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VSCC - Certification or Degree
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| Mark Ciampa 2003-01-16, 8:23 am |
| Which should come first for a person who wants to be a
network administrator: a college degree or the Microsoft
certification?
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| Alan Davis 2003-01-16, 8:23 am |
| You stand a much better chance of getting your foot in door with a an
IT degree.
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| Michelle Earheart \(VSCC\) 2003-01-16, 8:23 am |
| If someone wants to pursue a position as a network
administrator they should first acquire a college degree
and then second get certification because many companies
see a formal education as having the ability to learn
serveral diverse topics and teamwork skills that are
necessay in higher-level positions.
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> Which should come first for a person who wants to be a
>network administrator: a college degree or the Microsoft
>certification?
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| > Which should come first for a person who wants to be a
> network administrator: a college degree or the Microsoft
> certification?
If you get the cert first, it may expire before your done getting your
degree.
"Mark Ciampa" <mark.ciampa@volstate.edu> wrote in message
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> Which should come first for a person who wants to be a
> network administrator: a college degree or the Microsoft
> certification?
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| Beoweolf 2003-01-16, 11:23 pm |
| I doubt if anyone will dispute the perceived status, value of a college
degree. Please remember the devaluation of that "piece of paper" too. The
recent scandals of cheating for grades in several colleges, the watering
down of accredited degrees has entered the collegiate world too. A senior
thesis can been found and purchased from any number of online sites, that
for a fee, will produce to order on any subject that you wish.
In my day to day environment, even casual observation will reveal, from the
writings, communication abilities of many of the new hires, an amazing
amount of unrealized potential....., I doubt if college is any greater an
indication of competence. As in anything of value, there are always people
who will finance a quick, less strenuous path to a goal.
Yes, employers will look at a 4 year degree in a better light than a 2 year
Associate degree as will a knowledgeable IT manager will look at the MCSE in
a better light than an MCP. The real question is a real world evaluation of
what can you afford in the present, to provide for your future.
It is a sign of how afraid many of us are, of the economy, that we thrash
about trying to establish castes of competence, yet in the same breath
devalue others who have achieved some level of competence. I have always
promoted the idea that instead of complaining about the incompetence of our
fellow MCSE's we should work toward improving the common knowledge, it can't
help but improve all our status if the least of us become more professional
and for better or worse, we assist the less knowledgeable.
"Mark Ciampa" <mark.ciampa@volstate.edu> wrote in message
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> Which should come first for a person who wants to be a
> network administrator: a college degree or the Microsoft
> certification?
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| Alan Davis 2003-01-17, 2:23 am |
| I think Mark has got the point now.
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| J. Buelna 2003-01-21, 3:23 pm |
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"Mark Ciampa" <mark.ciampa@volstate.edu> wrote in message
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> Which should come first for a person who wants to be a
> network administrator: a college degree or the Microsoft
> certification?
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In my experience, it depends on the type of corporate setting you wish to
work in and the school of thought a prospective employer belongs to.
While it's almost impossible to know the latter, you can sometimes determine
the corporation's preferred credential by evaluating the former.
I started my career in the IT department of a medium size transportation
company. In that shop a degree was valued above certification (as it is
in most corporate settings.) Since my days with that company I have worked
for corporate tech/software vendors exclusively. In each instance, the
value of a major certification weighed more heavily than a degree. That
school of thought stems from the suppositions that (1) knowledge gained
while completing a degree in computing can become quickly outdated (while
the degree remains valid) and (2) the available topics are not as
technology/product/skill-specific as certification paths. I expect this
trend to eventually permeate the non-tech-based corporate IT sector. That
is unless, of course, colleges begin to offer targeted courses and actively
update their materials.
J. Buelna
Houston, Tx
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