Life after MCSA....

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Hey guys,

I've got one more exam to pass to get my MCSA, but when I pass I dont know what to do next.

I'm a PC technician and I'm enjoying the job. I've been working there around 5 months now so I'm still learning loads. I always like to be learning or studying something new but I dont know what cert to move onto.

I was thinking about going for the MS vista (70-620) exam as I havent used it much but my collegues advised we wouldnt be implementing Vista for years so theres no point. I was also thinking about doing the Linux+ exam just to learn alot more about linux but I dont get any exposure to it at work. Another idea was to do the A+ as its aimed at the job I'm doing but it's a basic cert compared to what I've got already.

I know I could go for the MCSE but I'm not really interested in doing the exams for it.

Any ideas or advice?

Thanks
Kraven

 

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yes personally I would not really bother with the A+ unless you did that first. My thinking is I completed my A+ to get my foot it the IT door a number of years ago, now if I had an mcsa it would suggest a different role entirely mostly roles that fit the mcsa exactly dont actually get to see the insides of a pc at all (in that sized environment if it goes wrong the computer gets replaced).

I think that learning about linux would be a very positive step as it seems to have the best chance of being any alternative to windows (especially as you can intergrate them now as member servers in a domain). But again its something I would proberbly tinker with in the background and concerntrate on something a bit more current. Personally I'm quite partial to a citrix cert as citrix is pretty much a defacto standard for remote working.

 

Hey Sparky,

We have a standard XP ghost image which we put on the new devices.

Any advise with choosing either the Vista cert or linux+?

Thanks
Kraven

 

Traitor!!

Just kidding.

 

Even so, certain machines that come with Vista (applies more to laptops I guess) can be very difficult to find XP drivers for. We had a laptop recently that we gave up with in the end as we just couldn't get a complete set of XP drivers for it. Had to bite the bullet and go with Vista.

Vista kind of works in our predominantly Server 2003 environment, but certain things don't seem to work that well (printer and login scripts as an example).

 

Hey guys,

Think I'm gonna have a long rest from certs and then attempt the 70-620.

Thanks
Kraven