IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

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Anyone have CCNA? I'm about ready to start studying for this cert. I don't have any networking experience (well, not on paper) but I need that bread. Is this a HUGE plus? Or should I just stick with the net+ first ? I have only A+ right now and I use my skills daily for my job- @bdizzle


@ottorocket I have my A+ (finished it up in 2013 before the 801-802 phase popped in :whew:). Currently working as a pc tech. If you need help with anything, pm me. Professor Messor on youtube helped a lot
 
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Anyone self-studying for the A+ cert right now?


I am. I don't know how others that've already gone through it feel, but my suggestion is to get your hands on as much info as you can. I bought Mike Myer's book and that's my main study guide, but I downloaded another and skim through it for any additional information. My job also offers some training materials, take advantage of that if you have the opportunit. I'm Making flash cards, taking notes, verbalizing what I've learned in personal essays. I'm still going thru it of course, but I wanna make sure I know my shyt and am able to prove it when it comes time for interviews. I plan on making this my study method for all certs I pursue, should it be successful. Hope this helps :manny:
 

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Are there any architect-level or at least principal level devs here? Do yall think big data is just a fad or is it worth learning?
 

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The title of this thread should be the "Networking/Security careers" :mjlol:
I'm just getting started and wanted to know how long do you think it should take before I start applying for jobs?
 

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Are there any architect-level or at least principal level devs here? Do yall think big data is just a fad or is it worth learning?

big data/data science is here to stay but certain fads with specific technology/tools e:g hadoop would come and go. if you really want to get into it learn to code (you already do) and learn some of the techniques.
 

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The thing with big data is knowing what your doing with this data and making sure you're translating it correctly for end users. Too many people are designers who don't know how to prep data correctly, or are technical people who know about databases and maybe even prepping data, but don't design correctly. If you can't do one part of the process, please get someone who can (until u can learn, of course). The end users will be much happier, and IT will be much happier.

My tool of choice is Qlikview cause I can do data prep in there and I can actually use my web development skills. I hear Tableau is really popular for self service BI though. And Excel seems to have gotten an upgrade from MS.
 

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The thing with big data is knowing what your doing with this data and making sure you're translating it correctly for end users. Too many people are designers who don't know how to prep data correctly, or are technical people who know about databases and maybe even prepping data, but don't design correctly. If you can't do one part of the process, please get someone who can (until u can learn, of course). The end users will be much happier, and IT will be much happier.

My tool of choice is Qlikview cause I can do data prep in there and I can actually use my web development skills. I hear Tableau is really popular for self service BI though. And Excel seems to have gotten an upgrade from MS.
I always see tableau on BI jobs, I plan on taking a BI class as an elective to get hip
 

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I always see tableau on BI jobs, I plan on taking a BI class as an elective to get hip
Cool! I've always wondered what a class on BI would teach. If you take it, postsome topics. I'd like to see how close it is to my experience.

Also, I really hope they have it with some technical people and some business people in there.
 
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