On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Brandon Allbery <[email protected]> wrote: > > (hi nonny!) > > There is still not a lot in a college curriculum that is directly related to > system administration, although access to resources may matter (or may not) > and a lot of the stuff you get from a college education is generally > applicable. That said, between the wide range of what's covered by system > administration and the general lack of college-level education in the area, > most of your educational options aren't college related at all and there's > quite a lot of room to start from a personal Linux installation and work > upward from there through entry level jobs that will get you mentoring to > move on to higher levels. Sadly, Active Directory license costs rather limit > the same path for Windows admin; on the other hand, introductory courses for > Windows admin --- not always so identified --- can sometimes be found even > at the vocational college level, providing both lower cost and often more > flexible times. Other resources tend to be expensive and targeting > companies.
I haven't tried it myself, but I wonder what software/licenses are available via an MSDN membership/ While an MSDN OS membership is a bit expensive ($699?), it would still probably be cheaper than even a single class at a community college. Bill Bogstad _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
