🚀 go-pugleaf

On the other hand...I have no certification and been in the IT sector 
for the past 8 years. A company that would like to hire me doing WAN 
support want me to get my A+.

Personnaly...I think the A+ is a total wast of time...but if it helps me 
get the job...guess I gotta brush up on the practice tests for a few 
days.

In article <ji5M8.213242$ah_.120648
@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com>, fcarabat@rogers.com says...
> hey pierre, i think you forgot the pagp, bhsl, epald, and don't forget the
> cnap.  it's amazing how many certifications there.
> 
> I went to CDI college and got my A+ certification and I can't find a single
> entry level job.
> CDI has got to be the biggest scam out there, but I fell for it just like
> many other people have.
> 
> 
> 
> "Pierre Lamy" <pierre@userid.org> wrote in message
> news:3D002A39.A0AA477@userid.org...
> > I don't really see the point in a Microsoft cert - too many people I know
> that have
> > an MCSE can't network worth sh*t and don't know what ports are. But they
> can
> > bamboozle you with win.ini file knowledge. They usually get cranked out in
> 2 week
> > courses.
> >
> > Cisco certs are very expensive :( but are portable to many platforms. And
> most
> > people with a CCNA/CCIE kick a$$.
> >
> > I don't know much about the Novell and other certs... I imagine they would
> be
> > somewhere in the middle.
> >
> > Can anyone here with an MCSE tell me what real-world knowledge you got
> from the
> > course?
> >
> > If I had the choice of certs I would probably get the GIAC and CISSP
> followed by
> > CCNA. The linux certs are in a bit of flux... not sure if there are any
> real
> > standards out there.
> >
> > P
> >
> > Smackey Two-Tongues wrote:
> >
> > > Certifications are a bit of a double edged sword.  On one hand, they
> > > show that you know something about a new technology.  Good luck
> > > getting anything like that from a university program.  On the other
> > > hand, they are problem for people who need to constantly recertify.
> > > Some days I wish I was a plumber, not a lot you need to know after the
> > > 5th year.
> > >
> > > While some people pass certifications with only a rudimentary