Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
No matter what job you have in the world of IT, there’s always more than one cert that fits the job. Let’s look at my job, working on office equipment. There are 3 certs that can be used on this job alone.
There’s the new PDI+ for the machines (like copies, ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Keep an Open Mind
Beyond the aforementioned tracks, there are still other valuable career paths available to you as a Network+ technician that you may not even consider viable options. Allow me to introduce a small personal anecdote. A friend of mine got laid off a few years back from ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Other Tracks
Here are some other career paths, just to name a few:
Web/network systems development (PHP, CGI/Perl, Java)
Networking forensics (often linked with information security)
Networking equipment purchasing/sales specialist
Systems Analyst (speed, bottle-necks)
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Web Services
Networking is invariably connected to the web services industry (especially the web and data hosting industry); your knowledge of networking can therefore be useful to a web services firm. Many web hosting companies require “live” help-desk technicians to assist with customers’ connection issues, while others need technicians to ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Training and Teaching
One of the best aspects of getting any certification is that it almost automatically qualifies you to at least train others in that discipline. It adds credibility to your claims of knowledge, perhaps the most important qualification for any trainer or teacher. One of the most rewarding careers ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Administrator
Several certifications, such as MCSA/MCSE and CCNA, have been designated specifically as “Administration” certifications. You are, as always, open to pursue these. An administrator is typically charged with the duty of managing day-to-day network issues, attempting to troubleshoot these issues, and maintaining quality of service throughout the network. He also ...
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