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Hey guys, I'm going into my last year of college as an IT major with a System Admin. concentration. During my free time for this last year and the following ones in my first job, I plan to beef up my resume by adding all types of certifications. I am going to start with A+ as it is the easiest and I am pretty sure I could ace it now. I'm wondering what are some valuable certifications I should look into and in what order I should get them in so I don't overwhelm myself too much.
 
A+ (to have it)
Net+ (to have it)
Security+ (worth it)
Ethical hacker cert (worth it)
MCSE (worth it)
CCNA/NP (worth it)


etc
 
I'm at the local technical college taking classes for CCNA, Linux+, and MCP/MCSE. I'm on a 1 year career change plan.
 
c.d.e said:
If you do Network+ or Security+ or CCNA, you don't need A+
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More accurately if you have a Network+, Security+ or CCNA you most likely won't be doing work that would benefit from having an A+. The certs themselves cover very different areas (the Net+ and CCNA cover a lot of the same ground).
 
I just got my A+ this summer and I want to get Network+ next, possibly CTP (convergence) because I do a lot of telecom work.
 
If your in your 4th year of an IT major with a concentration in Systems Administration you shouldn't be "pretty sure" you can pass the A+.

If you wish to restore any faith I have in IT degrees please tell me your systems administration concentration has allowed you hands on experience with cisco equipment, learning routing protocols, manging server 2000/2003 and quite a bit of experience with active directory (if you have a little exchange experience that would be helpfull but I will forgive a college not getting into it in too much depth)

A 4th year college student should have the skill set to pass the a+, and net+ without ANY problems. You should also not have any trouble with an MCSA... IF your college is worth a damn.
 
cyr0n_k0r said:
If you wish to restore any faith I have in IT degrees please tell me your systems administration concentration has allowed you hands on experience with cisco equipment, learning routing protocols, manging server 2000/2003 and quite a bit of experience with active directory (if you have a little exchange experience that would be helpfull but I will forgive a college not getting into it in too much depth)
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None of which you will find on the A+ exam (granted, mine is 10 years old... but still).
 
cyr0n_k0r said:
If your in your 4th year of an IT major with a concentration in Systems Administration you shouldn't be "pretty sure" you can pass the A+.

If you wish to restore any faith I have in IT degrees please tell me your systems administration concentration has allowed you hands on experience with cisco equipment, learning routing protocols, manging server 2000/2003 and quite a bit of experience with active directory (if you have a little exchange experience that would be helpfull but I will forgive a college not getting into it in too much depth)

A 4th year college student should have the skill set to pass the a+, and net+ without ANY problems. You should also not have any trouble with an MCSA... IF your college is worth a damn.
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Well considering I haven't looked too much into any of the exams I can't tell you for certain if I can pass any of them. I can tell you that I got to RIT and am in my 5th year ,because its a 5 year program, with a concentration in NSSA. I don't know what thats worth but I'm pretty sure I could do very well in the IT field without any certificates. I just want to beef up my resume.

Because of all these replys I'm probably going to skip the A+ and Net+ and start off with the MCSA. I'm not positive what I'm going to do yet but I'm just asking around what would look good on resume in the future.
 
I disagree about some higher certs not needing basics like A+.

IMO, it's good to "build a foundation".

More than once...I've seen some "paper cert" MSCE dude who didnt' even know how to install a NIC or properly load in drivers for something, other basic OS level jobs..even on a server.
 
I'd time and money are a factor, I'd skip A+ and Net+ and go straight towards CCNA and/or MCSA. A bachelors degree would trump basic certs for associated skill levels, so I'd focus on the bigger ones. Of course the A+ and Net+ are pretty easy to obtain, and relatively low-cost, so if you have a few hundred extra bucks and a week or two to prepare, they'd never hurt you.
 
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