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Sockmonkey

Sockmonkey

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I'm thinking of changing careers and going into the IT industry, can any of you recommend some courses to get me going in the right direction. I'm thinking of doing A+, N+ MCSE & MCITP as a start?

If you are currently in the IT industry, could you please post your experience, good or bad and posiibly things that I shouild look our for or be aware of.

Thanks
 
For starters do...

A+ , N+ , Inet+ , MSCE , And linux (cant remember name of course)

Experience:
9 times out of 10 its a SUS error (stupid user syndrome) or PEBKAC error (Problem exists between keyboard and chair)

other than that Good Luck :D
 
Rather do coding. I find A+ and N+ useless. You get treated like whores in that section.

I am currently teaching myself all the stuff you need for websites.
 
I studied Basic and Advanced COMMnet. It's A+, N+, CCNA + CCNP and CCNP Voice and I recently obtained my JNCIA. I've been working as a network engineer for 2 years now but I'm going through a bit of a downer. There's a lot of opportunity for me, but it's going a bit too slow for my particular liking.

Most clients don't know a thing about networks and treat you accordingly. (Read: Vent their frustration on the engineers, rather than management.)

I honestly don't know how long I will be able to hold out, but I wish with all my heart that I could get into another career. If you have the stomach for it, IT could be rewarding, but be prepared for a lot of facepalming moments in your life and a lot of users/customer giving you endless ball aches over something they have no clue about.

If you ever considering going into IT, I hope for your sake that you are VERY ambitious, or you might just get stuck doing the same thing for the rest of your life. Make sure what exactly it is what you want to do and move toward that goal. If you are happy with maintaining the same internal system for a mainly non-technology bussiness/company, then network administration might be OK for you. If you want to always learn something new and climb the corporate ladder, then I would suggest getting yourself into an ISP or a technology company like DiData.

My post might seem quite negative, but it's not all bad, if you're really into it and willing to make a living in the IT industry.
 
sycogrim said:
A+ N+ then do your CCNA and then CCNP :)
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Cisco is getting a bit old though. If you want to go into networking I would suggest moving to Juniper. Their routers are a lot more complex and if you know them, you will find Cisco quite easy. Programming routers is almost like coding. If you know one language you will be able to figure the others out if you mess around and know what it is you want it to do. You can start with JNCIA and then do JNCIE. The only problem is getting a lab together. Not so sure where to get Juniper network simulators.

I was lucky enough work on the M-Series routers before going on my course last year since our entire backbone got overhauled :)
 
All this is very facinating. But I think what he means is where to study these courses. I was thinking of studying it myself a while ago and did some research last year and Brainline seems to offer the best quality studies for a decent price, and it's all from home.
 
to0kenZA said:
Cisco is getting a bit old though. If you want to go into networking I would suggest moving to Juniper. Their routers are a lot more complex and if you know them, you will find Cisco quite easy. Programming routers is almost like coding. If you know one language you will be able to figure the others out if you mess around and know what it is you want it to do. You can start with JNCIA and then do JNCIE. The only problem is getting a lab together. Not so sure where to get Juniper network simulators.

I was lucky enough work on the M-Series routers before going on my course last year since our entire backbone got overhauled :)
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Dude Juniper and Fortigate Firewalls :)
 
Raven Gold said:
All this is very facinating. But I think what he means is where to study these courses. I was thinking of studying it myself a while ago and did some research last year and Brainline seems to offer the best quality studies for a decent price, and it's all from home.
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I rate you should read his post again :)

If you are currently in the IT industry, could you please post your experience, good or bad and posiibly things that I shouild look our for or be aware of.
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Thanks for all the replies so far, they have all been very helpful. Ill do a bit more research into the above mentioned courses, its a lot to wrap my head around at the moment. Tookenza - that is exactly the type of reply that I was hoping to get, thanks again.

Keep the suggestions coming...
 
Sockmonkey, aren't you a 3d modeler or animator? That's something that I always wanted to do.

I'll give you the programming side of the IT world. I'm a developer and have been one for about ten years now. Your best bet to get a decent job is to get a degree but it's not a necessity. There are other diplomas and so forth that you can get. CTI comes to mind. They've got a one year course but it's crazy expensive. They help you find a job afterwards though.

Programming is a taxing job and at most work places you'll be under constant pressure and deadlines. Everything keeps changing in the computer world and you'll be expected to keep up to date. Plus you'll have to know more than one language. It takes a lot of time. However if you are at the right company then it's enjoyable. A big bonus is that the money is good. Do know that it's for a reason though and I've known a lot of programmers who after years of programming decided it's not for them.
 
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