MCITP Books and Training Materials
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I bit it and just got all the R2 stuff for Enterprise Admin and System Admin. Treated myself to Win Server 2008 R2 Unleashed and the Don Poulton Cert guide for 70-680. Ive also got a pile of CCNA stuff.
I'm basically throwing some cash at the books and Hardware and getting everything sorted so I can jsut get it done.
I think I'm also going to get a 3rd screen as although not neccesary its very nice to study on 3 screens. Makes life easier. Im also going to get another couple of drives for the server and maybe change the cpu to a multi threaded one (£70 so not too bad
). I might even splash out on the Boson CCNA Practice exams.
If I have some spare cash left I might get a CCNA/CCNP cisco hardware bundle for practice.
Basically Im spending on the study stuff while I have the spare cash so I can then concentrate on getting certified.
We should find out in the next week or two when my partner is scheduled for surgery so I can then go and book my 70-680.
I'm basically throwing some cash at the books and Hardware and getting everything sorted so I can jsut get it done.
I think I'm also going to get a 3rd screen as although not neccesary its very nice to study on 3 screens. Makes life easier. Im also going to get another couple of drives for the server and maybe change the cpu to a multi threaded one (£70 so not too bad
). I might even splash out on the Boson CCNA Practice exams.If I have some spare cash left I might get a CCNA/CCNP cisco hardware bundle for practice.
Basically Im spending on the study stuff while I have the spare cash so I can then concentrate on getting certified.
We should find out in the next week or two when my partner is scheduled for surgery so I can then go and book my 70-680.
The only reason is that it will allow me to run maybe another VM or two at the same time but it should also help with the general performance of the server when Im running VM's any way. I've been watching the cpu loading and although its not high I think it woudl benifit from 4 threads instead of two. Again not neccesary but nice.
Also in the scheme of things with the cash I'm throwing at the study whats £70 lol..... I'll be skint but at least I'll be able to read for Britain and study/lab to an extreme.
I got a bit lazy last year but now I have to get sorted asap. Nothing like a seriouly ill partner to focus your mind
Soon as she's past surgery I want to sneek 70-680 in then study for CCNA while shes getting radio thereapy for a month.
Then it's off and running, the rest of the MCITP:EA and looking for a suitable position. There's been a few I could have gone for but it s not a good position to go for an interview and ask for a couple of months off lol. I am however confident that there will be similar posts in the area post treatment
Also in the scheme of things with the cash I'm throwing at the study whats £70 lol..... I'll be skint but at least I'll be able to read for Britain and study/lab to an extreme.
I got a bit lazy last year but now I have to get sorted asap. Nothing like a seriouly ill partner to focus your mind
Soon as she's past surgery I want to sneek 70-680 in then study for CCNA while shes getting radio thereapy for a month. Then it's off and running, the rest of the MCITP:EA and looking for a suitable position. There's been a few I could have gone for but it s not a good position to go for an interview and ask for a couple of months off lol. I am however confident that there will be similar posts in the area post treatment
I have experiance, Its just 8 years old lol. So for me its a way of updating skills and showing commitment, drive and an ability to progress myself. Work independantly etc etc.
All things that people hiring IT staff expect. So its good on several lavels.
So as for those that say the certs are worthless I'd disagree. They have value in themsleves for the academic knowledge and as they are more geared to demonstrating competancy than an ability to memorise facts now, you can actually go and be reasonably useful in a role. No I'm not under any illusion of running an enterprise class company datacenter network off the back of them with out actual experiance but it should be good for say, Windows Server Technician typoe of role initially etc. Foot in the door stuff. They also demonstrate that your prepared to get off your backside and get things done. You know, Help yourself rather than wait for someone to do it for you.
All things that people hiring IT staff expect. So its good on several lavels.
So as for those that say the certs are worthless I'd disagree. They have value in themsleves for the academic knowledge and as they are more geared to demonstrating competancy than an ability to memorise facts now, you can actually go and be reasonably useful in a role. No I'm not under any illusion of running an enterprise class company datacenter network off the back of them with out actual experiance but it should be good for say, Windows Server Technician typoe of role initially etc. Foot in the door stuff. They also demonstrate that your prepared to get off your backside and get things done. You know, Help yourself rather than wait for someone to do it for you.
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