I finally started looking at the topic and like the arguements written
here.
What can I say? I used computers since I was 10 and studied them in Uni
and Grad School. I never thought I would get a job doing computers even
though I had many years of experience and plenty of course work. (Yeah I
was being stupid but I am African-American and all of the techies I saw
were always White or Asian so I thought no one would hire me because of my
race. Again, I was being stupid)
Here in Japan, what finally got me in the door was passing NT Server,
Workstation, TCP/IP, and Networking Essentials. Before passing the tests
people would ask me if I was serious even though I had set up LANs for
companies in the States as side work and did networking and security in a
University setting. After I passed the tests I finally landed my first
job full time in IT. No one questioned my sincerity.
After that I really didn't need my certs to get another job. I just knew
people. However, for getting raises the certs were a must along with
working for a different company! Even in my current job, no matter how
much money I bring into the company, I won't get a raise without the CCIE
security. This is just how life is. I don't need to interview for
another job anymore, all I do is make a call to a friend and hey, I am
gettin' paid! But the certs make me more money and my company charges
more money to customers if I have more certs.
It is kind of a marketing gimic.
Theo
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What can I say, when the network is stable, there really isn't a whole lot
to do.
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> My how I envy the spare time this posting demonstrates!
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