thecrafter
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Hello all. I'm a recent college graduate, have only an associates in network administration that I've obtained last December. My ultimate goal is to become a systems administrator, and in the short term a Jr. Systems Administrator
So far in regards to IT I have 3.5 years professional desktop support experience and that's it.
Today I've obtained my A+ and now I'm thinking of what I should obtain next (if anything at all). My plan was now to either study Net+ or for MCSA/MCITP (they're the same thing right now). Net+ is easy and more relevant to me right now, I feel, but MCITP is much more prestigious and interesting to me and I would really like to study for that.
But I'm hesitant because of my short IT history (professional/educational). I'm just not certain it's worth dumping the money and time into this certificate - will employers/HR look at my resume and say "big whoop he's got MCITP but no professional experience with servers of any kind and only 3 years help desk experience. Into the trash bin", or would I in fact have a decent chance at Jr. Systems Administrator type of positions?
Thanks for any input!
edit: also how would you suggest one study for MCSA/MCITP? Both resources offered on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/MCTS-Windows-...ie=UTF8&qid=1344393142&sr=8-4&keywords=70-640) (http://www.amazon.com/MCITP-Windows...ie=UTF8&qid=1344393142&sr=8-2&keywords=70-640) have top reviews that say neither book prepares you for the exams unless you've been already working on MS Servers professionally in the past
So far in regards to IT I have 3.5 years professional desktop support experience and that's it.
Today I've obtained my A+ and now I'm thinking of what I should obtain next (if anything at all). My plan was now to either study Net+ or for MCSA/MCITP (they're the same thing right now). Net+ is easy and more relevant to me right now, I feel, but MCITP is much more prestigious and interesting to me and I would really like to study for that.
But I'm hesitant because of my short IT history (professional/educational). I'm just not certain it's worth dumping the money and time into this certificate - will employers/HR look at my resume and say "big whoop he's got MCITP but no professional experience with servers of any kind and only 3 years help desk experience. Into the trash bin", or would I in fact have a decent chance at Jr. Systems Administrator type of positions?
Thanks for any input!
edit: also how would you suggest one study for MCSA/MCITP? Both resources offered on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/MCTS-Windows-...ie=UTF8&qid=1344393142&sr=8-4&keywords=70-640) (http://www.amazon.com/MCITP-Windows...ie=UTF8&qid=1344393142&sr=8-2&keywords=70-640) have top reviews that say neither book prepares you for the exams unless you've been already working on MS Servers professionally in the past
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