| binarymutant | this is my cup of tea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwHBaSySHmo :D | 00:03 |
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| chris4585 | I haven't really gotten the appeal of minecraft yet | 00:06 |
| binarymutant | I have | 00:08 |
| binarymutant | and the ingame circuitry makes it even cooler | 00:09 |
| average_guy | I would really like an IT career, what certs what any of you reccomend? I am currently working towards the CCNA. | 15:02 |
| cyberanger | average_guy: similar boat, CCNA, CompTIA A+ and Network+ | 15:37 |
| cyberanger | Security+ & Linux+ are noteworthy too | 15:38 |
| cyberanger | some of it kinda depends on your sub category | 15:38 |
| cyberanger | your preference, voice, security networking | 15:39 |
| cyberanger | I had Linux+ (didn't renew it) and wound up in a heavy windows background for work, I still don't understand that | 15:40 |
| cyberanger | I used linux a ton on the backend though, used my own processes with linux when windows lacked an option, wasn't cost effective | 15:41 |
| cyberanger | or I just had the choice sometimes even | 15:42 |
| cyberanger | sad to say, startup during this recession, didn't suceed fast enough | 15:43 |
| cyberanger | one contract short I'd bet | 15:43 |
| average_guy | cool cyberanger, my brother is an administrator at a bank and he recommended CCNA and vsphere but the vsphere cert is $4000 | 15:52 |
| average_guy | I was told by someone else that Net+ was a waste of time | 15:52 |
| cyberanger | CCNA is great if you want networking; however I do throw net+ out there cause it's different focus | 15:55 |
| average_guy | I'll check it out thx | 15:56 |
| cyberanger | plus sometimes HR doesn't look up all the funny letters and it shows you know something | 15:56 |
| average_guy | no doubt lol | 15:56 |
| cyberanger | it stands out further than not having it | 15:56 |
| cyberanger | I do think alot of the certs are overserved, i guess | 15:57 |
| cyberanger | handed out, watered down | 15:57 |
| average_guy | well mostly I need ones that are inexpencive to obtain | 15:57 |
| cyberanger | and hence why CCNA stands out, it isn't (yet) | 15:58 |
| average_guy | I am really good at taking tests | 15:58 |
| cyberanger | If your looking at only two then, CompTIA A+ & Cisco's CCNA would be the basics of CompTIA (and hence, a little of everything) and CCNA is an intermeditate cert from cisco | 16:00 |
| cyberanger | once you have a job, they're paid for in a month | 16:00 |
| cyberanger | reason I say two, knowing your on a budget is deversify | 16:02 |
| average_guy | no doubt | 16:02 |
| average_guy | thx for the input | 16:06 |
| cyberanger | average_guy: no problem, a question I gotta ask myself too | 16:12 |
| cyberanger | I've decided to take my non it paychecks and use it to go big or go home | 16:13 |
| cyberanger | get everything I can | 16:13 |
| cyberanger | not becuase I think it will help, but becuase I want to, and if it helps, even better | 16:14 |
| binarymutant | ccna is $$$$ | 16:37 |
| average_guy | you can get the CCNA for $150 binarymutant | 16:38 |
| binarymutant | thats it? | 16:38 |
| average_guy | thats what I said | 16:38 |
| binarymutant | :O | 16:38 |
| average_guy | that is why I am persuing it | 16:38 |
| average_guy | of course that is just the test | 16:39 |
| average_guy | if you get a voucher | 16:39 |
| binarymutant | hm I might do the same if it's only 150. Comptia was 300 | 16:40 |
| binarymutant | does the ccna have prerequirements? or multiple tests? | 16:45 |
| average_guy | not that I am aware of binarymutant | 16:49 |
| average_guy | I started with the CCENT prep though | 16:49 |
| binarymutant | that's super cool | 16:49 |
| cyberanger | average_guy: can you skip CCENT though, cause if you can't.... | 16:50 |
| average_guy | yea you can but the CCNA covers all of the same material plus more | 16:50 |
| binarymutant | the A+ was a waste of time though fyi | 16:58 |
| binarymutant | well for me it was ^ | 16:59 |
| binarymutant | most HR will only deal with 2|4 year degrees. Anyways, gtg bbl | 17:03 |
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