Comments on: Building an IT networking career with CCNA, Linux skills and an electrical engineering degree http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/building-an-it-networking-career-with-ccna-linux-skills-and-an-electrical-engineering-degree/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Djeepp http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/building-an-it-networking-career-with-ccna-linux-skills-and-an-electrical-engineering-degree/#comment-64383 Djeepp Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:32:18 +0000 #comment-64383 The best way to go about getting into IT is not with diplomas or degrees. A good hiring manager will ignore that stuff and look at what you KNOW. If you can go into an interview and tell the manager how to supernet a class C ip address giving you this many IPs in each subnet, you are going to get that job a lot faster than waving a piece of paper proving you know how to sit in a classroom. Find a help desk job in a small company where you can get hands on experience in the areas that you want to pursue. Pretty soon you can jump on those opportunities within or beef up your resume and you'll soon be getting recruiters blowing up your email and phone. Degrees and Certs are nice, but pursue those after you have the experience. Not to mention your employer will probably pay for all the fees at that point. The best way to go about getting into IT is not with diplomas or degrees. A good hiring manager will ignore that stuff and look at what you KNOW. If you can go into an interview and tell the manager how to supernet a class C ip address giving you this many IPs in each subnet, you are going to get that job a lot faster than waving a piece of paper proving you know how to sit in a classroom.

Find a help desk job in a small company where you can get hands on experience in the areas that you want to pursue. Pretty soon you can jump on those opportunities within or beef up your resume and you’ll soon be getting recruiters blowing up your email and phone.

Degrees and Certs are nice, but pursue those after you have the experience. Not to mention your employer will probably pay for all the fees at that point.

]]> By: Mshen http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/building-an-it-networking-career-with-ccna-linux-skills-and-an-electrical-engineering-degree/#comment-64369 Mshen Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:39:03 +0000 #comment-64369 Without experience it will be very hard, and a CCNA will not make up for the lack of experience. What type of jobs are you expecting to get in IT? Without experience it will be very hard, and a CCNA will not make up for the lack of experience. What type of jobs are you expecting to get in IT?

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