IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[FreshFromATL]

@FreshFromATL Do you know of any sufficient Tableau training programs? Depending on some moves I`m working out for this month I wanna self learn it one weekend and take a SCRUM cert class. Would you say a training tutorial of the basics in Tableau is sufficient for someone who can grasp stuff fairly quickly? i.e..Learn foundations then be able to play around to learn more advance functions. Dont want to just take a tutorial and list it on my resume if there is much more to it.

I learned Tableau mostly hands-on at work and through self-study. Have you ever used any BI reporting tools? If so, that would definitely ease the learning curve of Tableau.

Go to this link tableau tutorial - YouTube and follow whichever tutorial you can digest best. Also, go to Tableau's website and download the software, they have great tutorials as well. If you list it on the resume, people going to want to know the type of dashboards you've developed (operational, analytic, etc.), if you've created calculations, used action/global filters, done any data blending, used data extracts, etc. All of this can be understood/learned via the tutorials.

 

[Apollo Creed]

I learned Tableau mostly hands-on at work and through self-study. Have you ever used any BI reporting tools? If so, that would definitely ease the learning curve of Tableau.

Go to this link tableau tutorial - YouTube and follow whichever tutorial you can digest best. Also, go to Tableau's website and download the software, they have great tutorials as well. If you list it on the resume, people going to want to know the type of dashboards you've developed (operational, analytic, etc.), if you've created calculations, used action/global filters, done any data blending, used data extracts, etc. All of this can be understood/learned via the tutorials.

Thanks, like I said I plan on taking a BI class since it is offered as part of my masters curriculum, but it is not being offered yet this semester. I`m wondering if that would be my better option so at least I have BI foundational skills going in to using Tableau (unless we end up using it in the Class).

my background is as a BA in Software Dev, but I noticed more BA gigs in BI nowadays when it comes to stuff not asking for 10+ yrs exp, so at least having the skill set would help.

 

[No Homo]

@bdizzle gonna come through like you broke boys still fixin puters n shyt lemme hold 10 tho

/

ItProTV straight bodies CBT nuggets. Been using it this week i dont think im gonna cancel.

I found a code online SN30 gives 30% off the sub and 7 days free so you can try it and then cancel.

But so far

Plus with the sub you get practice labs n 3 free transcender exams

What do you like better than cbt over it?

 

[Splash]

What do you like better than cbt over it?

I feel they cover shyt very closely with the objectives of the exam. I did use CBT for CCNA but I felt it wasnt deep enough.

They have simulated labs so if you dont have a lab environment you can do excercises right there in the browser.

They often pair hosts so it feels more like a conversation and makes it less bland at for me.

And production is high quality

Like I said you can get that 7 says free and cancel before they charge you if you want.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I feel they cover shyt very closely with the objectives of the exam. I did use CBT for CCNA but I felt it wasnt deep enough.

They have simulated labs so if you dont have a lab environment you can do excercises right there in the browser.

They often pair hosts so it feels more like a conversation and makes it less bland at for me.

And production is high quality

Like I said you can get that 7 says free and cancel before they charge you if you want.

Man y'all nikkas got it easy out here. None of that shyt existed when I was getting my certs

Most you'd have was the test engine on the CD that came with the book

 

[No Homo]

I feel they cover shyt very closely with the objectives of the exam. I did use CBT for CCNA but I felt it wasnt deep enough.

They have simulated labs so if you dont have a lab environment you can do excercises right there in the browser.

They often pair hosts so it feels more like a conversation and makes it less bland at for me.

And production is high quality

Like I said you can get that 7 says free and cancel before they charge you if you want.

Just watched a preview video and the presentation alone shyts on cbt..props breh.

 

[No Homo]

Man y'all nikkas got it easy out here. None of that shyt existed when I was getting my certs

Most you'd have was the test engine on the CD that came with the book

I remember when ppl used to push measureups hard

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I remember when ppl used to push measureups hard

I used to swear by examcram back in the day.

 

[No Homo]

I used to swear by examcram back in the day.

Me too..it wasnt bad..think i still have 2 old books in my closet from net+ and one of the microsoft ones.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

@bdizzle gonna come through like you broke boys still fixin puters n shyt lemme hold 10 tho

/

ItProTV straight bodies CBT nuggets. Been using it this week i dont think im gonna cancel.

I found a code online SN30 gives 30% off the sub and 7 days free so you can try it and then cancel.

But so far

Plus with the sub you get practice labs n 3 free transcender exams

Kinda off topic but wordpress is versataile as hell. itpro.tv is a wordpress site

 

[Ice_MF_Mike]

Kinda off topic but wordpress is versataile as hell. itpro.tv is a wordpress site

yea. ive been fukking around with wordpress for the last few days. you can do alot with it.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

yea. ive been fukking around with wordpress for the last few days. you can do alot with it.

Yeah. I have 3 wordpress sites and lately I've been trying to get into it heavy. Right now I'm going through Google AdWords certification course online cause this adwords shyt ain't as simple as I thought.

I actually thought I was done with this cert shyt too

 

[GoGetMyDamnBelt_]

welcome to the party

if youre majoring in computer science im assuming youre doing programming? if you are i wouldn't even bother with certs. just focus on studying java, ruby and graduating. you'll be once you graduate.

I'm doing Computer & Network Security

 

[Lord_nikon]

Am I the only one seeing companies requiring MCSA,MCSE, CCNA, and citrix certification's for Help Desk and desktop support positions ?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Am I the only one seeing companies requiring MCSA,MCSE, CCNA, and citrix certification's for Help Desk and desktop support positions ?

Jobs used to do the same thing back when I was in Help Desk. Some places be on that bullshyt