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At a major crossroads!!!!
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| Spides 2002-10-07, 3:42 am |
| Well I have my CCNA and in a couple of weeks I’ll have my MCSA, but what next? I have experience in the field of Cisco and Microsoft but Companies want so much more. I want to try and get into more of a Networking role. I’ve been in the IT Industry for about six years, and I’ve worked for major companies in the city of London. What would anyone advise of learning next? Novell seems popular and so does Unix Administration, what are good study books on these? Any advice is greatly appreciated. I am in Australia at the moment from England, I’m here teaching under privileged children the basics of computers, but it’s voluntary work. I want to make myself desirable to the job market. And it seems any skills away from Microsoft is good. Cheers….. | |
| thecomeons 2002-10-07, 4:50 am |
| if u want to get away from m$, what about learning to build and configure servers running unix/linux? for fileservers or internet servers. or learning databases running on linux - a lot cheaper than sql and asp? | |
| bassackwards 2002-10-07, 10:27 am |
| 2 good skill sets to have are, network security and/or Unix administration. Both are highly sought after and high paying positions. If you like programming, database administration is also a good choice. | |
| vschristopher 2002-10-09, 1:32 pm |
| hey buddy,
yes the creeps at the companies wants us to be GOD and they expect us to know everything.
I advise u do ur RHCE and do ur CCNP, CCNA alone is not going to make any diff. | |
| Johnno 2002-10-09, 8:59 pm |
| Thinking outside the box..
You could, whilst you are in Aussie, get into scuba diving and possibly get a job as a guide or instructor.
The money isn't great but the lifestyle is good and I bet the local women will really dig your accent!
Seriously though I think maybe pursuing the Network Security side of things will do it. There always seems to be good paying work for that. Possibly head for the CCNP and a while later the CCIE of you like it enough.
As long as you are working in an area that you enjoy then I don't think it really matters what your job is. Wow... there is a lesson in that for all of us....
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