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Thread ID: 103028	2009-09-10 03:16:00	Best Pathway to IT Qualification and Career?	baabits (15242)	PC World Chat

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808448	2009-09-10 03:16:00	Hi guys Been browsing these forums for a while but never decided to Join~ I'm fresh out of school, and have achieved L3 and UE, along with my national certificate computing L3. was wondering if anyone could suggest the best pathway to an IT career. Currently enjoying being the local fixity guy around the neighborhood, But i'm not the best person with study, though I will do it If I have to :punk Build my own PC's and love working with home theater and playing around with beta's and networks inside virtual pc's. Or does anyone know what the best qualification to take up, or is there any apprenticeship or cadetship type opportunities for study + work? Cheers	baabits (15242)
808449	2009-09-10 03:18:00	Where are you based? Do you want an actual IT career (ie programming) or a career as a technician? I'll go with the latter. If you are in Auckland, I would suggest the Manukau Institute of Technology. Diploma in Computer and Network Engineering. Or a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering. It's mostly hands on, if you choose a networking major it will be all CCNA/CCNP for you. Best way to go if that's what you are into.	Cato (6936)
808450	2009-09-10 03:20:00	Where are you based? Do you want an actual IT career (ie programming) or a career as a technician? I'm in Napier at the moment, but would move anywhere really. Really just as a technician for now, I enjoy the job, and then could look at up skilling later.	baabits (15242)
808451	2009-09-10 03:22:00	As above, I guess EIT will offer the same type of courses.	Cato (6936)
808452	2009-09-10 03:24:00	As above, I guess EIT will offer the same type of courses. Excellent :thanks, not really looking to hang around here :xmouth:	baabits (15242)
808453	2009-09-10 03:27:00	Well, if you are keen to move then the world's open for ya. There's Massey and all that Wellington has to offer. But I would suggest not taking my advise and moving to Otara for MIT. Horrible place.	Cato (6936)
808454	2009-09-10 03:33:00	Since you have achieved your NCEA level 3 and UE you could try and attend university to do a computer science or a information systems degree. If not do your level 5 diploma in computing which would take you about a year maybe less since you have level 3 computing. Try and gain I.T industrial certifications such as comptia a+ n+ mcp mcts mcse mcsa ccna that stuff man	forums12345 (15197)
808455	2009-09-10 03:44:00	Since you have achieved your NCEA level 3 and UE you could try and attend university to do a computer science or a information systems degree. If not do your level 5 diploma in computing which would take you about a year maybe less since you have level 3 computing. Try and gain I.T industrial certifications such as comptia a+ n+ mcp mcts mcse mcsa ccna that stuff man Yeah have been looking into that, however, it isn't so easy, financial constraints for one, since almost all of the MCSE/MCSA courses that I have found aren't eligible for a student loan or anything, which was why I was looking for apprenticeship or cadetship to help pay the way ~~ Obviously going to have to slack through the three years of uni then huh?	baabits (15242)
808456	2009-09-10 04:03:00	Diplomas programs from polytechs usually have that in them. So if you go through them, not only do you get a piece of paper from the actual institution but also a lot of external ones too. But nothing is easy or cheap for that matter. One paper costs about 4-500$ per semester that close to 4k a year. If you are part time, StudyLink will cover you course fees but nothing else.	Cato (6936)
808457	2009-09-10 04:16:00	Hmm.. I'm still a bit confused. Hard decision to make Looks like im going to become a regular on this forum over the break :P	baabits (15242)
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