IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Bugatti Biceps]

FYI: Don't go the consultant route if you want your job to turn into getting your English degree. Like 30% of your job is technical, 20% client relationship building, and 50% report writing. shyt is a grind. I'm thinking of going back to an internal IT position, but staying in information security. I will say however it is a career shortcut to management, especially if you get your CISSP + one other mid-level to top level technical cert (mines is a RHCE)

 

[No Homo]

I was gonna use career academy from groupon like i did for my CompTIAs but they don't have interactive labs/sims.

Im about to check out that site tho

Yeah thats what sold me on it too was the labs....check it out for a month if you dont want to go the full year subscription...only thing is you wont be able to download the videos if you want to watch offline if you go the monthly route

 

[No Homo]

ITProTV like using cheat codes

So far so good

 

[No Homo]

@bdizzle im tryna get setup with 2 remote gigs with this mcse...u got any in your inbox lately?...i been trying to find some on dice to check the skill set but not really seeing any or maybe im missing something...what to focus on to get them?

 

[Bugatti Biceps]

@bdizzle im tryna get setup with 2 remote gigs with this mcse...u got any in your inbox lately?...i been trying to find some on dice to check the skill set but not really seeing any or maybe im missing something...what to focus on to get them?

To be fair MSCEs are a dime a dozen, and IT on the WIndows side is all about professional networking.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

@bdizzle im tryna get setup with 2 remote gigs with this mcse...u got any in your inbox lately?...i been trying to find some on dice to check the skill set but not really seeing any or maybe im missing something...what to focus on to get them?

Check out flexjob.com

 

[No Homo]

To be fair MSCEs are a dime a dozen, and IT on the WIndows side is all about professional networking.

Aware of that..Im already in IT..Just finishing up what i should've done yrs ago...im getting seriously back into it.

 

[Apollo Creed]

Didnt get the gig i was interviewing for, made it to the final interview and cats were talking about start dates and everything.



Anyone good with resumes? I feel my current job is killing my resume since i havent been there more than 6 months/ a year

 

[RubioTheCruel]

Anyone good with resumes? I feel my current job is killing my resume since i havent been there more than 6 months/ a year

Post it(you can sanitize it and make it generic if you don't want to give out any personal info)

 

[Apollo Creed]

Post it(you can sanitize it and make it generic if you don't want to give out any personal info)

I`d prefer to email it if you dont mind.

 

[RubioTheCruel]

I`d prefer to email it if you dont mind.

PM me

 

[Apollo Creed]

PM me

Bet, going to remove personal info while I wait for your reply.

 

[kevthesureshot]

about how long did it take for yall to study for, take, and pass the A+ exam?

 

[RubioTheCruel]

about how long did it take for yall to study for, take, and pass the A+ exam?

I believe it took me 6 weeks of self study to pass both tests. Then again, this was back in 2006, but I can't imagine the common body of knowledge has changed that much

 

[kevthesureshot]

I believe it took me 6 weeks of self study to pass both tests. Then again, this was back in 2006, but I can't imagine the common body of knowledge has changed that much

Did you use one of the comptia books and do practice exams? right now i'm looking at Professor Messer's videos to get an idea of the material and decide if I want to go all in.