My planned entry level IT Cert Path

tjb122982tjb122982 Member Posts: 255 ■■■□□□□□□□
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Collective wisdom,

As a recent grad (Master of Library Science & Master of Information Science), I believe came up with a plan

Right now (no job yet):
1. A+
2. Network+
3. Security+
4. MCDST
5. CCENT (maybe the CCNA)

After getting the first job:
1. CCNA
2. MCSE
3. MCSA

Any thoughts?
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Instead of the MCSE/MCSA I'd go for MCITP:EA or MCITP:SA
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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  • tjb122982tjb122982 Member Posts: 255 ■■■□□□□□□□
    earweed wrote: »
    Instead of the MCSE/MCSA I'd go for MCITP:EA or MCITP:SA

    I'm sorry, I actually meant to put that down; XP was a good workhorse but it is going out pasture soon.

    Does anyone ever do both EA and SA?
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    tjb122982 wrote: »
    Does anyone ever do both EA and SA?
    A lot of people on here have done both
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  • jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    It sounds like alot of certifications in a short time. I'm not trying to put you down or anything but maybe some certifications can go from list A to list B just incase it takes you a while to get all of them and so you don't get burned out.
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  • tjb122982tjb122982 Member Posts: 255 ■■■□□□□□□□
    jamesleecoleman wrote: »
    It sounds like alot of certifications in a short time. I'm not trying to put you down or anything but maybe some certifications can go from list A to list B just incase it takes you a while to get all of them and so you don't get burned out.

    Your have a good point but as long as I don't have a job yet, I would much prefer to complete the A+, Network+, and Security+ before the end of the year to ensure I will have a "lifetime cert(s)."
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  • jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    tjb122982 wrote: »
    Your have a good point but as long as I don't have a job yet, I would much prefer to complete the A+, Network+, and Security+ before the end of the year to ensure I will have a "lifetime cert(s)."

    Yea, that's what I was thinking about but I didn't want to sound like I'm was trying discourage you or anything. I'll be trying to work on three certifications myself since I won't be working this summer icon_sad.gif
    Booya!!
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  • stlsmoorestlsmoore Member Posts: 515 ■■■□□□□□□□
    You're on the right track, just remember to take your time, burn out is no joke when it comes to certifications.
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  • Bl8ckr0uterBl8ckr0uter Inactive Imported Users Posts: 5,031 ■■■■■■■■□□
    tjb122982 wrote: »
    Collective wisdom,

    As a recent grad (Master of Library Science & Master of Information Science), I believe came up with a plan

    Right now (no job yet):
    1. A+
    2. Network+
    3. Security+
    4. MCDST
    5. CCENT (maybe the CCNA)

    After getting the first job:
    1. CCNA
    2. MCSE
    3. MCSA

    Any thoughts?

    You might want to knock off A+ and Network+ off of this list. Also go for MCITP:EST or MCITP:EDST7. It doesn't seem like to much for me, I think it is doable.
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  • laptoplaptop Member Posts: 214
    I'm going to share my plan although I don't have any certifications. I am in a similar situation just like you, a recent graduate with no job right now.

    Anyway, what do you want to become in the future??? You have a Master degree and I believe you don't want to be stuck in Technical Support for life. Do you have an idea of what you want to pursue? I believe your goal and my goal is the same at the moment: To get our foot in the IT world.

    Hopefully you won't mind sharing my plan:
    CompTIA A+
    CompTIA Network+
    MCDST
    Upgrade MCDST to MCITP: Enteprise 7 (I think you take 1 additional course).

    If you want to get into Networking: CompTIA A+ > CompTIA Network+ > CCENT > CCNA > Cisco route
    If you want MCSA: CompTIA A+, Network+, take 70-270 (and you're halfway there)
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  • fly351fly351 Member Posts: 360
    Like some of the others said... A+ isn't really useful if your going into server work. Network+ is a good basic knowledge cert but very generic. If you have IT experience (1-2 years) those certs aren't really going to help much IMO. But the more the better, and if you get CompTIA certs done this year they will never expire. CompTIA Certification Renewal Policy
    CCNP :study:
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  • curtisdaleycurtisdaley Member Posts: 76 ■■□□□□□□□□
    A+,
    CCNA
    Server+
    MCSA
    JNCIA!
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