Certifications..

• Rockhound

  11 Feb 07, 00:31

  MCSE...COMPTIA......CCNA
  
  do u think certifications are important in the industry now?
  
  which ones would u take?
  
  
• Ito_^

  11 Feb 07, 00:50

  CCNA. woo. its hard.
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Feb 07, 01:12

  Comptia is an organization which does the certifications... it is by no means a certification.
  
  Regarding your question, I seriously doubt it's of much importance in Singapore. Not many jobs require you to get certifications... they want a degree... more important than anything else.
• Rockhound

  11 Feb 07, 01:21

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Comptia is an organization which does the certifications... it is by no means a certification.
  
  Regarding your question, I seriously doubt it's of much importance in Singapore. Not many jobs require you to get certifications... they want a degree... more important than anything else.

  i meant A+ and network+ thereabouts..
  
  wats ure view on certification compared to degrees?
  
  i juz find it wasted that certification isnt taken seriously by employers...
  
  imo..a person prolly learn more thru certification and job experience than a degree uh..
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Feb 07, 01:29

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  ok..
  
  wats ure view on certification compared to degrees?

  Certification to me is more specialized... degrees are more general...
  
  For example, A+ certification. You learn a lot about hardware and OS troubleshooting...
  
  A degree in IT may teach you that, but it just touches the surface, like whether everything is plugged in properly, got beep codes, what's the errors etc. An A+ certification goes more than that...
  
  If you are looking towards a more general side of IT, then going for degree would be right for you. If you are looking more towards a specialized field, say networking, then getting certifications would be a better choice. Of course, your diploma/degree would help set up the basic path (that's your foundation knowledge)
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Feb 07, 01:33

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  i juz find it wasted that certification isnt taken seriously by employers...
  
  imo..a person prolly learn more thru certification and job experience than a degree uh..

  A lot of certs are wasted in Singapore...
  
  But that doesn't mean you don't need them. Although it's rare to see a company hiring asking you to have A+, Network+, MCSE, CCNA, etc, there are a few companies out there who do.
  
  I've seen one ad in the newspapers requesting one to be certified in MCSE... and no, degree/diploma is useless... no MCSE no job...
• Rockhound

  11 Feb 07, 01:34

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  Certification to me is more specialized... degrees are more general...
  
  For example, A+ certification. You learn a lot about hardware and OS troubleshooting...
  
  A degree in IT may teach you that, but it just touches the surface, like whether everything is plugged in properly, got beep codes, what's the errors etc. An A+ certification goes more than that...
  
  If you are looking towards a more general side of IT, then going for degree would be right for you. If you are looking more towards a specialized field, say networking, then getting certifications would be a better choice. Of course, your diploma/degree would help set up the basic path (that's your foundation knowledge)

  yeah....have a dip already...
  very into networking..
  
  kinda deciding whether i should go for CCNA or start off with Network+ first
• ndmmxiaomayi

  11 Feb 07, 01:57

  Originally posted by Rockhound:

  yeah....have a dip already...
  very into networking..
  
  now working for HP...kinda eager to start and learn on the way..
  
  kinda deciding whether i should go for CCNA or start off with Network+ first

  CCNA and Network+ are very similar... if you are interested in climbing up the Cisco ladder (which is CCNP and higher), then start off with Network+, then move on.
  
  Network+ would be helpful for CCNA, and is also a requirement in some of the higher Cisco certification programs if I'm not wrong.