I have come to the realisation I do not enjoy/able to sit and study for certs

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Im just going to accept it.. I have not taken any certs since the days of actually trying to get into IT, as I simply dont enjoy studying outside of a classroom environment. I do enjoy learning out of pure interest but not following exam objectives. Is this really going to hurt my future career in IT? am I pretty much doomed by not having any advanced professional certs?

 

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Lots of people in the more technical roles do not hold any certs what so ever.

In fact a few people who I know have moved on into IT security and infrastructure roles straight from service desk, skipping desktop support!

 

I skipped service desk, desktop support, infrastructure and IT security

 

Go on dmarsh...tell us the story then.

 

Junior Dev -> Senior Dev -> Retirement

I do small bits of infrastructure and security, but it was never my job description.
Always been capable of supporting my own desktop.

 

Favorite languages, for a long time was C++ and then Java, now i am more of a polyglot and its whatever gets the job done.

Biggest waste of time, well I don't invest a lot of time in languages I'm not interested in using to make stuff generally, they are tools, a tool that either helps or it gets tossed aside. So worst language is probably Prolog or Forte. I also tend to prefer static type'ed languages, but that's just me. Worst technologies I spent time on, DCOM, EJB and Vignette.

I've learnt and discarded a LOT of stuff though (languages, design patterns, frameworks, middle-ware, practices,etc) that's how you get better, see what works and what doesn't.

 

The more senior you get the better it is to have the relevant certifications, the fact that I haven't done any certifications in 2 years doesn't worry me but at the time I was glad I did the hard study for my VCAP when I did. Having certifications certainly helped me along my IT career, whether that was the MCSE or the CNE they were all relevant at the time.

 

I don't think they're supposed to be enjoyable. :') They're not marketed as entertainment. They're a means to an end. You have to suffer sometimes to attain a goal.