Ask a breh with SEVEN certs anything

[TV]

I have a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and 4 years of experience. Are certs even necessary for me to progress?

 

[KingsOfKings]

what would you say is the worst thing youve experience living in the city you live in?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I have a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems and 4 years of experience. Are certs even necessary for me to progress?

Is it necessary? Absolutely not. But having it helps tremendously. Like I said I'm in security and having my CISSP and CCNP Security makes me jump ahead of a lot of other candidates (and I don't have a college degree).

what would you say is the worst thing youve experience living in the city you live in?

Honestly, just the traffic. Other than that I absolutely love the A

 

[Kitsch]

I'm about to finish my undergraduate degree in Information Systems this year and am looking to pursue my masters this year. Do you recommend I do a few certifications this summer or go to Amsterdam?

 

[ADK]

@bdizzle http://www.cpcc.edu/it/programs-of-study/cpcc-certificates

Which 1 should a young breh dabble in first? Need to go off to school soon.

 

[ben anderson]

i have no idea what the fukk any of these things mean.

 

[meth68]

You not really balling until you get that 7th one

Q: Are you aware cert's don't mean shyt?

Spoiler

 

[↓R↑LYB]

I'm about to finish my undergraduate degree in Information Systems this year and am looking to pursue my masters this year. Do you recommend I do a few certifications this summer or go to Amsterdam?

Do both breh. I was pursuing my bachelors at night, working 40 hours a week, and studying for my certs all at the same time. Some quarters I was even going to school 5 days a week. Wake up at 6, at work by 730, leave work and go straight to school from 6-930, leave school go to the library, leave the library then go home and get to sleep by 11PM if I'm lucky.

 

[Kitsch]

Do both breh. I was pursuing my bachelors at night, working 40 hours a week, and studying for my certs all at the same time. Some quarters I was even going to school 5 days a week. Wake up at 6, at work by 730, leave work and go straight to school from 6-930, leave school go to the library, leave the library then go home and get to sleep by 11PM if I'm lucky.

Jesus, much respect. I could never do that, I spend most of my free time at the record store.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Jesus, much respect. I could never do that, I spend most of my free time at the record store.

I never knew what free time was breh

For bout 5 years straight I ate breakfast lunch and dinner in my car

College was a blur for me. Never went to a party, never hung out, barely had any friends. I was on my grind HEAVY.

 

[Momentum]

Ducktales oooo ooooOOOoo

 

[Kitsch]

I never knew what free time was breh

For bout 5 years straight I ate breakfast lunch and dinner in my car

College was a blur for me. Never went to a party, never hung out, barely had any friends. I was on my grind HEAVY.

Why'd you put yourself through that and what kept you motivated?

I've never gone on a night out whilst at university, so I can relate to a lesser degree. I just did my GRE and I'm waiting on my results. I'm in process of applying to a few grad schools in America (most in my state of birth and the surrounding states, due to the tuition-reciprocity arrangement). But I'm thinking about applying to Howard, what do you think?

 

[Yagirlcheatinonus]

How do you stay focused while studying?
How do you not get bored?
How do you remember the info?

 

[↓R↑LYB]

Why'd you put yourself through that and what kept you motivated?

I've never gone on a night out whilst at university, so I can relate to a lesser degree. I just did my GRE and I'm waiting on my results. I'm in process of applying to a few grad schools in America (most in my state of birth and the surrounding states, due to the tuition-reciprocity arrangement). But I'm thinking about applying to Howard, what do you think?

For a part of my life I grew up poor. I mean REAL poor breh. When I finally moved out the crib I was literally surviving on ravioli and cup of noodles cause that's all I could afford. I remember dudes at my job would laugh at me because I ate it all the time. I laughed with them but I was crying on the inside

I rented a room across the street from campus because that's all I could afford. I paid $270/mo in rent and it was literally a roach motel. Roaches were fukking EVERYWHERE . I was so ashamed to bring hoes over that bytch too. I actually did it once and shorty was like we can chill at my place from now on

Not wanting to live like that anymore was all the motivation I needed

Honestly I wish I could go back to them days because now I feel like I have nothing to motivate me anymore

How do you stay focused while studying?
How do you not get bored?
How do you remember the info?

I stayed focus because I really wanted it. It was all I thought about (finally being successful and making something of myself). I use to feel that shyt burning in my chest breh. Plus I actually enjoyed IT. It was fun to me. On my free time I would setup VM's and play around with shyt. It never actually felt like work. If you do something enough you'll eventually get good at it/remember it.

I took a break from studying for a while, dropped out of school, moved to Atlanta and started having a pretty vibrant social life. After getting back to the cert grind and doing my last round of studying I was working 40hours at my job and no bullshyt, on average 50 hours a week studying for me CCIE Security (not including the weekends and not including the time I snuck in studying at work).

Eventually I said fukk it and decided to put that time/energy/effort into starting my own business. Now I'm just trying to figure out how to get that fire back :brehwow:

 

[bigrodthe1]

Get your A+, one of the Microsoft certs on Windows 7/8/Office, and your CCNA. That should give you enough to start getting some interviews for level 1 positions.

He wouldn't get to use that CCNA at ALL as a level one.

As an IT manager working in the field since 1998 I'll tell you that certs are only as good as you can prove. During the IT boom of 2004 many people were certified, but not qualified. And as a result, companies and managers got burned. So when I interview potential candidates, before I conclude, I pull out a laptop, console cable, and router/firewall/switch and make them show me what they can do.

Edit: Starting an IT staffing firm as well this year BTW. A buddy of mine was part owner of Zero Chaos and it sold for $250 million a couple years ago.

This is some real spit right here...I have come across wayyyyyyy too many folks with certs for days but not a clue what to do when thrown out to the wolves/users..I like that pull out a laptop/cable/switch thing though

In all of the jobs I've interviewed for, whether it's been the federal government, small biz, large enterprises, and everything in between I've never had that happen. Most I've had is someone ask me to do some code review, but that's it.

I have been quizzed on various technical/security related questions though.

Same here

I interview extremely well, but it's mainly because I'm a contractor so I jump around from position to position. I worked as an AD Architect for a large manufacturer and I think I was the 3rd architect they hired because the other 2 weren't that great. The job was pretty easy though. Wanted to migrate some domains, consolidate them, create a new namespace and integrate certain applications with AD and write a bunch of documentation. I actually liked that job a lot for some weird reason. Probably it was because the dude who shared an office with me was good peoples (old PM).

I always tell folks whom are trying to break into the field to contract and move around in the early parts of their career. The money and experience is a lot better.

Jesus, much respect. I could never do that, I spend most of my free time at the record store.

those still exist