Ian, Kev, Alberto and All: On Fri, 6 Feb 2004, Alberto Cea wrote:
> > ... Has anyone done Linux+? Is it worth it? The writeup on > > comptia.org makes it sound like stuff I do everyday... One of my little stories that tend to drag on too long: I have a friend who decided that she wanted to become a computer techno-geek. She enrolled in some local computer college or another to learn Window$ so she could get a set of letters after name. While she was contemplating this I called a few people I knew in the U of C's IT department (They weren't called that back then) and asked what they thought of such programs. I was told that for the most part they're nice, but worthless. A far better strategy was to get hired by some medium to large industry with an IT department, sell your soul to the devil so you could get into that department and let them train you *AND* pay you at the same time. In the IT world your resume' is a lot more important than any alphabet soup you carry around after your name. Read that to mean that a list of the machines and software packages you've trained on and used in the real world is worth a lot more than the bragging rights associated with classroom time. And my friend? Twenty months later and $17,000 poorer she finally realized that it was a scam. Every time she passed one of their hurdles, Micro$oft came out with another package, level or step that had to be surmounted before she could use those treasured but worthless initials. She's now driving an ambulance in Slave Lake! Nuff sed. Peace, health, wisdom and wealth. Live long and prosper. Stan Schultz Techno-geek wannabe "We are *NOT* tourists! We've been here for just hours and hours!" **************************************************************************** GREAT NEWS! You should visit http://www.ucalgary.ca/~schultz/motorhome.html. **************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
