs is no easy task either.

Looking at job listings I see way more network/system admin jobs that are more vague with the experience they want, or will take a few years of help desk, some specific tasks and some certs. DBA, its like a feedback loop, all of those jobs want prior DBA experience. Kind of makes sense

 

[No Sleep]

Brehs, I know i should look back and find it, but whats the best way to get A+ cert? Is it a way to take the test without paying to take this class?

 

[Spin]

What's your guys opinion on learning coding languages like Ruby or Python? Do you see the career prospects good/bad vs going the cert route mostly mentioned in here? If there is another thread for coding let me know. I'm still a newbie to all this. Help me tech gurus

 

[Yakno1]

What's your guys opinion on learning coding languages like Ruby or Python? Do you see the career prospects good/bad vs going the cert route mostly mentioned in here? If there is another thread for coding let me know. I'm still a newbie to all this. Help me tech gurus

learn python esp if you would like to get in security, ruby on rails is good as well for web development

 

[FreshFromATL]

Yo @Data-Hawk what web framework y'all using at your shop? Y'all using ASP.Net or ASP.Net MVC?