Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-28 Thread eliran gonen
These certifications by themselves are only an advantage if you plan to work as technical support/helpdesk when you are done with the army. That is to say, you won't _learn_ much from the courses themselves, real-workplaces environment is entirely different than what is required for you to

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-26 Thread Dotan Cohen
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 09:03, amichay p. k. am1chay@gmail.com wrote: Do you think the lecturer will let me sit in the class? Maybe one of you have her's email? Technion lectures don't check attendance, you could sit in and nobody would care so long as there is room in the class. However,

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-22 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
Computer security: http://www.graduate.technion.ac.il/heb/Subjects/?SUB=236350 Ask the lecturer for permission to sit in the class, write down everything you do not understand or have never heard of, and go and learn it yourself afterward. Orna On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:59 AM, amichay p. k.

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-22 Thread Orr Dunkelman
You may consider the CISO course at the technion http://cont-edu.technion.ac.il/?catid={3F1CA4F5-85F2-4469-815D-70B781302F4C} Cheers, On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda ladyp...@gmail.com wrote: Computer security: 

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-22 Thread amichay p. k.
Do you think the lecturer will let me sit in the class? Maybe one of you have her's email? amichay 2011/2/22 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda ladyp...@gmail.com Computer security: http://www.graduate.technion.ac.il/heb/Subjects/?SUB=236350 Ask the lecturer for permission to sit in the class, write down

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-21 Thread Michael Vasiliev
On 02/20/2011 09:23 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: How about starting your CS BSc instead? The open U is free for all, even if you do not have the bagrut yet, and the Technion has special programs for good students - some start at 16 or earlier. I'm replying to this reply, since I did not get

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-21 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Michael Vasiliev mycr...@yandex.ru wrote: On 02/20/2011 09:23 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: How about starting your CS BSc instead? The open U is free for all, even if you do not have the bagrut yet, and the Technion has special programs for good students

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-21 Thread amichay p. k.
Hi, First of all, thank you everyone for the advice, I'm always happy to hear other opinions. I guess there is something in what you say, but I want you to pay attention to my following preferences: * I'm not interested in learning subjects that have no possibility for practical use - hands on

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-20 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
Hi, There are video courses for MCITP which would cost you a lot less and you can learn at home at your free time. Those MCITP certificates aren't worth anything anyway - when someone wants to hire you, he would like to check your experience, not your certificates. Hetz 2011/2/20 amichay p. k.

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-20 Thread Dave Roi
If you take the CS programming courses up front (the programming ones, not the math ones) and get a good grade then you will have a good chance at getting a student position at some high tech company for around 50-60nis/hour instead of the minimum wage you will get from being a computer

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-20 Thread Orr Dunkelman
If you take the CS theory courses up front (the math/theory ones, not the programming ones) and get a good grade then you will have a good chance at getting a degree at a leading university, which will allow you to later work as an engineer at some high tech company for around 100 nis/hour (first

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-20 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
Sorry for misleading - by free for all I meant it does not perform a selection process upon entrance. It is not the getting in that is hard - it is the graduation that is hard - having the self discipline to finis all courses (which is why I think highly of their graduates). Another good point of

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-20 Thread Oron Peled
On Sunday, 20 בFebruary 2011 09:47:49 amichay p. k. wrote: I prefer to choose this course, at least now, because it will give me a useful profession, and I finish it before the beginning of my military service. In addition, after the military service I can work as a computer technician, and

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-19 Thread Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda
How about starting your CS BSc instead? The open U is free for all, even if you do not have the bagrut yet, and the Technion has special programs for good students - some start at 16 or earlier. 2011/2/20 amichay p. k. am1chay@gmail.com Hi, I consider these days to start learning computer

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-19 Thread Orr Dunkelman
Please note that the OpenU charges per-course, so it is not that free (actually, you can buy the books for a fraction of the course's price, but then you do not have access to their support, teaching, etc., and most importantly - you cannot take the exam and collect credits). On a different note,

Re: [Haifux] MCTIP computer technician course

2011-02-19 Thread amichay p. k.
I prefer to choose this course, at least now, because it will give me a useful profession, and I finish it before the beginning of my military service. In addition, after the military service I can work as a computer technician, and to finance my studies in CS Course on Linux can be a gift to