I.T Professionals! how good is this course?

mowlio · 27 Feb 2012 at 12:39

http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/e-careers/3588125

Thinking of signing up as it's cheap as chips and seems to cover the basics but how likely is it that an employer will look for these?

Thanks

P.S not sure what forum to put it in but wanted some quick exposure to the right people!

h@lf · 27 Feb 2012 at 12:43

well looks like this is only course no exam - so you can get this stuff for free, study at home and then go for exam...

mowlio · 27 Feb 2012 at 13:37

What's a good resource for learning this for free?

Lunawolfy · 27 Feb 2012 at 13:44

I don't know if these courses are accredited, hilariously they are self accredited on the page :/

Sounds like a groupon deal where you pay good money, get given a ringbinder and a copy of some powerpoints and in many weeks time sit a test for your 'certificate'

Sheer profit for them?

Ghøst · 27 Feb 2012 at 13:53

Please don't waste your money on this rubbish, if you've got the time & money to put yourself through some of the Microsoft or Cisco courses do that or just go the college / uni route.

Marmot · 27 Feb 2012 at 13:56

Ghøst said:
Please don't waste your money on this rubbish, if you've got the time & money to put yourself through some of the Microsoft or Cisco courses do that or just go the college / uni route.

Comptia courses are hardly rubbish lol. Sure they aren't as industry recognised as the CCNA or the MCSE, but they are far from rubbish.

mowlio · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:07

Ghøst said:
Please don't waste your money on this rubbish, if you've got the time & money to put yourself through some of the Microsoft or Cisco courses do that or just go the college / uni route.

Yeah, I don't have money which is why I'm asking if this is worth 79 quid.

Lunawolfy · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:10

Ghøst said:
Please don't waste your money on this rubbish, if you've got the time & money to put yourself through some of the Microsoft or Cisco courses do that or just go the college / uni route.

Truth.

CCNA or that MSCRBATESOMETHINGSOMETHING Microsoft one will carry a lot more gravitas.

That's why I'm at the uni I am at. Another uni was offering a more cutting edge course, however it wasn't accredited, and an unaccredited degree is practically worthless (as it is only the uni putting its name to it, which of course it will do, instead of a multi billion dollar industry standard regulator). 2 years into my degree and the other one is still pending I believe.

Marmot · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:12

mowlio said:
Yeah, I don't have money which is why I'm asking if this is worth 79 quid.

You have the rest of the day to decide. Go to the famous book retailer named after a rainforest in south America and add up the cost of buying all the course material individually.

Ghøst · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:18

Lunawolfy said:
Truth.

CCNA or that MSCRBATESOMETHINGSOMETHING Microsoft one will carry a lot more gravitas.

That's why I'm at the uni I am at. Another uni was offering a more cutting edge course, however it wasn't accredited, and an unaccredited degree is practically worthless (as it is only the uni putting its name to it, which of course it will do, instead of a multi billion dollar industry standard regulator). 2 years into my degree and the other one is still pending I believe.

Good luck with your course, I got half of my MCSE in college whilst doing the first two years of my BSC hons in Applications Development degree at Abertay.

Never bothered finishing off the the other half of it afterwards, was going to be a lot of money to fork out bored of studying at that point.

Ghøst · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:19

Osprey said:
Comptia courses are hardly rubbish lol. Sure they aren't as industry recognised as the CCNA or the MCSE, but they are far from rubbish.

Comptia....who?

Marmot · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:24

Ghøst said:
Comptia....who?

13 million hits on Google disagree!

Ev0 · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:33

CompTIA stuff is reasonably entry level, certainly not unheard of in the IT world and generally good for people just starting out.

My only experience though has been the Security+ certification so can't comment on the A+ or N+.

These certifications can usually be pretty easily done through buying a recognised book and then taking the exam yourself.

Ghøst · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:35

Osprey said:
13 million hits on Google disagree!

Google hits aside I'd still recommend people to just go do a degree course at uni it only takes 3 years and despite what you might think its not that difficult.

Marmot · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:38

Ghøst said:
Google hits aside I'd still recommend people to just go do a degree course at uni it only takes 3 years and despite what you might think its not that difficult.

I didn't say it was that difficult? For what it's worth I actually agree with you, I just think its unfair to call Comptia courses "rubbish". They've been running them for 30 years, if they were rubbish they wouldn't still be going.

Ev0 said it well.

Ev0 · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:46

Without knowing the OPs situation as well it's harder to say what to do.

Previous IT experience, currently in an IT job or looking for one, or just doing it because you're interested? And what is it you want to do in future?

Ghøst · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:47

Osprey said:
I just think its unfair to call Comptia courses "rubbish".

Well I've never heard of them so they're being filed under rubbish in my cynical view.

Ev0 · 27 Feb 2012 at 14:48

Ghøst said:
Well I've never heard of them so they're being filed under rubbish in my cynical view.

Well that's one way of looking at things

mowlio · 27 Feb 2012 at 18:33

Ev0 said:
Without knowing the OPs situation as well it's harder to say what to do.

Previous IT experience, currently in an IT job or looking for one, or just doing it because you're interested? And what is it you want to do in future?

Self taught IT experience looking to get into it as a career. I think possibly "buying" the books would be the best option....

ToRnUK · 27 Feb 2012 at 21:42

I did a college course and had compTIA A+ Software and Hardware afterwards, its is a recognised qualification for any company that knows something about IT - the best way to see if a qualification is worth it is by looking at the BCs website!

http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/26935