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IT Cert Choice okay?

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  • 03-05-2013 4:17pm
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    wallyMe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 71 ✭✭


    So decided to up my skills this years and currently work in I.T. I wonder what do people make of this plan and is their any other courses you should think I should study for or that I should change on my list.

    CCNA - currently qualified.
    MCSA - SQL Server 2012 - currently studying (410 complete)
    MCSA - Windows Server 2012 - will study others when complete
    Comptia Linux + - will study when others complete.
    VMware Certified Professional - will study when others complete

    I hope to have these all completed by Dec and was wondering if anyone would know if there is better certs out there than I am currently doing or would I better off just getting the professional in one or two than doing them all.


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    moc moc a moc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,299 ✭✭✭moc moc a moc


    What field do you work in? What kind of work do you want to do long term?

    There's a limit to how much benefit you're going to get out of doing Microsoft certs if you want to get into network engineering for example, and vice versa. Having a broad range of skills can be nice, but you don't wan't to end up a jack of all trades but master of none.


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    NullZer0
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    On first look (and admittedly not understanding your exact goal), the selection of certs that you mention seem to cover a broad area.
    This isn't necessarily a bad thing but in terms of career advancement you have to decide whether you want to be a jack of all trades or a specialist in a particular area.

    There are arguments for an against both.


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    wallyMe
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 71 ✭✭wallyMe


    Well I plan on just doing them and the maybe do a profesional in the ones I prefer. I was just wondering is their better certs out their or any big obvious ones I'm leaving out


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