July 6, 2009 4:50 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
adult education,
CCNA,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
IT certification degree plans,
MCDBA,
MCSD,
MS certificationRecently, I received a comment from a reader on my August 18, 2008 blog entitled "Understanding What Drives IT Salaries," from an astute young reader named Ronald Moore. He...
June 26, 2009 2:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
CCDP,
CCIE,
CCNA,
CCNA Security,
CCNA specializations,
CCNA Voice,
CCNA Wireless,
CCNP,
CCSP,
CCVP,
Cisco certification,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certificationI'd been wondering recently why Cisco is expanding its ever-popular CCNA certification to include CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, and CCNA Wireless. Now I get it: Cisco also offers various professional credentials, including CCDP (Design), CCNP (Networking), CCSP (Security), and CCVP (Voice), as well as...
May 4, 2009 3:27 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
adult education,
CCIE,
CCNA,
CISSP,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
MCITP,
MCSA,
MCSE,
MCTS,
Network+,
PMP,
Secuirty+In digging through some Microsoft PR materials recently, I came across mention of a Top 10 IT certification list that Erik Eckel put together for TechRepublic, later reprinted by big-time training company Global Knowledge. Though it's...
April 24, 2009 5:08 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
CCDP,
CCENT,
CCNA,
CCNP,
CCSP,
CCVP,
CompTIA A+,
CompTIA Network+,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
MCITP,
MCSAIn handling a series of reader questions recently here on the ITKE, somebody raised the question of whether or not it was worth spending $15,000 to sign up for a combination cert training package that would help him acquire A+, Network+, MCP, and MCSA certification. This is an interesting question...
December 24, 2008 4:01 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career development,
Career planning,
CCIE,
CCNA,
CCNP,
continuing education,
IT careers,
IT certification,
job seeking skillsI play pool two nights a week on leagues that belong to the American Poolplayers Association (APA). My Thursday night 9-ball team is composed primarily of people who work in IT. Of the seven people on the team, one is a paralegal, another a hairdresser, and the other five work for Dell (1),...
November 12, 2008 4:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
Career planning,
CCNA,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Network+,
SAP consulting certificationLooks like some people actually do their homework here. I got this comment posted to my "7 Questions" blog, wherein I laid out some queries to enable advice-seekers to get...
August 27, 2008 2:17 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
Career planning,
CCNA,
IT careers,
Network+,
Work backgroundWhen people ask me for career advice, especially as it touches on IT certification, their questions often cut straight to the subject of interest as in "If I earn a A+, Network+, and a CCNA can I get a good job?" Alas, I really can't provide meaningful answers to such questions without a fair...
August 25, 2008 2:44 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
Career planning,
CCNA,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Network+This morning I found a message in my inbox from one of the readers of these blogs. I will paraphrase its contents as follows: "I am interested in a career in networking. I am taking A+ classes, after which I plan to earn Network+ and then the CCNA. Please tell me I am on the right track: although I...
August 18, 2008 3:23 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career planning,
CCNA,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT salaries,
MCSEOn the IT Knowledge Exchange, I recently fielded the following question "What is the basic salary given to a starting network employee with CCNA and MCSE...
