MCSE worth it anymore?

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ai42

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So I'm going to be graduating from college in a few months and I have been considering taking a bit of time off before I start applying for jobs (I work IT part time now and could continue to do so and I have quite a bit saved up so I could be fine for a long time). I will have a degree in Business MIS.

Anyway I was considering getting a alphabet soup to go on my resume and I've been looking at perhaps a MCSE, A+, N+ (I could probbably pass A+/N+ right now without studing), an perhaps CCNA. BTW I know A+ is pretty worthless but I do intend to take my computer repair freelancing to an acutal business on the side so it sounds good to customers.

Any thoughts on the topic?
 
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Shyatic

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Learn Linux. Most MCSEs from the early 90s proved their uselessness when they were 'paper' MCSEs. They knew the answers on the tests, but when it came to the nitty gritty, they didn't know a damn thing. Your first job in college is going to be a trial of what you know, and a learning experience. The experience you get on that job coupled with what you already know is what companies are looking for. MCSE on top of that doesn't hurt... but get the work experience first, and the MCSE second. Besides, if you get in at a decent company, they can sponsor you to get your MCSE so you don't pay a dime for it :)

That's what happened to me. I need a few more classes and then I'm starting to look for a new job.
 
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ai42

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Ok I suppose I should clarify my situation.

I have been working for a small company selling supplies to the miliary (22 users) for almost 4 years now (Sept 11th 05 will be my 4th year anniversery heh :( ) and have developed the entire network from the ground up (the network was a joke of Win98 boxes when I started here). I have quite of bit of windows administration experience, as well as I developed our company website with ASP and Access. I spent 2 years as a CS major so I know C++, VB.net, C#, Perl, and a slew of lesser languages. Experience is not really my big consern as I know my current boss would give a great referance. And at my current job my boss has been considering hiring me on full time (but I tell him we don't have enough work to justify that). I would like to work in a more corporate envrioment honestly (27 computers isn't really a corporate network) and small companies have it's downsides.

Are there any other certifications I should consider?

Also on an aside I can do this a bit not on my own dime. My current boss agreed to pay for several certifications for me since he has never paid up for trainning for me in almost 4 years we haven't agreed on a number yet but a couple thousand is what I'm expecting.
 
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spidey07

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Any flavor of CCIE. But generally good network guys won't go anywhere near servers or PCs so it is really a specialized field.

CISSP is decent now.
 
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NathanBWF

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I have my MCSE (since 2002), and yes it's been pretty much useless...especially since I had no experience in the IT field at the time. Luckily I managed to find work and have been in IT ever since.

Looking back at it now, I wouldn't have hired myself either back then. I didn't know how much I didn't know until I actually started working in the real world.
 
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CreativeTom

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MCSE looks good with on the job experience.

MCSE=crap

MCSE+2-5 years on the job experience=looks pretty good.
 
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