IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Data-Hawk]

I always heard this, but I thought it was just an exaggeration. More than half of my team is Indian

Been saying this forever. Like 99% of my department are Indians. They are all full-time employees but became upset during a meeting when our CIO said he plans on cutting down on contractors/outsourcing...shyt was to funny.

Edit: Forgot to add, I've only really seen them on the development side though and not so much networking/security. They are slowly creeping into game programming as well.

 

[ReggieFlare]

might be a stupid question but is there any overlap between knowing accounting and IT? Secondly could it be beneficial to seeking employment in the IT field?

This probably won't directly answer your question, but for what it's worth my old boss was an accountant until he started his own business creating software.

He didn't actually get his hands dirty with the technical stuff though; he was the mind behind the design of the software we were building.

 

[Romell]

Being on-call sucks brehs

 

[Kitsune]

This probably won't directly answer your question, but for what it's worth my old boss was an accountant until he started his own business creating software.

He didn't actually get his hands dirty with the technical stuff though; he was the mind behind the design of the software we were building.

thought so, appreciate the response. Ifigured it would only be relevant if you were the head of your own small company. Im just trying to rationalize whetehr or not I should go ahead and pursue this accounting degree or abandon it entirely and pursue networking

 

[Disgustya Stallone]

might be a stupid question but is there any overlap between knowing accounting and IT? Secondly could it be beneficial to seeking employment in the IT field?

yes, go work at Deloitte

 

[Kitsune]

yes, go work at Deloitte

in what position would the two fields intertwine

 

[Disgustya Stallone]

in what position would the two fields intertwine

director or higher

 

[TRFG]

in what position would the two fields intertwine

Business analyst probably.

Directors or higher requires 10 plus years of senior management experience

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Being on-call sucks brehs

Yeah, that's the worst part of it. Thankfully though if you're on a big enough team they'll spread it out. My first gig there were only 3 of us and I was on call on the regular

 

[calixprynce]

Yeah, that's the worst part of it. Thankfully though if you're on a big enough team they'll spread it out. My first gig there were only 3 of us and I was on call on the regular

Do you plan on off them certs when you reach the Motherland?

 

[Apollo Creed]

yes, go work at Deloitte

If he went to Deloitte he wouldn't be doing an IT related job. And Deloitte isn't a cake walk to get into all of their entry level stuff they recruit form specific schools, and if you are trying to get in after in a mid level role you would have needed to have had some Consulting experience prior. He may be able to get assigned to do Consulting at an IT company but it still wouldn't be an IT related role but more so Management Consulting or Auditing.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Do you plan on off them certs when you reach the Motherland?

Naw, I'm planning to throw these certs in the bushes. Hopefully I'll be out of IT by next year

 

[calixprynce]

Naw, I'm planning to throw these certs in the bushes. Hopefully I'll be out of IT by next year

Oh damn you gettin ready to kick back

 

[Disgustya Stallone]

If he went to Deloitte he wouldn't be doing an IT related job. And Deloitte isn't a cake walk to get into all of their entry level stuff they recruit form specific schools, and if you are trying to get in after in a mid level role you would have needed to have had some Consulting experience prior. He may be able to get assigned to do Consulting at an IT company but it still wouldn't be an IT related role but more so Management Consulting or Auditing.

nogga

he axed for accounting and it, only 1 company I know that dies both

 

[Apollo Creed]

nogga

he axed for accounting and it, only 1 company I know that dies both

They do not do them one in the same. Deloitte is a Consulting company, they are a Big 4 Accounting firm. Once again, he would more than likely be able to do work auditing or providing management consulting to a company, but not doing your traditional IT roles outside of providing outsourcing services maybe, even then it would not be a hybrid of say Programming and Accounting. He at most would serve as a Business Analyst but even then it would not be in the sense of working with a technical Development or IT team and doing accounting activities.