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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The IT Certification Megathread: Straight Outta CompTIA
 
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Mythical Moderate
Jul 5, 2002

My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'.




 Anyone care to chime in on how long it takes (hours or otherwise) to do some of the certs like N+, S+, CCNA? I'm still trying to figure out where I want to go in my career path so at the bare minimum I want to finish N+ to build a solid knowledge of networking concepts then move onto something like server administration, virtualization, etc. Ideally I'd like to have N+, S+ and RHSCA all within 6 months and then move onto other certs.

* # ¿ Dec 27, 2012 22:21
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Mythical Moderate
Jul 5, 2002

My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'.

Corvettefisher posted:

That's a really loaded question.

How much experience do you have in said area's?
How (quickly) do you learn?
You say you are still trying to figure out stuff, but what interests you right now?

Getting a bunch of certs if fine, but if rush through them only going for the test requirements, you might miss out on learning some of the important concepts that will help you day to day.

Little in networking, nada in security and pretty entry level Linux experience (just finished a class that had a good overview on Linux as a whole). Most of work history is hell desk / onsite tech. Currently I'm working for a small SaaS company but I'm not really doing any real IT work here outside of some scripting we use for various tasks. I'd just like to get my foot in the door as a jr sys admin with the hopes of moving onto something involving VMs and/or cloud computing. I've seen a few job listings for these types of jobs at various start ups in town that I'd probably be eligible for if, at the minimum, I had a more solid knowledge of networking fundamentals. I also have a B.S. degree so that's at least one HR hurdle out of the way.

I'm also not in a rush to leave this job because its actually a good company to work for but I know there's more lucrative options out there.

Mythical Moderate fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Dec 27, 2012

* # ¿ Dec 27, 2012 22:40
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Mythical Moderate
Jul 5, 2002

My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'.




 Thanks. I ordered one of the recommended N+ books earlier today. Once I feel comfortable with the material and get the cert I'll check out that RHCSA book and move on from there.

* # ¿ Dec 27, 2012 22:59
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Mythical Moderate
Jul 5, 2002

My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'.




 Is there a general consensus on the quality of CBT Nuggets video training?

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Mythical Moderate
Jul 5, 2002

My heart and actions are utterly unclouded. They are all those of 'Justice'.




 That is kind of how I would approach it as well. I have a hard time learning straight from a book so mixing it up between reading and videos seems to help me the most.

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