What cert next

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Hi all,
I'm looking for ideas/advice on where to go next in my studies.

At the moment I'm a customer support manager for a start-up company supplying financial software, which involves second line support as well as all the day-to-day running of the service desk.

I've got a meeting with my line manager in a few days where we will be discussing my personal development, amongst other things, and I'm really not sure where would be the best place to go from here as far as training/certs go.

I'm thinking about looking for a new job, getting back into the more technical side of things, with networks being a particular area of interest for me.

Any ideas on where to go as regards personal development in
1) My current role
2) Anything that will help in getting my next job

 

With networks in mind. Look into the network+ then the ccent/ccna.

You might also want to look into some Microsoft certs. They helped me a lot with network problems OS related.

 

Did you take a peek at his signature at all?

"Certifications: A+, N+,MCDST,MCTS(680), MCP(270, 271, 272), ITILv3F, CCENT"

Afraid I can't advise on network certs Soundian, not my area.

What level of Windows server is your place running at? (if Windows ofc) - if you're hands on with the server side you could look towards which ever level of MCSA covers them.

 

Lol I'm on talkatap I can't see sigs lol

 

If Networks is an area you wants to focus and with what has been said before I would suggest the CCNA is the obvious next step? Then probably CCNP and then a speciality in Networking? Security, Voice, whatever takes your fancy!

 

That'd explain it ;)

Full fat all the way!

 

Thanks for taking the time everyone.

Security+ is an option, I did the course for this supplied by my old work about 18 months ago and found it pretty easy.
CCNA was also something I was considering, both as a refresher for my CCENT and because I like networking.

Any thoughts on the new W8 cert (whatever the W8 equivalent of the 680 is?)
The other thing I was thinking about was the 70-685 (which I just failed when I took it around a year ago)

 

It still depends on what you want to do. If you want to look into a networking job you should focus on ccna.

 

I did crack open my Todd Lammle book last night.
Oh boy, have I forgot some basic shizzle :-(

 

That went in a direction I didn't expect. Now it looks like I'll be moving into development (I do a fair bit of scripting) with responsibility for one particular part of the project. I originally looked at developing when I decided to change career, but there didn't seem to be a way in without a degree. Definite food for thought.