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forge · 11-25-2007, 06:45 PM

Personally when I look at someones resume experience is the number one thing I go for. That's really what means the most to me, and next its asking them fucked up questions in a interview to see how much is bs and how much they actually know. Others might disagree but you said you still had 4-6? years of college to go. First right out of the door its unlikely that any of the cert you get will be valid by the time you are done. So this leaves it to the point of getting them during college to actually do something. Next as its been said unless you're married to the ceo's daughter I doubt you'll get any type of work as a contractor. People get contractors to fix issues that their employees can't figure out. This means that generally any shit you get will actually be pretty difficult. Companies generally take on contractors at a big corp. They do this to know their in good hands which also doesn't help you being joe just one man. If you are looking to build a decent resume I'd do what has already been said. Grab the ccna to start go into to a isp etc and try and get some noc time. The government is pretty retarded in nature and anything you put on a resume will get you more money. This goes with all the certs as well however if you don't need a job in the next 3 years I wouldn't bother.

Shit changes in this industry faster than just about any other. If people had some cert from ages ago I wouldn't even bother to think twice about it. I'm not really sure who gave you these ideas to get all these certs because imo their pretty useless. The only time I would try and build on certs is if I was looking to make a job change and be like WOW SPOOGE LOOK AT ME I"M SUPER SMART. This can also be a blessing or a boon for you depending on what sector you're looking in. I know of people who will throw a resume in the trash if they list some of the certs you did just because everyone and their brother can get one. Most of the time what I see in the IT industry is that getting a job is 50% luck and 50% who you know. There are 20k other mofos who know the same thing you do. Then there are probably a additional 20k mofos who say they know what you know but don't.

11-25-2007, 06:45 PM	#21 (permalink)
forge CTW! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: at work Posts: 452 +0 Internets	Personally when I look at someones resume experience is the number one thing I go for. That's really what means the most to me, and next its asking them fucked up questions in a interview to see how much is bs and how much they actually know. Others might disagree but you said you still had 4-6? years of college to go. First right out of the door its unlikely that any of the cert you get will be valid by the time you are done. So this leaves it to the point of getting them during college to actually do something. Next as its been said unless you're married to the ceo's daughter I doubt you'll get any type of work as a contractor. People get contractors to fix issues that their employees can't figure out. This means that generally any shit you get will actually be pretty difficult. Companies generally take on contractors at a big corp. They do this to know their in good hands which also doesn't help you being joe just one man. If you are looking to build a decent resume I'd do what has already been said. Grab the ccna to start go into to a isp etc and try and get some noc time. The government is pretty retarded in nature and anything you put on a resume will get you more money. This goes with all the certs as well however if you don't need a job in the next 3 years I wouldn't bother. Shit changes in this industry faster than just about any other. If people had some cert from ages ago I wouldn't even bother to think twice about it. I'm not really sure who gave you these ideas to get all these certs because imo their pretty useless. The only time I would try and build on certs is if I was looking to make a job change and be like WOW SPOOGE LOOK AT ME I"M SUPER SMART. This can also be a blessing or a boon for you depending on what sector you're looking in. I know of people who will throw a resume in the trash if they list some of the certs you did just because everyone and their brother can get one. Most of the time what I see in the IT industry is that getting a job is 50% luck and 50% who you know. There are 20k other mofos who know the same thing you do. Then there are probably a additional 20k mofos who say they know what you know but don't.