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IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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I've been lurking this thread for months now. I finally decided to take that step and rack up some certs for a career.
My question is, for someone like me thats just starting out that has 0 experience, how do I go about getting that hands-on experience?
Because it's one thing to read and watch some videos and get the answers right on the test. But I would assume you would have to know wtf you're doing when it's right in front of you. I.e installing a motherboard. I'm still very unfamiliar with MacOS, trying to get my hands on a machine but they're just out of the budget for now.
I know as I get deeper into IT I will have to go out and buy different routers and switches and hardware like that, but I would assume all of that will come once i'm considered a "professional"
Should I get a head start and start buying and messing around with different hardware, or should I wait until I score an entry level job where I can lean on the job basically? Would I be successful if I go with the latter, or will I be exposed?
My bad for all the questions, i'm just excited for this career path and the future. This thread has been AWESOME in terms of the solid information being shared. I thank each and every one of you brehs for your unselfishness and courtesy.
My question is, for someone like me thats just starting out that has 0 experience, how do I go about getting that hands-on experience?
Because it's one thing to read and watch some videos and get the answers right on the test. But I would assume you would have to know wtf you're doing when it's right in front of you. I.e installing a motherboard. I'm still very unfamiliar with MacOS, trying to get my hands on a machine but they're just out of the budget for now.
I know as I get deeper into IT I will have to go out and buy different routers and switches and hardware like that, but I would assume all of that will come once i'm considered a "professional"
Should I get a head start and start buying and messing around with different hardware, or should I wait until I score an entry level job where I can lean on the job basically? Would I be successful if I go with the latter, or will I be exposed?
My bad for all the questions, i'm just excited for this career path and the future. This thread has been AWESOME in terms of the solid information being shared. I thank each and every one of you brehs for your unselfishness and courtesy.
Did you get your A+ cert ?I've been lurking this thread for months now. I finally decided to take that step and rack up some certs for a career.
My question is, for someone like me thats just starting out that has 0 experience, how do I go about getting that hands-on experience?
Because it's one thing to read and watch some videos and get the answers right on the test. But I would assume you would have to know wtf you're doing when it's right in front of you. I.e installing a motherboard. I'm still very unfamiliar with MacOS, trying to get my hands on a machine but they're just out of the budget for now.
I know as I get deeper into IT I will have to go out and buy different routers and switches and hardware like that, but I would assume all of that will come once i'm considered a "professional"
Should I get a head start and start buying and messing around with different hardware, or should I wait until I score an entry level job where I can lean on the job basically? Would I be successful if I go with the latter, or will I be exposed?
My bad for all the questions, i'm just excited for this career path and the future. This thread has been AWESOME in terms of the solid information being shared. I thank each and every one of you brehs for your unselfishness and courtesy.
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Doing that now. Will take the test the beginning of February. That’s with 2 months of self studying.
How would someone go the Business Analyst route??.....
I would say Network Admin or Database Admin, but I don't think I can leverage my business degree in either....
I already have a business degree with HR and Marketing as respective majors??.....
Are there any certs you brehs would recommend, I've been studying the Comptia A+ basically just for the sake of learning/interest....I also started learning SQL and about MSQLServer.....Just looking to pad up my resume tbh.....But I think the more I look into it and learn, the more I want to work in tech or do some sort of systems management/ database work.....
I would say Network Admin or Database Admin, but I don't think I can leverage my business degree in either....
I already have a business degree with HR and Marketing as respective majors??.....
Are there any certs you brehs would recommend, I've been studying the Comptia A+ basically just for the sake of learning/interest....I also started learning SQL and about MSQLServer.....Just looking to pad up my resume tbh.....But I think the more I look into it and learn, the more I want to work in tech or do some sort of systems management/ database work.....
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You don't need certs for BA/data analyst type roles. Focus on Python, MySQL, and MongoDB. I would look for jobs as a Data analyst, BI analyst, BI developer, or in Big Data.
MongoDB University Online Courses
Go on Amazon and find the best rated book for Python and MySQL. If you don't want to read. Look at courses on Udacity or Treehouse.
BA And Data Analyst are two different things.
People use BA interchangably with BI/Data Analyst but that is incorrect.
BA simply is a role at the root that defines what needs to be done and serves as the liaison between the Business and Technical teams.
That said you can go a few routes:
1. Product Owner route if you are trying to get into a shop that does SCRUM
2. Business Systems Analyst
3.Business Consultant (you focus more on strategy level things and what it will take to do these things, think building business cases).
Mirin4rmfar
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SMH, got the biggest interview of my life this wednesday...
...hiring manager reschedule so I have been practicing and studying like a mother fukker! Hopefully I can land this gig.
...hiring manager reschedule so I have been practicing and studying like a mother fukker! Hopefully I can land this gig.
Ice_MF_Mike
Pro
yes.Would this be an alternative to upgrading my laptop to run VMs on my laptop?
MajorVitaman
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I've been lurking this thread for months now. I finally decided to take that step and rack up some certs for a career.
My question is, for someone like me thats just starting out that has 0 experience, how do I go about getting that hands-on experience?
Because it's one thing to read and watch some videos and get the answers right on the test. But I would assume you would have to know wtf you're doing when it's right in front of you. I.e installing a motherboard. I'm still very unfamiliar with MacOS, trying to get my hands on a machine but they're just out of the budget for now.
I know as I get deeper into IT I will have to go out and buy different routers and switches and hardware like that, but I would assume all of that will come once i'm considered a "professional"
Should I get a head start and start buying and messing around with different hardware, or should I wait until I score an entry level job where I can lean on the job basically? Would I be successful if I go with the latter, or will I be exposed?
My bad for all the questions, i'm just excited for this career path and the future. This thread has been AWESOME in terms of the solid information being shared. I thank each and every one of you brehs for your unselfishness and courtesy.
i plan on starting with CompTIA A+ im trynna get a study group going on IG lemme know if you're interested or have a bigger study group
For anyone in college id reccomened trying to get student employment or even volunteering at your schools computer services department (which ever department that manages on campus computer labs and staff computers) more so than waste time on the A+. This works better of course for people at smaller schools i.e HBCU.
MajorVitaman
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i should have done this in 2014
that's what i get for guessing smfh
I went to an HBCU and i simply semt the Director of Comupter services an email and she had me come down and we talked then she told me i could start the next day. Paid min wage and was only 20 hrs a week but it was good for my resume as it gave me a yr experience and i used it to get my next job at best buy.
I ended up putting on other people when i left but that was a sweet juug because id only be working on fixing (really just doing clean installs of windows and MS office) computers 2 hrs a week and the other time i was just sitting in computer labs around campus doing homework or surfing the web.