Ellow GR! I am thinking of taking courses in the following fields: A+ N+ MCSE CCNA Linux Do you think these courses are good and that I will benefit from them in my ----- life if in future I plan to take on IT related jobs? People with the certification above earn pretty good where I dwell. But I want to know if they are also helpful in other parts of the world, preferably Europe. Also what are the other courses that you suggest me to take? I am also considering the following: HTML CSS Flash PHP MySQL ASP Java Please advice further. Thank you.
no need to learn all those programming languages, I say take a C++ beginners class and evolve from there, once you learn syntax its pretty easy to write in all other languages for the most part.
So that is going to save me some money and time and effort? Does someone else agree with what White said here? Is it not required to take other certification when I take the C++ exams? I think I want to take all these certification just so that I can provide the firms I plan to join with the documents and papers.
C++ is good. Java may also help as well. For the A+ certification, well that is really easy to get. I took a course in high school for Computer Maintenance (Counterstrike 101) and after that I became eligible for an A+ certificate. The test does cost quite a lot if you're not a student, but for me since all those Computer companies like Oracle are around it's much cheaper. Does it help? Well it just means you are certified to work on computers and fix them. Most people that have it are just computer repairmen or work for Geek Squad. These are good if you want to help design websites for companies and such. Very time consuming and lots of competition though. Good to still know.
Yeah the reason I opted for these courses is because I am already into Graphic Designs and other computer related subjects, including the Networking courses such as MCSE as I'd love to work for a telecommunication firm, it is already my hobby and interest (computers and technology) and I'd love if it turns into my pr0fession as well.
He's talking about getting certified, not learning to program. MCSEs are the big ticket where I am. One of those is pretty much the only real pre-requisite for a cushy $90/h PC technician job.
MCSE would be a huge advantage, its a worldwide recognised qualification so you'll always carry it with you. Best to go on a refresher course every 2 years with it too, just on the off chance things changed on it majorly. If you're looking at the networking/sysop side of it, have a look into cisco certification too
fyi.. A+ is really easy and is usually set out like 3hrs a week over a 6month period. its worth getting just to add on top of whatever else youre doing as its not likely to take up a lot of time at all, and will be good to stick on your CV. where i am it costs £479 for the course, but if youre a student you can talk to them and get it for materials cost of £70 only
I am getting a package that includes the following courses and all for just 1500GBP. I think it's a fairly cheap deal to get since doing these courses individually can costs thousands! And I agree with A+ course that it's tat easy and easier for me since I'm a kind of techy person and mess around with PCs every now and then.
I have my a+ certification I got the highest score on it at my school last year so I won a computer from my school also and it was a very crappy computer. The test really isn't that bad at all and is really easy to pass. I didn't really pay attention at all. The training material I used was Some mike meyers a+ thing from Learnkey and some free tests on the internet just google them. If you want to get into computer networking you should get your CCNA - its a cisco certification. I'm halfway done studying for it. You should also get your network+ and security+ on-top of that.
Don't want to hijack, but I'm thinking about taking a Intro to Computer Science course to get a feel for it. Anything anyone can say about it?
