IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Virtuous_Brotha]

got an sql certification test coming up for college its supposed to be a 25 questioned multiple choice test i havent fully mastered sql but know the basics how can i prepare any of you know anything about said test?

help a brotha out dont ignore me

 

[havoc]

It took me three fukking days to figure out the "No Drivers Are Found" issue in a Window 7 installation The last three days was fukking frustrating. I tried so many solution in Youtube to find the solution to fix the Window 7 "No Drivers Are Found" error.. I was going to quit and send the computer back to my customer. Thank God for Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool device

 

[Nomadum]

i think i fukked up brehs next month wil be one year working helpdesk (work for a very know company) gor no certs or education due to various reasons and i want to leave the company within the comming month or so, how should i proceed?

From what some IT professionals explained to me,
Experience is the most sought after skill
Certifications help bring validity to your Experience
Education help's unlock glass ceilings

So in short, not having certs or education may not be a negative. but at all costs, get your certifications my G.
You've been doing helpdesk for 1 year? you should be ready for your A+ certification or at a min. your 220-802 [software portion of the A+].
Still go after a degree, but get your cert in A+ atleast as soon as possible.

 

[Nomadum]

help a brotha out dont ignore me

How difficult are the questions?

*Draw models of what you learned in a chapter.
*Rewrite your chapter notes in your own words.
*Write ideas on how you could implement previously learned information with new information.
*Read as much on the subject OUTSIDE of your course books as possible (e.g. SQL blogs, SQL chat rooms, etc.)

Pretty much have to submerse yourself in the subject matter.

 

[Klyk21]

Update on Net+ certification training...I was getting ready to buy a n10-005 and then wondered when the crap was expiring..found out through the comptia website that it was in 4 days lol. So I decided to wait and cop the new one in a couple days.

Net+ is releasing a new n10-006 on february 28th 2015. Same amount of questions and such with updated course materials however. Just letting the breh's know that.

 

[FreshFromATL]

Unless you don't have bills to pay, I'd stay with the company until you find another job.

A year on helpdesk isn't bad really, I was on helpdesk for like 4 years before I got my break. My suggestion is to cert up and start looking for other jobs, but don't leave your current job until you have something else lined up. Maybe take some IT classes at your local community college, that's a good way to network.

Quoted for emphasis.

@Pyrexcup if you want to leave, you should have already had something lined up. Otherwise you just hustling backwards and may find yourself in a situation worse than what you have now.

 

[Data-Hawk]

Unless you don't have bills to pay, I'd stay with the company until you find another job.

A year on helpdesk isn't bad really, I was on helpdesk for like 4 years before I got my break. My suggestion is to cert up and start looking for other jobs, but don't leave your current job until you have something else lined up. Maybe take some IT classes at your local community college, that's a good way to network.

This. I was on the help desk for 5 yrs and while I hated it, it's better than being unemployed.

 

[BobbyBooshay]

Boy here in London if you have those AWS certs you will be eating well, £500-£750 a day


VMWare
Office 365
AWS

Going for those this year.

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If your new to cloud stuff then VMWare have some good introduction certs and training for free - http://mylearn.vmware.com/portals/certification/

VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
[URL='http://mylearn.vmware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=41165&ui=www_cert']VMware Certified Associate - Cloud (VCA-Cloud)[/URL]

Are both good courses that are free and you get a cert for passing them. Then go on to do the advanced stuff.

 

[BobbyBooshay]

To all my brehs out there: Learn a scripting language.

Powershell geek over here

 

[BobbyBooshay]

http://quizlet.com/

Great site to do quizzes on any exams yoru going for.

Was a good tool for my server certs.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Powershell geek over here

But seriously, treehouse was the best 30 bucks a month I've spent. Learned enough Python and Ruby to get by. At least now I can look at existing code and figure out what the hell is going on

 

[Mook]

My head hurts just listening to this geek talk about this shyt. It really sounds like gibberish breh

 

[semtex]

help a brotha out dont ignore me

my bad hope i'm not too late
http://www.headfirstlabs.com/sql_hands_on/
http://data.stackexchange.com/
https://www.google.com/#q=how to practice sql

 

[Scott Larock]

How are brehs getting software nowadays? I need to find a Windows ISO to install in Virtual Box. Or do anyone know any good programming tutorial sites for mac users? BuckeysRoom seems to be Windows oriented.

Warez.bb

Can someone five me a good it learning site without the ocher room and all the hip hop stuff of the coli? I'm gon a ban myself

 

[Nomadum]

Warez.bb

Can someone five me a good it learning site without the ocher room and all the hip hop stuff of the coli? I'm gon a ban myself

Man outside of hitting google and typing in the particular realm of IT you are searching for + adding forums (e.g., Information Security Forums) then you're not going to find anything. you have to search the net's for good forums. this section on the Coli is actually one of the more active and informational sub-sections I've found in relation to hip hop forums.

What exactly are you looking for breh?