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I'm an MCSA, N+, and A+ with no direction
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>thing I can think of are Help Desks and due to my
qualifications they'd
>probably not hire me thinking I wouldn't stay with them
for any amount
>of time.
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The way this industry is these days, I dont think that
should be much of a concern. Help desk is probably a great
place for you to start.
>-----Original Message-----
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>Actually, the title is decieving. I'll hopefully have my
A+ this
>thursday after I pass OS Technologies. *crosses finers*
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>I'm a complete new guy to this kind of thing so please
bare with a long
>story. I talk in an enteraining way and this is up for
complete
>criticism; postiive or negative just berade me with
whatever you're
>thinking.
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>About 2 years ago I had absolutely no direction. I had
*just* gotten
>out of high school and did some AP classes for college my
junior and
>senior year. It sounds stereotypical but I was a C rate
student because
>I just didn't care. The only thing I excelled in were
>computer/mechanical related arts due to being a huge
car/computer
>hobbyist. Err...let's just say I script kiddied stuff and
most of this
>developed from working on computers with my dad. At 12 I
remember
>setting up our 28ker in England and installing 32MB of
RAM or getting
>an ATI All in Wonder Pro so I could watch TV on my
computer or making a
>few key suggestions to the Cox Cable guy that ended up
fixing our
>*horrible* connection.
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>Get where I'm going with this? I walked out of HS with
half my credits
>to my AA and ready to excel in mechanical engineering in
college. The
>only thing holding me back was something I figured out a
bit late:
>College is just like high school only with longer papers.
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>Again I was miserable and my parents both urged me to do
something with
>my life since it was just depressing to me to have no
direction. I
>liked my Microsoft Office class and said "If you go then
you go all
>out." My local community college offered a 2 year
Microsoft 2000 MCSE
>course; but it was flawed because by the time I would be
getting out 2
>years of MCSE 2003 would pass. So I linked up with a
great instruction
>course for the MCSE led by an intelligent teacher that
would last only
>5 months (not as bad or ridiculous as a boot camp; I
still retain all
>information)
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>During the course I got my MCP and Server tests done in
the class. I
>graduated #2 since I can't always be the best.  I
enjoyed having my
>summer before going at it full force to get the MCSE.
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>I've been confident in all my abilities up to this point
so I say
>"screw it" and go in to take the Infrastructure test and
get completely
>shaken up by just how much knowledge I lack in ICS, NAT,
and NT
>4.0-related-to-2000 in general. Naturally (and I deserved
it) I fail
>the test. This throws me in a loop for a good few months
and I just
>keep washing dishes at Crackerbarrel and
studying/reading/sifting
>through forums as much as possible.
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>One day I get fed up because I realize I'm 19, living at
home, and do
>recognize myself as being capable of much more. My two
weeks gets put
>in, I lock myself away from everyone, and I get ready to
hit all my
>tests.
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>When I say I'll do something I do it. Looking at all of
my test
>printouts is funny; From around January 19th to Monday of
this week I
>take another test and pass it every week. And all of the
reading
>up/practical experience worked out on the Infrastructure
since I
>finished the test with a little over an hour remaining
and complete
>confidence that I passed.
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>So it's been a long journey and I've fought hard to know
the things I
>know and be where I want to be at. And you know what? I'm
absolutely
>miserable because everything is the same as it was 2
years ago. The
>only difference is instead of being 17 years old and
ready to take on
>the world I'm 19 and have a bunch of papers that say I
should be able
>to do "something." Alas I live in a part of FL where
nobody has
>computer jobs and the only ones offered are seasoned
admins. Also I'm
>quite fair about everything and I realize that the MCSA
is what I
>deserve. The MCSE is attainable but it really wouldn't be
earned.
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>It would be much appreciated if somebody could say
something or give me
>information on how you started out if you were my age and
in my
>position. If someone offered me a full administrator job
with $70k a
>year benefits I'd stilll not take it; I like to earn
positions and feel
>like "I belong here." I'm more or less looking for a
description of
>what entry level jobs look like and what I should expect.
The only
>thing I can think of are Help Desks and due to my
qualifications they'd
>probably not hire me thinking I wouldn't stay with them
for any amount
>of time.
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>NeloAngelo
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