Advice Part 2! :)

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 06:05:18 -0700

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At 09:48 PM 3/21/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Since nobody listened and posted all the messages to the list, I wanted to 
>reply to a few of them:

Nobody listened?  This has been a flood of great advise, for you and for 
me!  I am glad "nobody listened" and we all posted to the list!  That is 
what the list is for.

["Nobody listened."  BAH! (said while waving my hand)]

>1)  I currently work as a Technician at a computer company, so my hands 
>are always on the insides of computers, etc.   I also run the linux server 
>for my company.   Theres just 6 people in the company, but they were going 
>to pay $250 or whatever for WINGATE To run on NT, and I talked them into 
>just doing it with Linux for free..

Good job to get going in the field.  Good job going for Linux.

>2)  I plan on getting a degree, but should I get a Microsoft Certified 
>degree?  Will that be useless in the future?  I heard Cisco is pretty hot 
>right now..

Degree == Bachelor of Science from a university or a technical school like 
DeVry.
Certification == a certification.  A generally good thing.
Certification != a Degree.  They are two different things and show 
completely different levels of knowledge depth.

Now, after successfully arguing against an MS based solution and 
implementing a Linux solution as you described above in #1, why do you want 
an MS certification?  MS certification will get you jobs doing MS 
stuff.  If you want to do MS stuff, go for it.

I don't know what is entailed in a Cisco certificate.  Never looked into 
it.  I am a coder, not an admin, mostly.  ;^)

Alan

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At 09:48 PM 3/21/01 -0700, you wrote: 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Since
nobody listened and posted all the messages to the list, I wanted to
reply to a few of them:</blockquote> 
Nobody listened?&nbsp; This has been a flood of great advise, for you and
for me!&nbsp; I am glad &quot;nobody listened&quot; and we all posted to
the list!&nbsp; That is what the list is for. 
 
[&quot;Nobody listened.&quot;&nbsp; BAH! (said while waving my
hand)] 
 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>1)&nbsp;
I currently work as a Technician at a computer company, so my hands are
always on the insides of computers, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp; I also run the linux
server for my company.&nbsp;&nbsp; Theres just 6 people in the company,
but they were going to pay $250 or whatever for WINGATE To run on NT, and
I talked them into just doing it with Linux for free..
</blockquote> 
Good job to get going in the field.&nbsp; Good job going for Linux. 
 
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>2)&nbsp;
I plan on getting a degree, but should I get a Microsoft Certified
degree?&nbsp; Will that be useless in the future?&nbsp; I heard Cisco is
pretty hot right now.. </blockquote> 
Degree == Bachelor of Science from a university or a technical school
like DeVry. 
Certification == a certification.&nbsp; A generally good thing. 
Certification != a Degree.&nbsp; They are two different things and show
completely different levels of knowledge depth. 
 
Now, after successfully arguing against an MS based solution and
implementing a Linux solution as you described above in #1, why do you
want an MS certification?&nbsp; MS certification will get you jobs doing
MS stuff.&nbsp; If you want to do MS stuff, go for it. 
 
I don't know what is entailed in a Cisco certificate.&nbsp; Never looked
into it.&nbsp; I am a coder, not an admin, mostly.&nbsp; ;^) 
 
Alan 
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