IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[BaRRyG]

I'm in the A+ class, my professor cool, a lot of hands on experience...quizzes every monday and 4-5 chapters a week...you take it serious you should be good.

 

[satam55]

I'm in the A+ class, my professor cool, a lot of hands on experience...quizzes every monday and 4-5 chapters a week...you take it serious you should be good.

How long is a chapter?

 

[BadBoy]

Just dropped out of college give me any and everything needed to get some money in this I'm ready to learn

 

[Obreh Winfrey]

Just dropped out of college give me any and everything needed to get some money in this I'm ready to learn

Take yourself back to school and change your major to Computer Information Systems. You'll only need a couple more years of courses and won't need to get certs. You'll already have a network of professors and classmates in place so you won't have to start from scratch.

 

[BaRRyG]

How long is a chapter?

LOL it depends on the subject breh 20 pages plus in average. ..shyt the book is 1k pages long.

 

[satam55]

LOL it depends on the subject breh 20 pages plus in average. ..shyt the book is 1k pages long.

Do y'all have physical textbooks or is it all eBooks?

 

[BaRRyG]

Both, All windows versions, we have Linux and Macs OS running on vm ware. ..

 

[BadBoy]

I'm ready to learn where do i start, I'm honesty just tryna get this going cus it aint shyt in philly and college aint work out so i dropped out

 

[Dat Migo]

I'm ready to learn where do i start, I'm honesty just tryna get this going cus it aint shyt in philly and college aint work out so i dropped out

If you know basic computer shyt, I would go for the ccna. It's two test so start with the icnd1 portion.

 

[Germms]

Sitting here at work thinking about how I literally have nothing to do for the next three months and bought a kit for my CCNA R&S. It's about that time. I'm on a term break with my school and its time to earn this 5th cert. Anyone ever taken it? Or the CCNA-S becuase I plan on going for that next fall.

 

[satam55]

I'm ready to learn where do i start, I'm honesty just tryna get this going cus it aint shyt in philly and college aint work out so i dropped out

If you know basic computer shyt, I would go for the ccna. It's two test so start with the icnd1 portion.

You recommend it over Network+?

 

[Dat Migo]

You recommend it over Network+?

Yes. You learn all the networking concepts and fundamentals plus the ability to configure Cisco devices. No brainier for me.

 

[Silkk]

CBT Nuggets disabled my account after I ripped a bunch of shyt yesterday

 

[TheGreatMTB]

I'm ready to learn where do i start, I'm honesty just tryna get this going cus it aint shyt in philly and college aint work out so i dropped out

Google the class schedule for the university you dropped out of (or a better one if one is close but I'm assuming you still have a parking pass for the one you left)...find some freshman/sophomore level computer/networking classes that have large lecture halls and show up for them.

No one takes attendance in those large ass classes and half the students won't show up for class and will give up their seats anyway. Even though you're not a student, no one will question if you are or not. You can even get away with asking the professor questions...because once again, why would they question whether you're a student or not? If you really don't know much about IT this is the most cost effective way to get some knowledge.

The more time efficient way is to target a cert and pay/find books and training material for it...the negative is that you'll have less support if you don't understand something.

Apply for hella help desk, IT help desk positions so you can get some experience

 

[satam55]

Anybody got flash cards or something for these?: