Why do you get certified ?

dynamik

I'm trying to obtain a massive cert list in order to overcome certain shortcomings, if you know what I mean

HeroPsycho

The size of your... *clearing throat* feet? LOL...

RD28327

The devil made me do it ..... LOL

JDMurray

HeroPsycho wrote:

The size of your... *clearing throat* feet? LOL...

Small shoes and gloves?

unclejohnny

1. marketability
2. because i get bored at work
3. to throw them up into my coworkers faces
4. because once you start getting them they become addictive

brad-

1- to keep from punching myself in the face when there's not much work going on
2- stay ahead of the curve in case i need to look for a job

blargoe

I started because the career guy at my college, who also had his own consulting business, said it would be hard to get hired without certification, and he wouldn't hire anyone if they didn't have any. I went out and got my CCNA during my last year in school, and got an internship that turned into a full time job in large part because I had a CCNA. Back in 2001, it still opened doors, I guess.

Today, I use certification for two reasons: 1) to backup/reinforce what I already know and have experienced; 2) as a learning tool for something that I am or will be required to know for my job. I used to do it because I had free time at home and at my various jobs, but that is a thing of the distant past.

JDMurray

brad- wrote:

1- to keep from punching myself in the face when there's not much work going on
2- stay ahead of the curve in case i need to look for a job

3 - to keep your morale up when you are stuck in a dead-end job and don't have any immediate opportunities for better employment.

tallicaman99

unclejohnny wrote:

4. because once you start getting them they become addictive

Kinda like Tattoos?

1. to enhance the resume
2. to obtain knowledge and enhance IT skills
3. to move up in the food chain (hopefully)

bertieb

So that I can get a better job and be able to afford the missus' shoe shopping habit

Seriously though, I've been in IT for 9yrs (eek) and thought it's about time to help make the experiences detailed in the CV shine a bit - I need a change of scenery!

ilcram19-2

it allows me to mesure myself and for some reason if im not reading a book or studing i dont fell right i feel like something is missing even my wife calls it an addiction and is been two years since i stared collecting certs and you know at first i never thought i was gooing to be A+ certify now im 2 test away from ccnp

jbrown414

JDMurray wrote:

brad- wrote:

1- to keep from punching myself in the face when there's not much work going on
2- stay ahead of the curve in case i need to look for a job

3 - to keep your morale up when you are stuck in a dead-end job and don't have any immediate opportunities for better employment.

Exactly my situation. Been in hardware repair 2 years for the same company. Applied for 2 separate positions within the company. One was a help desk technician and the other was a junior network admin job. I was passed over on both by someone outside the company.

jamesp1983

I do it to stay current on technology and to advance my career. I started at 14/hr and 3 years and about 4 certs later I'm making 32/hr. They def help.

unclejohnny

jbrown414 wrote:

JDMurray wrote:

brad- wrote:

1- to keep from punching myself in the face when there's not much work going on
2- stay ahead of the curve in case i need to look for a job

3 - to keep your morale up when you are stuck in a dead-end job and don't have any immediate opportunities for better employment.

Exactly my situation. Been in hardware repair 2 years for the same company. Applied for 2 separate positions within the company. One was a help desk technician and the other was a junior network admin job. I was passed over on both by someone outside the company.

At my last job I got passed over seven times while trying to transition either to engineering or IT from tech support, so that they could hire someone from outside. Damn that place made me mad

mamono

JDMurray wrote:

brad- wrote:

1- to keep from punching myself in the face when there's not much work going on
2- stay ahead of the curve in case i need to look for a job

3 - to keep your morale up when you are stuck in a dead-end job and don't have any immediate opportunities for better employment.

I second this notion because that is how it has been for me in the past year. Regardless of the lack of sleep, I felt compelled to continue to study every day M-F for 3-4 hours a day. The job is a dead end, but the studying and certifications are not.

Funny how some people see collecting certifications being like pokemon.