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| Amber Kinney 2003-04-14, 7:23 pm |
| Hi Jason,
It is great that you have your degree in engineering,
already that shows you have a technical background. If
you have the time and money, I would opt for the IT
degree, as degrees seem to hold more weight than an MSCSE
cert, but you may also want to jump right in and start
your certs, since you already have a technical undergrad
degree, and pursue your masters in a couple years. It's
been 4 years since I have been out of college, and I got
my degree in IS, then went straight for my MCSE after
graduating. I have found that the best experiece you can
get is on the job training.
Sounds like you are off to a great start.
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>-----Original Message-----
>I graduated a few months ago with a degree in engineering
>but soon realized that I am more interested in computer
>networking. Initially, I had thought about going for an
IT
>diploma but brushed it aside due to financial problems.
Now
>I am thinking of going for the MCSE certification, for
>which I plan to self-study (I had already bought some
>books) since it is cheaper that way. I would really
>appreciate it if you could give your opinions on this. Is
>it advisable for me to do MCSE? Will self-study and
setting
>up my own lab at home suffice? Or is it better if I were
to
>get an IT diploma first before going for MCSE?
>.
>
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| KLXrider 2003-05-04, 8:23 pm |
| Always choose the degree over certification. The degree shows the aptitude
to learn new things and the ability to stick with something to the end. The
MCSE shows that you know MS products.
"Tim Johnston" <tims42chevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:025501c31287$c6a7da80$340
1280a@phx.gbl...
> I have 16 years experience in networking and computer
> systems. I have been enrolled at an online University with
> less than acceptable results. I was under the impression
> that to get ahead and stay on top of the technology I had
> to get a 4 year degree in IT. I currently have a Novell
> classic CNE certificate. I have 9 Novell,4 NT, and 2 Win2K
> servers with 300 users. I'm pretty much a one man band and
> do everything from CheckPoint firewall to GroupWise email.
> To top it off we just purchased a new mainframe-server
> from Unisys. It runs Win2K server and uses a proprietary
> emulator for our mainframe software.
>
> Finally to my question.... Will a MCSE be a good career
> move or should I go for the 4 year IT degree or do both?
>
> Thanks for your opinion
> Tim
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| Binary Traveler 2003-05-04, 11:23 pm |
| A degree is worth more than a certification without a doubt  And
ususually,
it is what will throw you into management. Certifications are good to
have, experience is more important IMO. Get both, that's my advice.
Don't stop after your 4 year degree though.. get an MBA in IT management,
it's
PRICELESS.
Think of it this way, the value of certifications fades with time (rather
quickly at that!),
a degree lasts forever
Binary Traveler
"Tim Johnston" <tims42chevy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:025501c31287$c6a7da80$340
1280a@phx.gbl...
> I have 16 years experience in networking and computer
> systems. I have been enrolled at an online University with
> less than acceptable results. I was under the impression
> that to get ahead and stay on top of the technology I had
> to get a 4 year degree in IT. I currently have a Novell
> classic CNE certificate. I have 9 Novell,4 NT, and 2 Win2K
> servers with 300 users. I'm pretty much a one man band and
> do everything from CheckPoint firewall to GroupWise email.
> To top it off we just purchased a new mainframe-server
> from Unisys. It runs Win2K server and uses a proprietary
> emulator for our mainframe software.
>
> Finally to my question.... Will a MCSE be a good career
> move or should I go for the 4 year IT degree or do both?
>
> Thanks for your opinion
> Tim
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| Laura A. Robinson 2003-05-05, 6:23 pm |
| circa Mon, 05 May 2003 03:58:17 GMT, in
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Binary Traveler
(darkemotions@hotmail.com) said,
> get an MBA in IT management,
> it's
> PRICELESS.
>
>
Not if you don't want to be in management.
<shudder>
Laura
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Any condescension detected in this post is fully unintentional and is
solely the perception of the reader. If I think you're an idiot, I'll
tell you that. You won't need to intuit it.
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