Scott Larock
Its hard leaving thecoli but I gotta find a way...
I want to get my ccent by the end of june, then on the s+. I'm older than you guys, I don't even know if these cacs will hire my old ass once I get these certs.
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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I know someone who attended their bootcamp. She'd been programming since HS and had to leave college for financial reasons. She did the bootcamp, said a few of the instructors were
but she finished and got a job fairly soon after. According to my mother, who knows her mother, she did a lot of meetups and networking, which led to a job paying 73k iirc.I'm thinking about applying to GA's bootcamp, actually. But I've heard better things about App Academy and Fullstack Academy. I think the best thing about these bootcamps are the networking and the legitimacy it lends your resume. Seems harder to break in being self-taught with no work experience. But it would be cool to hear from people who know better than me.
anyone here work in digital marketing or advertising?
Bernie Madoff
Banned
Just bought the voucher to take the test for 801 July 1st.. I'm ready now, but I'll be damned I give these guys $200 and even have a 1% chance of failing that shyt lol
Probably going to try to get the 802 by the end of August though.
Then network +
Ccna after that
A help desk job for me wouldnt be worth my time.
Probably going to try to get the 802 by the end of August though.
Then network +
Ccna after that
A help desk job for me wouldnt be worth my time.
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If an A+ is worth your time than a help desk job would be worth your time.
Bernie Madoff
Banned
Not really. I'm doing it to learn. I would be taking a pretty big pay cut to be doing some help desk job
That shyt pays like $11 or something right?
Either I'll make money at a company that I want to work at, or I'll take what I learn and monetize it myself.
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Not really. I'm doing it to learn. I would be taking a pretty big pay cut to be doing some help desk job
That shyt pays like $11 or something right?
Either I'll make money at a company that I want to work at, or I'll take what I learn and monetize it myself.
How much you think you're going to make at your 1st IT job?
You'll be lucky to get a help desk job or dell tech when you first start off. Going from that to engineer level is even tougher and most never make the jump. I'm just saying you need to be realistic and sometimes you do need to take a step back in order to get experience.
Bernie Madoff
Banned
I'm not really doing it for the money at the moment. I know experience plays a large role in advancing in the industry, but I'm a visionary breh..How much you think you're going to make at your 1st IT job?
You'll be lucky to get a help desk job or dell tech when you first start off. Going from that to engineer level is even tougher and most never make the jump. I'm just saying you need to be realistic and sometimes you do need to take a step back in order to get experience.
Get in with a start up and work for stock, or just start my own business ect... Open ya mind up and get ya hustle on breh.. Hope your happy at your job and not miserable and doing it for a check..
There's more to life than surviving.
I've been in IT for close to 10 years now and making 6 figures so I'm doing good. All jobs have their ups and downs
Just trying to help the coli brehs understand getting a good job in IT doesn't just come after reading an A+ book for a few months. Good luck with passing the tests
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Bernie Madoff
Banned
All good breh, appreciate it.I've been in IT for close to 10 years now and making 6 figures so I'm doing good. All jobs have their ups and downs
Just trying to help the coli brehs understand getting a good job in IT doesn't just come after reading an A+ book for a few months. Good luck with passing the tests
If you give yourself a chance then other people definitely will!
Ice_MF_Mike
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I've been in IT for close to 10 years now and making 6 figures so I'm doing good. All jobs have their ups and downs
Just trying to help the coli brehs understand getting a good job in IT doesn't just come after reading an A+ book for a few months. Good luck with passing the tests
No, but it does come from building a good combination of education, experience and certs(and networking). Certs, while not important are a means to get you access to more jobs (same with a degree). So while an A+ may not be worth much, if it can get you access to jobs you otherwise would not have access to then it has worth. So i think folks in IT even early on need to get used to staying up to date, learning new shyt and even getting certs when necessary. And studying for an A+ is a start towards learning how to do that.
Honestly though, dont do certs for no reason. Always look at the jobs in your area and see what certs they are asking for at the jobs you want. If its A+ then get that. If its CCNA or CISSP or ITIL, then get that.
I need more A+ practice exams, help me out brehs
If not, then at least you will have the knowledge to venture out and do something on your own like local computer repairs.