Re: Re: Re: Re: 5 Amazing Certificates
raross said:
Which statement do you disagree with? Because unlike you, I have worked in the IT field. I presume you're still in highschool and have yet a lot to learn.
Disclaimer: This may be a little off topic, but it must be said.
There is no cussing or flaming in this post.
I graduated
High School (which it 2 words Mr. College guy) in the mid 90's with no computer skills at all. I wasted my time dabbling in all sorts of random college classes. I tried everything under the sun, and nothing captivated me.
I then started gaming, I started to like the technology of computers more and more every day. I saw a commercial for a tech school here in San Diego and decided to learn more about computers.
It took me under 7 months to complete my MSCA cert. I had found my niche. I picked up the theories very quickly and had my MCSE within another 5 months. I graduated from tech school exactly 1 year after I had started.
I graduated with only lab times as "experience". My first real job in the IT field, was starting my own company and fixing computers and setting up home and small business networks.
I did that for about 1 year, until I became bored with it, and moved on.
My next job (WITH 1 YEAR EXPERIENCE) and only certifications to my name, landed me a job with Government Networks.
Started out as a help desk technician and made decent money doing it. Within 1 year of starting as a help desk technician, I had managed to work my way to the top of the call center, managing the technicians and analyzing the day to day efficiency of the LARGEST intranet in the entire world, and 2nd (to the internet itself) largest
network in the world.
My point is:
1. Don't tell people that you WON'T get a GOOD job in the IT field without a 4 year degree. That couldn't be further from the truth.
And please don't say that it's different now'a'days, b/c that is complete nonsense as well... The IT field is getting bigger and bigger by the day. There are shortages all over the nation of IT people.
2. Being a software designer or engineer or whatever you code monkeys like to call yourself, doesn't put you in the IT field. It puts you in the code monkey field with is 100% DIFFERENT than the field that MOST of the people here are trying to get into.