Y'all's opinions on Professor Professor Messer video courses vs. Profosser Mike Myers video courses?
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Not any more (took a new job that paid more) but I used to.
It was basically just taking tech support calls. Company gave me a laptop and headset to use, so as long as I had Internet I could just boot it up, log into the VPN, and wait for calls to come in. Was a pretty cool jobbut not much opportunity to move up and the pay was meh so I left after a couple years.
Do you have to have experience to get a Remote Tech Support job or nah?
There's no specific answer to that, it just depends on the company and what you're supporting, but in general it's easier to get jobs with experience than without.
If you don't have any experience you should at least try to get your A+ cert though. Aside from that though, the thing people overlook is not having a shytty resume.
You can have all the certs/degrees/experience in the world but you'll still struggle to get interviews if your resume is
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I think you would be close to getting a Jr system admin role. You need to go hard at learning Active Directory if you haven't already. With your networking certs, why not go that route?
I want system admin cuz it include network and other things
and i hear that the salary is better than network admin
Thanks, as far as pathways im assuming on of these is what you mean https://certification.comptia.org/docs/default-source/downloadablefiles/it-certification-roadmap.pdf
Thats my issue Im not sure which one to choose. Im interested in a career in the future I can do mainly remote, and there is work. Things that would lend it self to contract self employment would be ideal.
havoc
Superstar
You can find your niche when you start doing your research on which career that fits your goals of becoming a self employed technician. Usually the pathway of becoming an expert of your skillset will lead to independence.
thanks, your probably right. I was just wondering if there was a pathway that would allow me to work somewhat independently(remote) on my way to expert level where I can trully be independent
Brehs what are y'all thoughts on getting an undergraduate certificate in IT versus an AAS or professional CompTIA/Cisco/Microsoft certs ?
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Both seem like a waste of time an money honestly. Only thing that will excuse a degree is getting real work experience and at this point in the game you will be hard pressed to find a company to take a chance on someone without a degree. Most of these no degree guys you see got in the game 10+ yrs ago
Majestic
Believe in myself and the Coles and Kendricks
Would you say any degree is fine or a degree in IT?
CS/CIS/MIS/IT Are what you need to look at. Degrees are gate keepers so really if you can get any of those in the cheapest way you can you will be good. There are a few online joints like western governers i think that are accreddited that people have been using. You get a degree and a few certs so theres some bank for your buck.
Majestic
Believe in myself and the Coles and Kendricks
I don't have a degree in any of what u just said. That's my worry. However i do have a degree in something. Good or bad for a person considering going into IT?
Julius Skrrvin
I be winkin' through the scope
I have a non- IT related degree and education and it's worked out for me, but generally companies prefer CS/MIS people most of the time.
Any degree is better than none. That said you can either get a technical masters degree and try to work your way into one of the new grad programs many companies have or you can just pick up the technical skills on your own and try to get a junior role at a company.
All this depends on your family/personal situation though. Some people cant simply up and relocate anywhere which you may have to do if you get a masters and get a gig via some new grad development program