The Official IT Thread

[Mr Popo]

Just took the Security+ exam and passed!

On to the next one...

props. whats your next move?

I'm debating that now. I thought about going to Network+. I would like to get my CISSP cert, but I'm not sure if I need to before pursuing it. Any info would be helpful

How many years experience do you have in networking/security. If you don't have a lot then you'll have to wait until you qualify. You'll also have to find another cissp who'll sponsor you.

The CISSP will open doors, but only if you have the right experience and enough years of it.

Zero experience...still trying to get my foot in the door. Since I have no experience, what route to you suggest I take?

 

[traestar]

To any who are having trouble finding jobs w/o experience, check out www.internships.com . Even if you don't have a degree, start searching with a keyword of what field you want to work in or skill that you want.

 

[longmeat]

Just took the Security+ exam and passed!

On to the next one...

props. whats your next move?

I'm debating that now. I thought about going to Network+. I would like to get my CISSP cert, but I'm not sure if I need to before pursuing it. Any info would be helpful

How many years experience do you have in networking/security. If you don't have a lot then you'll have to wait until you qualify. You'll also have to find another cissp who'll sponsor you.

The CISSP will open doors, but only if you have the right experience and enough years of it.

Zero experience...still trying to get my foot in the door. Since I have no experience, what route to you suggest I take?

Get a help desk job breh. You won't get a security job with 0 experience. Just not gonna happen.

 

[longmeat]

Finally got shit working decently with GNS3 for CCIE. I put in about 6.5 hours of studying yesterday after coming home from work. But to put in another 6 or so today. Y'all niggas need to get on y'all grind cause Ima make it hard for y'all niggas ouchea to eat

 

[longmeat]

Here's some hopeful motivation for y'all niggas.....shit's really real ouchea

 

[King Erauno]

Just got hit up for a job 140k and up. theres money out here people

 

[traestar]

Here's some hopeful motivation for y'all niggas.....shit's really real ouchea

I get offers similar to that too, do you have 8 years experience in IT?

 

[longmeat]

Here's some hopeful motivation for y'all niggas.....shit's really real ouchea

I get offers similar to that too, do you have 8 years experience in IT?

I got 9. I literally could do that job with my eyes closed.

 

[King Erauno]

ccna is changing on september 30th fyi. going to be V2

they're taking old shit away, hubs, RIP routing, and removing the security and wireless topics since they are in their own track.

they are adding EtherChannels, HSRP and GLBP, snmp and syslogging.
http://www.networkworld.com/communi...ce=NWWNLE_nlt_network_architecture_2013-03-28

its about time, but this will help anybody working on ccna get a jump on ccnp/ccie topics if they wish to go that far. yall niggas studying for this test need to get it out the way before 9/30

 

[traestar]

Here's some hopeful motivation for y'all niggas.....shit's really real ouchea

I get offers similar to that too, do you have 8 years experience in IT?

I got 9. I literally could do that job with my eyes closed.

dammit man, thats wassup man

 

[longmeat]

Here's some hopeful motivation for y'all niggas.....shit's really real ouchea

I get offers similar to that too, do you have 8 years experience in IT?

I got 9. I literally could do that job with my eyes closed.

dammit man, thats wassup man

Keep pushing breh, it'll come if you stay focused

 

[longmeat]

I hope y'all fuck niggas is on the grind cause I'm putting in all kinds of work right now. CCIE in a couple months. I can feel that shit in my bones.

 

[Trollio]

I did semi research and saw a+ certification is not that bad of a thing to do.I am a avid fan of computers so the more the i learn the better.After i finish up with my school grind i was thinking of going into a+ for a little side knowledge and hustleDo work as geek squad then run my own maintence on the low.Plus with technology advancing i could use the a+ as a stepping stone to move up if i pursue a career in the industry like some of you have.Thoughts/advice/hook ups/etc?

 

[Ounceman]

Right now I'm currently on track to getting an MCITP cert with hyper-v added to appear more marketable. Once im done with that, I'll move on to obtaining my MCSE for the employers who have no interest in moving past server 2003 and because they last long and I won't have to renew them every 3 years

 

[traestar]

Right now I'm currently on track to getting an MCITP cert with hyper-v added to appear more marketable. Once im done with that, I'll move on to obtaining my MCSE for the employers who have no interest in moving past server 2003 and because they last long and I won't have to renew them every 3 years

You may want to go to 2008, the cert will be retired soon, but that depends on your cert track
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/mcitp-certification.aspx#fbid=wY3Mj5ATbs9

 

[black caesar]

I'm still at it. I'm getting tired of studying, but I'm still pushing. I'm having trouble with troubleshooting though.

 

[black caesar]

I did semi research and saw a+ certification is not that bad of a thing to do.I am a avid fan of computers so the more the i learn the better.After i finish up with my school grind i was thinking of going into a+ for a little side knowledge and hustleDo work as geek squad then run my own maintence on the low.Plus with technology advancing i could use the a+ as a stepping stone to move up if i pursue a career in the industry like some of you have.Thoughts/advice/hook ups/etc?

You don't need a cert to work on Geek Squad. I'm temporary at Best Buy now. You would cringe at how many don't have a cert.

 

[renagade410.]

I did semi research and saw a+ certification is not that bad of a thing to do.I am a avid fan of computers so the more the i learn the better.After i finish up with my school grind i was thinking of going into a+ for a little side knowledge and hustleDo work as geek squad then run my own maintence on the low.Plus with technology advancing i could use the a+ as a stepping stone to move up if i pursue a career in the industry like some of you have.Thoughts/advice/hook ups/etc?

CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ IT-Certification Bundle for 95 bucks
http://www.groupon.com/deals/it-university-online-31

complete cisco certifacation
http://www.groupon.com/deals/it-uni...V3_0_0_0&pt=aUV2YMjAAAABAS43o12aw7mgekUOV8Xji

 

[King Erauno]

I'm still at it. I'm getting tired of studying, but I'm still pushing. I'm having trouble with troubleshooting though.

what issues you having?

 

[King Erauno]

I did semi research and saw a+ certification is not that bad of a thing to do.I am a avid fan of computers so the more the i learn the better.After i finish up with my school grind i was thinking of going into a+ for a little side knowledge and hustleDo work as geek squad then run my own maintence on the low.Plus with technology advancing i could use the a+ as a stepping stone to move up if i pursue a career in the industry like some of you have.Thoughts/advice/hook ups/etc?

personally i have my a+ but i didnt know much about the industry when i got it. they changed it now to be like cisco and now you have to renew your comptia certs every 3 years. imo its a waste of time. Comptia doesnt hold much weight in this industry anymore.

networking, virtualization and VOIP is the future and you can make alot more $ than fixing computers. But, we've all done helpdesk i.e. geek squad etc to get experience and its like a right of passage. You dont need a cert to work at the geek squad. I worked there for 2+ years in college with no certs, just had basic pc hardware/software knowledge.