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ebpda9 · 07-22-2005, 04:24 AM

It has came to a pint in my life where i have to make yet another important decision (and it is not concerning cars). I have been looking for a job and i can't find anything good so i am stuck here with valet parking. Well there is this program microsoft offers for MCP, MCSA, MCSE and it is a 24 week program that offers classes and the tests to become certified. The downside of it is that it will run me $24000 to attend it. Also the local college offers the same classes and i could go out with about $4000 for the certifications, but in the order they offer the classes i will be done next year about this time. Also there is the home study kits that will run me about $125 but i think the hands on experience will be a lot better, than the home study and will offer a more rigurous schedule, then just let me study on my own (i am a lazy bastard if you didn't know already). And my last option will be to finish my associates degree in computer science which i will be done with next spring. I know the best option kinda sounds the first one, but i don't have 24k laying around, and i have about half that in debt right now so i don't know which way i should chose. also i don't wanna spend the next 25 years in a factory. Any ideas and suggestions please ?

GT40FIED · 07-22-2005, 07:46 AM

I definitely would NOT go with the $24K program. I mean seriously...$1K a week for a few low level certifications? If it were me, I would get serious about the classes you've already done towards your associates and finish that. Most companies look better upon an actual degree rather than a simple certification, in my experience. I could type out code with my wang and get an MCSE certification...but that doesn't mean someone would hire me.

ebpda9 · 07-22-2005, 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by GT40FIED
I definitely would NOT go with the $24K program. I mean seriously...$1K a week for a few low level certifications? If it were me, I would get serious about the classes you've already done towards your associates and finish that. Most companies look better upon an actual degree rather than a simple certification, in my experience. I could type out code with my wang and get an MCSE certification...but that doesn't mean someone would hire me.

well it seems that you have no idea what those certifications mean: they are some of the higher level ones, and i think some of the toughest to get. also they do not involve a lot of coding, and anyone can type code either with normally or with their wang like you will, but it is what you type

GT40FIED · 07-22-2005, 06:02 PM

True...I don't really know much about comp certifications. Maybe it's A+ cert. that I'm thinking of instead of MCSE. Hard to keep all of those bastards straight.

drdingo21 · 07-22-2005, 11:39 PM

Thats about double what I paid...and I got more time and more certs...

Also there is no point in getting both the MCSA and MCSE. The MCSE a step up from the MCSA and generaly takes far longer to achinve. Actually is extremely hard to get with no hands on experince.

I would go with the MCSA. And wouldn't attend that class.

http://www.propoint.com/ppi/index.cfm
Thats where I attened. The instructors were very educated and knew what they were talking about. 4 hours a night 4 days a week for 4 months. And they fed us on Thursday night. Highly reccommend them.

drdingo21 · 07-22-2005, 11:42 PM

Looks like they got bought out....PP is now signal learning...

ebpda9 · 07-23-2005, 01:22 PM

well that is one of the things i called you about on thursday night, but congratulate mike for me.

07-22-2005, 04:24 AM	#1
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	tough decision It has came to a pint in my life where i have to make yet another important decision (and it is not concerning cars). I have been looking for a job and i can't find anything good so i am stuck here with valet parking. Well there is this program microsoft offers for MCP, MCSA, MCSE and it is a 24 week program that offers classes and the tests to become certified. The downside of it is that it will run me $24000 to attend it. Also the local college offers the same classes and i could go out with about $4000 for the certifications, but in the order they offer the classes i will be done next year about this time. Also there is the home study kits that will run me about $125 but i think the hands on experience will be a lot better, than the home study and will offer a more rigurous schedule, then just let me study on my own (i am a lazy bastard if you didn't know already). And my last option will be to finish my associates degree in computer science which i will be done with next spring. I know the best option kinda sounds the first one, but i don't have 24k laying around, and i have about half that in debt right now so i don't know which way i should chose. also i don't wanna spend the next 25 years in a factory. Any ideas and suggestions please ? __________________

07-22-2005, 07:46 AM	#2
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	I definitely would NOT go with the $24K program. I mean seriously...$1K a week for a few low level certifications? If it were me, I would get serious about the classes you've already done towards your associates and finish that. Most companies look better upon an actual degree rather than a simple certification, in my experience. I could type out code with my wang and get an MCSE certification...but that doesn't mean someone would hire me. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

07-22-2005, 06:02 PM	#4
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	True...I don't really know much about comp certifications. Maybe it's A+ cert. that I'm thinking of instead of MCSE. Hard to keep all of those bastards straight. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika

07-23-2005, 01:22 PM	#7
ebpda9 Repost Wagon Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: over here Age: 44 Posts: 17,266	well that is one of the things i called you about on thursday night, but congratulate mike for me. __________________

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07-22-2005, 11:39 PM	#5
drdingo21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Age: 41 Posts: 1,642	Thats about double what I paid...and I got more time and more certs... Also there is no point in getting both the MCSA and MCSE. The MCSE a step up from the MCSA and generaly takes far longer to achinve. Actually is extremely hard to get with no hands on experince. I would go with the MCSA. And wouldn't attend that class. http://www.propoint.com/ppi/index.cfm Thats where I attened. The instructors were very educated and knew what they were talking about. 4 hours a night 4 days a week for 4 months. And they fed us on Thursday night. Highly reccommend them.

07-22-2005, 11:42 PM	#6
drdingo21 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Elkhart, IN Age: 41 Posts: 1,642	Looks like they got bought out....PP is now signal learning...