Need some advice

jimmyjunior33jimmyjunior33 Registered Users Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
Hello everyone I happened to stumble upon this awesome website a while ago and have been lurking around ever since taking bits and pieces of info here and there. I now have a question that I am hoping someone here can answer.

I am studying for my Sec + exam so that I may have some credentials once I get out of the military and am wondering what else I should look into as far as taking. I would like to try and knock out two separate exams while home on mid-tour leave so can someone suggest what else I should take along with this exam? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

My background is 4 years in the IT field for the army doing various things so if you'd like anything specific please feel free to ask!

Thanks,
James

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  • jamesleecolemanjamesleecoleman Member Posts: 1,899 ■■■■■□□□□□
    A+ and Network+. Maybe something with Microsoft or Cisco.
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  • joshmadakorjoshmadakor Member Posts: 495 ■■■■□□□□□□
    A+, Net+ and Sec+ might be more feasible than Microsoft and Cisco for your current situation. Then again I've never been in the military and I've never taken a Cisco/Microsoft test. I'm just judging by the amount of labbing that should be done with preparing for Cisco/MS certs, whereas you can read a book and do practice questions and pass CompTIA tests.

    My Opinion of the CompTIA Trilogy:
    A+: Easiest
    N+: Least Enjoyable (Lots of stuff to remember, but definitely doable)
    Sec+: Most Enjoyable, Most difficult

    Hope this helps
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  • badboyeeebadboyeee Member Posts: 348

    My background is 4 years in the IT field for the army doing various things so if you'd like anything specific please feel free to ask!

    Thanks,
    James

    Can you give us more details of your IT experience?
    2011 Certification Plans so far:
    [Cisco: CCENT (ICND1)-> CCNA (ICND2)]
    [MS: MCP-> MCDST-> MCTS / MCITP:ESDT7-> MCITP:EDA7]

    Class taking:
    [Cisco NetAcademy - Network Fundamentals (35%)]

    Video currently watching:

    [CBT Nuggets - CCENT w/ Jeremy (50%)]
    [CBT Nuggets - 20-721 (40%)
  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    The CompTIA trio would be a good goal to set before getting out of the Army. With only some hardware PC experience I knocked out those 3 exams with about a month to month and a half for each.
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
  • jimmyjunior33jimmyjunior33 Registered Users Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I have been in the military for roughly 4 years and still have 2 more years left. I work as a network manager for a network that supports roughly 3,000 users. I also am the help desk support to smaller outposts doing things from configuring routers and switches (Cisco based) to helping with troubleshooting problems on Windows based systems.

    I mainly work on the network side of the house though focusing a lot of my time on switches and routers. The Windows troubleshooting is kind of a secondary role that I have filled since there is no one else that can fill this role.
  • badboyeeebadboyeee Member Posts: 348
    I have been in the military for roughly 4 years and still have 2 more years left. I work as a network manager for a network that supports roughly 3,000 users. I also am the help desk support to smaller outposts doing things from configuring routers and switches (Cisco based) to helping with troubleshooting problems on Windows based systems.

    I mainly work on the network side of the house though focusing a lot of my time on switches and routers. The Windows troubleshooting is kind of a secondary role that I have filled since there is no one else that can fill this role.

    Nice. With your experience I think A+ would be worthless. I don't think Network+ would be necessary either although you could probably pass it with minimal study. After Security+ I think you should do CCENT next, while you still have all the Cisco hardware available to you.
    2011 Certification Plans so far:
    [Cisco: CCENT (ICND1)-> CCNA (ICND2)]
    [MS: MCP-> MCDST-> MCTS / MCITP:ESDT7-> MCITP:EDA7]

    Class taking:
    [Cisco NetAcademy - Network Fundamentals (35%)]

    Video currently watching:

    [CBT Nuggets - CCENT w/ Jeremy (50%)]
    [CBT Nuggets - 20-721 (40%)
  • bobbaftbobbaft Member Posts: 32 ■■□□□□□□□□
    badboyeee wrote: »
    Can you give us more details of your IT experience?

    He could, but then he'll have to kill you. :P
  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    From where you are experiencewise you should just skip on into either Cisco or Microsoft. Since your main duties are Cisco you should try your hand at that.
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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