Did you have IT certs or qualifications to get into IT?

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I had none either, nor do I have decent educational qualifications. I just shown my geeky interest of IT

 

+1

 

I had none. I had ok grades, and an okay degree in history and politics.

 

Also none, GCSE's and a few A Levels

 

another call for none. Was 'working towards my A+' but, as you can see from my Certifications list....

I still have little in the way of certifications, yet my career is progressing well enough.

 

No certs, had a BSc degree in Computer Network Management and Design (i had 7 months experience in IT though from my placement which made me more employable, got a job within a month)

 

When I started my first IT job 11 years ago I had a GNVQ, A decent CV and did a good interview.

 

none.

I'd failed a BTEC in IT (due to a large amount of disorganisation on the part of both me and the college) and apparently that was all I needed. Probably helped that I was being interviewed by someone with precisely zero IT background.

 

No experiance just gift of the gab and an enthusiasm to get started

 

I had a BSc in computer science, HND in computing, A levels and GCSE's.

Still struggled to land my first IT job, 100's of applications and several months searching.

Cert's barely existed in 1995, a few people were maybe into Novell, but that wasn't my thing. So no I had no certs, in fact I didn't get any certifications until around 7 years into my IT career.

The certification business has become a huge industry in itself, some of the implications of this have been good, like some better training resources for certain subjects, others implications are possibly less positive, people possibly study mainly vendor specific subjects from a limited perspective, people learn a lot of marketing and product pr, learning is tied to a product cycle, continual testing, etc.

Personally I'd like to see access to real education made easier and cheaper and more people perhaps getting multiple masters throughout their life through modular part time study.

 

Nope. I had 18 years of "messing around with computers", 6 years of "being the go-to computer guy at work", and a BS degree in Chemistry.

 

I had a AVCE+GNVQ in IT, and a non relevant Bsc but no IT certs to speak of
I was working towards my A+ at the time.

 

Hmm depends how i look at it
I did my NT4 MCSE and A+/N+ while I was working part time at an internet cafe
I had done some upgrade project theres too

The certs really helped me get my first real job (and a contact I made at the net cafe) but that doesnt apply to everyone, i had the skill to back the cert up, not everyone does when they are that green

 

I had no qualifications when I landed my first IT job.

 

I had no IT qualifications, some skills from previous jobs.