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| Thread ID: 52300 | 2004-12-16 04:48:00 | What should I learn to be an IT? | mister harbies (5607) | Press F1 |
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| 303736 | 2004-12-16 06:45:00 | What area of IT? Repairing computers, etc. aint gonna earn you too much :o I'd just recommend the A+/ and or MCSE to start with. |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 303737 | 2004-12-16 06:48:00 | No to the A+, yes to the perl. Everyone and their Mum has an A+ cert, none of the employers I've worked for have paid them any value. Education as to start somewhere,and and the areas covered by the A+ exams are the best possible starting point,irrilivent if it alone will or will not get someone a job. Just a pity that the exams themselves are so...uh....utter bollucks |
Metla (12) | ||
| 303738 | 2004-12-16 06:56:00 | If you are sure you really want to be an "IT", get a job where there is lots of hard radiation, and stay close to the source. Mechanical qualification hurts a lot | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 303739 | 2004-12-16 07:44:00 | It is somewhat important for IT people to have a good foundation of knowledge. Once you get the basics sorted, everything else should be a breeze Good luck, ;) |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 303740 | 2004-12-16 09:17:00 | im doing A + and im only 15 , if you do it get the A + all in one guide - thats the best book i have come across it. Its not that hard all you have to do is take time to understand - put it in different contexts etc. Hopefully i can sit it by the end of the holidays. C ++ is like the english of programming languages so i would go for that | noone (22) | ||
| 303741 | 2004-12-16 09:20:00 | Hey, Thanks for the reply guys! A+ and Perl are things to look at and I should also see what MSCE can do for me. Im looking at being in IT as a career; and my level of expertise is no better than being able to do html, basic javascript, dos and basic unix. Thanks again |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 303742 | 2004-12-16 09:23:00 | A + is mostly hardware and mixing that with a programming language could make you a "jack of all trades and master of one" as their are many sectors of the IT sector maybe it would be a better idea to choose one area and focus on that - IMO anyway | noone (22) | ||
| 303743 | 2004-12-16 12:56:00 | Learn to program .NET, as its the future of programming for Microsoft Software! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 303744 | 2004-12-16 19:59:00 | I would also recommend studying the . NET framework . We have Visual Studio . NET 2003 at work, at i'm finding it great . It really depends on what kind of job you are after - even something like VBA for Excel or MS SQL Server would be an advantage from an employers point of view . On the database side I would recommend studying a basic course on Transact SQL or Enterprise Manager . :) |
Marlboro (4607) | ||
| 303745 | 2004-12-16 20:39:00 | I would also recommend prehaps, a broader skill base, eg do Accounting, that way you could advertise with both skill sets for IT work, & ppl may be happier with the accounting knowledge as well :confused: | MartynC (5610) | ||
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