On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Lan Barnes wrote:
My work wants me to become a MCSE. OK, why not.
Indeed! If you go in with an open mind I bet you'll have some fun.
I'm looking for a recommendation of a training course/certification
service here in SD. The ideal course would be:
- not that long
- not that expensive
- evenings/weekends
Substance would be nice, but teaching to the test is acceptable.
It's all
about the piece of paper.
Hmm. I'm afraid "Not long" and "Not expensive" might not come
together. If you want to whip it out in 1-2 months, you generally
have to go through one of the certification schools, all of which are
charging in the $6000+ range for the full program. Alternately I
believe you can put together a mix of community college or Coleman
college classes that will get you certified, but their durations are
all going to be measured in terms of semesters.
Is your employer paying? If so, then head over to Vortex, the best
there is in San Diego.
http://www.vortexdata.com/certification/mcse_2003.htm
Also, if there's a training book for MCSE that stands above the
rest, I'd
like to know about that, too.
When I went through my MCSE (self-study), I actually found
Microsoft's own books to be quite good. And if your employer isn't
paying and you're feeling very self motivated, you could be to get
the books and self study it. All you *have* to do for the
certification is go and pass the tests (~$125/ea, and there are 7).
I also found the Transcender Exam prep software to be very useful,
but only after having worked through the books. Transcender focuses
on "teaching the test" but I'm not sure it's good enough to use alone.
I'd also highly recommend joining the San Diego Windows 2003 user
group mailing list. It's filled with hugely knowledgeable Windows
sysadmins, and their posts contain a wealth of good info. You may
even want to toss this question their way. The list traffic is
slightly higher than kplug-list.
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