IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

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Brehs i work for a startup ISP in the Network Ops department mainly constructing and designing the network. I want to get deeper in the technical side of things so i started doing my research on what certs i should get and stumbled across this:

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Is it required that i get every single cert highlighted in the purple since I want to be in the Network and Cloud Technologies career path?

That’s a lot. Can’t even imagine how long it’s gonna take me to obtain all that
 
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Dolla$ said:
Brehs i work for a startup ISP in the Network Ops department mainly constructing and designing the network. I want to get deeper in the technical side of things so i started doing my research on what certs i should get and stumbled across this:

it-certification-roadmap-front.jpg


Is it required that i get every single cert highlighted in the purple since I want to be in the Network and Cloud Technologies career path?

That’s a lot. Can’t even imagine how long it’s gonna take me to obtain all that
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naw I jumped directly to the CISSP for my information security certs and did a lot of cloud certs too as Cloud Security is big and major cyber security companies are now supporting the cloud.

I personally just went by this list...

Global Knowledge’s Top-Paying Certifications
  1. Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect – $139,529
  2. Project Management Professional (PMP) – $135,798
  3. Certified ScrumMaster – $135,441
  4. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associates – $132,840
  5. AWS Certified Developer – Associate – $130,369
  6. Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure – $121,288
  7. ITIL Foundation – $120,566
  8. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) – $118,412
  9. Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) – $117,395
  10. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – $116,900
  11. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) – $116,306
  12. Citrix Certified Associate – Virtualization (CCA-V) – $113,442
  13. CompTIA Security+ – $110,321
  14. CompTIA Network+ – $107,143
  15. Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching – $106,957

Just start learning AWS or GCP...you don't have to go through all those path from begineer level to expert level, too much time studying. Get a linux academy membership and start learning. there are also tools out there like Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker that if you know, it's an easy six figure bag.
 
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Mirin4rmfar said:
naw I jumped directly to the CISSP for my information security certs and did a lot of cloud certs too as Cloud Security is big and major cyber security companies are now supporting the cloud.

I personally just went by this list...

Global Knowledge’s Top-Paying Certifications
  1. Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect – $139,529
  2. Project Management Professional (PMP) – $135,798
  3. Certified ScrumMaster – $135,441
  4. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associates – $132,840
  5. AWS Certified Developer – Associate – $130,369
  6. Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): Server Infrastructure – $121,288
  7. ITIL Foundation – $120,566
  8. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) – $118,412
  9. Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) – $117,395
  10. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) – $116,900
  11. Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) – $116,306
  12. Citrix Certified Associate – Virtualization (CCA-V) – $113,442
  13. CompTIA Security+ – $110,321
  14. CompTIA Network+ – $107,143
  15. Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching – $106,957

Just start learning AWS or GCP...you don't have to go through all those path from begineer level to expert level, too much time studying. Get a linux academy membership and start learning. there are also tools out there like Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker that if you know, it's an easy six figure bag.
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Lmao at Sec+ paying out 110k. That cert is as bottom tier as A+
 
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I'm to a point now that no home lab or cert can help me.. a live production environment so different and knowledgeable.

I have been working with the network engineer on a new construction site.

Dude ask me to reverse polarity of the fiber

I was like ..what..:dahell: lmao:dead:

Learning a lot tho, our environment is juniper
 
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Lord_nikon said:
I'm to a point now that no home lab or cert can help me.. a live production environment so different and knowledgeable.

I have been working with the network engineer on a new construction site.

Dude ask me to reverse polarity of the fiber

I was like ..what..:dahell: lmao:dead:

Learning a lot tho, our environment is juniper
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If you don't mind me asking what is your job title/position?
 
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Lord_nikon said:
It support tier 2 and 3
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And no homelab or cert can help you? That sounds strange. I would think that a homelab at the very least would find beneficial.

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I'm not saying you're wrong or anything. Just trying to understand your line of thinking. IT is a huge field and there is no way for anyone to ever know everything in it. I use discussion like these to help increase my knowledge in things I haven't experienced and may never experience.
 
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And no homelab or cert can help you? That sounds strange. I would think that a homelab at the very least would find beneficial.
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It depends on the technology, I have some home labs,, I find replicating these shyts below difficult

Exchange
Office 365/ cloud
Share point
Juniper ,, I can find Juno's OS somewhere
Fortinet firewall
Sccm..

I could try Ebay for a firewall tho:yeshrug: fukk it
 
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Question for the 6 cert brehs Is it more about the experience and certifications or the degrees? If the latter how many degress(bachelors & Masters) on average do most of the 6 figure IT professionals have?
 
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