Introducing myself :)

Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(

This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running. Blocking our ads means your killing our stats!
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.

Hello -

I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I am looking to get my Net+ first then Security+ and who knows what after . I accidentally ran across this forum and it was a pleasant surprise. It's full of helpful info .

 

Oh man! Ad-blocking software has been detected! :'(

This website is run by the community, for the community... and it needs advertisements in order to keep running. Blocking our ads means your killing our stats!
Please disable your ad-block, or become a premium member to hide all advertisements and this notice.

Welcome to CF!

 

Welcome to CF!

 

Yep..these will be my first. I was thinking about starting off my with A+ but from what everyone has been telling me that may be a waste of my time ( based off of what I've been doing for the last few years). I've been in the IT field for almost 4 years now... Senior Help Desk support and the like. I did buy that guide also and have been reading it while I decide if it would be smart to take that one too.

 

Welcome to the forums, good luck on the N+!

 

Welcome to CF!

 

G'day and welcome to CF

 

Welcome to CF.

 

Welcome

NB

 

I have been in the IT Field for a number of years also, but then decided when it was time to get some certifications under my belt to start in the natural progression of A+, now I have that one I don't know exactly which to move on to, N+ seems to be natural progression but I am thinking more along the lines of MCITP

 

Hello there!

I did my Security+ just last week, so I can't say what it will lead to, but it might be a prerequisite for other things.

I got my A+ early this year, and I felt it useful as it covered a lot of aspects of computing. I can't say how often it is demanded (I am actually still trying to enter IT, so well done to you for already being in it).

However, no qualification is actually useless unless YOU decide it is! Naturally, you must exercise some discernment, but you should perhaps hesitate before being judgemental with yourself about the certifications you have done.

Also, a qualification such as A+, being broad, is useful for 'spying out the land' and seeing what aspects might interest you (although you are already in IT, so may have formed opinions).

 

But too many certifications with no practical experience is usually more harmful than helpful when trying to get into IT.

Remember, IT certification is there to prove your ability, it's not there to help people with no commercial experience bypass that experience.