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  • 06-09-2016 11:19am
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    plastik90
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I've got some spare time on my hands and I'm looking to get a certification under my belt but I'm not really sure which I should be going for.
    At the moment I have a Level 5 in Computer Science, my CompTIA A+ and I'm currently 1 year into my first tech support job.
    Can anyone recommend a course I should cover? (I have access to CBTNuggets training courses if that makes a difference)

    Thanks,


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    horgan_p
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 2,606 Mod ✭✭✭✭horgan_p


    CCNA is handy enough


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    bennyineire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    Really depends on what track your looking to go down ?
    What would you like to be doing in 5 years ?
    Cisco CCNA is only really worth doing if you want to be a network engineer/architect imho


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    plastik90
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭plastik90


    I was thinking CCNA too but I think I'd like to stick more to software / hardware. Maybe something like the MCSA? Or would that be a waste of my time (I'm not sure how highly rated it is)?


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    bennyineire
    Registered Users Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭bennyineire


    Nope MCSA is far more useful than CCNA but there are many streams of MCSA from Server admin, sql database, BI etc


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    L1011
    Registered Users Posts: 68,898 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    Do you want to stick with your employer and move upwards there or move out? If you want to stay, find out what they're in need of for higher levels. My current place is short on VMware VCPs (which are painfully, painfully expensive to get the first time around due to a compulsary 5 day, few grand course) for instance.

    If you want to move, what you want to do is important - Server MCSA or CCNA as above are the logical options.


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    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    plastik90 wrote: »
    I was thinking CCNA too but I think I'd like to stick more to software / hardware. Maybe something like the MCSA? Or would that be a waste of my time (I'm not sure how highly rated it is)?

    No money in hardware.


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    PeterTheNinth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,869 ✭✭✭PeterTheNinth


    Like was said above, it depends on what you plan on doing. But if you plan on doing anything to do with networking, then do the CCNA. This teach you all you need to know to set up your own IP network or troubleshoot an existing IP network. And all networks are IP networks at this stage. Also has good foundation on switching.

    You could do the 70-410 exam on Windows Server, but I wouldnt bother with 70-411 or 70-412. I have the 70-410, and was going to do the MCSA, but couldnt justify doing the other two exams as there was nothing that I would use in either.


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    plastik90
    Registered Users Posts: 55 ✭✭plastik90


    Thanks everyone I appreciate the help, I'll give them all a look and hopefully get going on one soon.


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