ITIL career start for software developer

Shayan458

Hi everybody

I read various posts on the forum on the topic and I found them very useful. I'd like to thank everyone for sharing their expereince for that , it would really help others for directing their career.

But for me , I have around 4 years of expereince in various IT jobs from Software developer to System Analyzer and designere and even account manager and a bachlor in computer engineering. However I am considering to advance my career by going after ITIL Cert hoping to build a career as ITIL consultant.

in the country I live (Iran) , organization just start to get ITIL foundation cousres and are very few company that actually adopted some processes so it appearrs that in few years it will be more popular in Iran. My question is going after ITIL cert would be good choice for someone with programming background.

Your comments and suggestion would highly be appreciated.

Claire Agutter

Hi there

There is certainly no reason not to mix ITIL with a programming background - having a good balance of technical and service management on your CV will show you are a rounded professional.

The ITIL Foundation qualification is a great start point and will allow you to decide if service management is really for you. You can get Foundation qualified relatively cheaply - the route you take will depend on your experience and if you wish to take a formal course. The exams are available through Prometric centres all over the world.

There are a number of routes to Foundation, most of them have been covered in detail on the site before but briefly:

Free (except for the exam) - use web resources (list here:Pass the ITIL V3 Foundation exam in six easy and (almost) free steps | The IT Skeptic)
Small investment + exam - you can buy the official book (Passing your ITIL foundation exam: the official study aid: The Official ITIL Foundation Study Aid: Amazon.co.uk: Christian F. Nissen, OGC - Office of Government Commerce: Books)
Training course - you can study online or in a classroom, there are many good global providers of online training.

If you enjoy the Foundation course, you can then decide if you want to get further ITIL qualifications.

Claire

Shayan458

Claire Agutter wrote: »

Hi there

The exams are available through Prometric centres all over the world.

Hi Claire

Thank you for your explanation.

I was wondering is there really a differnece between different Examination institutes and their credibility (ISEB , Exin , Loyalist CS , ...).

Thanks

eMeS

Shayan458 wrote: »

I was wondering is there really a differnece between different Examination institutes and their credibility (ISEB , Exin , Loyalist CS , ...).

No.

MS