IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[GollyImGully]

CCNP Switch 300-115 passed today

853/1000

I was sick of studying so I said fukk it last week Friday and booked it

1 more to go, and then I will be officially CCNP certified

Everyone says the troubleshoot test is very easy....I may book that one to take in 2 weeks

 

[Splash]

Hell yeah nikka

 

[GollyImGully]

Hell yeah nikka

what advice you got for the troubleshoot exam?

 

[Silkk]

This encryption section whooping my ass like:

 

[Malik1time]

im thinking bout getting in nursing school which will take me 2-3 years to be a RN which gets around 60k alot more then what i make.that same amount of time of doing IT certs and moving from job to job would i make more money in 3 years
i have a asssociates degree btw

 

[Splash]

what advice you got for the troubleshoot exam?

Just know the topology back to front, the exam is pretty cool because your just revisiting stuff you've done.
Also just have a defined strategy for troubleshooting so you are not bouncing back and forth which I fell into a bit, it didn't really eat into my time but it was making me nervous that I was spending too long trying to find the issue, then i would forget what I had already tried etc

 

[FastEddie215]

Not sure what to do next
Getting ready to move on from where I am
2 years under my belt, MCSE ...CCNP...
I need to get it poppin with security Been readng the SSCP content and CISSP seems to be just a little more sprinkled on top

I have my MCSA server 2012, thinking about going for the MCSE. What study material did you use to study for it?

 

[Mainevent_7]

This encryption section whooping my ass like:

What materials are you using for the CISSP?

 

[Silkk]

What materials are you using for the CISSP?

Careeracademy & Cybrary

 

[Apollo Creed]

Y'all keep me in your thoughts next week

 

[Spin]

For those looking to get into Security, Cisco is offering "scholarships" for the CCNA Security soon. Here is the site Cisco. I'm still working on my CCNA , but will probably do it since it's a "free" cert with that deal and I want to get into security.


CompTIA is also offering a beta exam for their cybersecurity analyst+ cert. Right now you can get it for $50 bucks. No clue how "hard" it could be. Looks like from the description you might be able to pass it after doing some training at Cybrary - Free Online Cyber Security Training, Forever | Learn and Find Jobs, but I will let the more experienced heads give their thoughts.

 

[GollyImGully]

Just know the topology back to front, the exam is pretty cool because your just revisiting stuff you've done.
Also just have a defined strategy for troubleshooting so you are not bouncing back and forth which I fell into a bit, it didn't really eat into my time but it was making me nervous that I was spending too long trying to find the issue, then i would forget what I had already tried etc

any ipv6?

 

[jilla82]

im thinking bout getting in nursing school which will take me 2-3 years to be a RN which gets around 60k alot more then what i make.that same amount of time of doing IT certs and moving from job to job would i make more money in 3 years
i have a asssociates degree btw

you ever think about getting a job in sales?
Its a grind...and everyone isnt down to hard close and work hard.

But good salesmen make 100K+ easy.

 

[DJSmooth]

im thinking bout getting in nursing school which will take me 2-3 years to be a RN which gets around 60k alot more then what i make.that same amount of time of doing IT certs and moving from job to job would i make more money in 3 years
i have a asssociates degree btw

If you gonna be a Nurse don't do it for the money. I've seen numerous people washed out of Nursing programs because their heart isn't in it.

It's ok to do IT just for the money.

 

[patscorpio]

If you gonna be a Nurse don't do it for the money. I've seen numerous people washed out of Nursing programs because their heart isn't in it.

It's ok to do IT just for the money.

nah breh you gotta like what you do for IT..its no different..and making good money in IT doesn't come quick either