Yay, just passed my first Cert.

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: hx009
Apparently none of you have ever had to deal with recruiting departments who instantly throw away resumes that don't match their "acronym soup" list.

Agreed. Certifications have always worked for me. I've never had a problem getting (or keeping) a job.

 

[MichaelD]

Congratulations, edro13. :thumbsup: Certs are NOT worthless; they are a standardized and widely accepted way of PROVING that you know what you say you do.

While it's true that many knowledgable people have no certs, it's not easy getting a good job without that piece of paper.

I have my A+, Network+, and I'm currently in school for my MCSE Server 2003. I will get it in January/February 2005, since I'm only a part-time student.

 

About 2 years ago I took and passed all teh windows 2000 tests.
Glad I'm not in that field anymore.

Good luck dooder!

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: hx009

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: DaZ

Originally posted by: munruss
you're wasting your time and money. go get a college degree. microsoft is not a college.

How true. how very true.

realization of the afformentioned FACT only comes after a great deal of spending for quite a few fools.....

Apparently none of you have ever had to deal with recruiting departments who instantly throw away resumes that don't match their "acronym soup" list.

my bad...i wasn't reffering to the whole statement. I was agreeing with 'microsoft is not a college'

sorry bout that

 

[Vortex22]

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Take CCNA.

I took it and failed by a few points.
The test was COMPLETELY different from all of the practice stuff we had been doing for months in class.
It covered some material that we never went over, and the format was different.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Vortex22

Originally posted by: GigaCluster
Take CCNA.

I took it and failed by a few points.
The test was COMPLETELY different from all of the practice stuff we had been doing for months in class.
It covered some material that we never went over, and the format was different.

aye....also, that test is adaptive too....


in the owrds of a classmate of mine..".if you get something wrong, it will hound you on that area" throughout the rest of the test.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: hx009

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: DaZ

Originally posted by: munruss
you're wasting your time and money. go get a college degree. microsoft is not a college.

How true. how very true.

realization of the afformentioned FACT only comes after a great deal of spending for quite a few fools.....

Apparently none of you have ever had to deal with recruiting departments who instantly throw away resumes that don't match their "acronym soup" list.

Good point. Our HR department brought in this guy for an interview, and his resume was all about the acronym soup. On the other hand, when I asked him a basic troubleshooting question, he fell flat on his face.

Needless to say, we didn't hire him. We did, however, hire another guy who has a CCIE. I'm looking forward to working with him starting Monday.

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Good point. Our HR department brought in this guy for an interview, and his resume was all about the acronym soup. On the other hand, when I asked him a basic troubleshooting question, he fell flat on his face.

Needless to say, we didn't hire him. We did, however, hire another guy who has a CCIE. I'm looking forward to working with him starting Monday.

Yep. The acronym soup is useful... but it will only get you in the door. What you do from the interview, onward, is entirely based on your knowledge. 🙂

 

[Renob]

Shit no! That stuff is tough... I work with 2 CCNAs, and I read through their review material (for update tests) and it is very intimidating... I might some day though.


I thought the CCNA was no sweat next to the MS certs.
Maybe Im the only one?

 

[TreyRandom]

Originally posted by: Renob
Shit no! That stuff is tough... I work with 2 CCNAs, and I read through their review material (for update tests) and it is very intimidating... I might some day though.


I thought the CCNA was no sweat next to the MS certs.
Maybe Im the only one?

Most people find the CCNA to be much tougher than the MS exams.

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: Renob
Shit no! That stuff is tough... I work with 2 CCNAs, and I read through their review material (for update tests) and it is very intimidating... I might some day though.


I thought the CCNA was no sweat next to the MS certs.
Maybe Im the only one?

So long as you grasp the material, it's relatively simple... the "hard" part, comes from having to memorize all the timer values, metrics etc, that the exam apparently nitpicks on... they're easy mark questions, so you want to make sure you nail'em...

The current passing grade is 85% I beleive, though rumour is, they're making it a bit easier, in comparison to the 3.0 curriculum, as 3.0 has apparently killed the passrate..