Certifications

[Phillip V]

How was the Ethical Hacker one? That is oin my list for the short term.  CISSP will wait 6-12 months.

Easy, but I took an older version. Multiple choice common sense crap like Security+ along with memorizing some stuff like port numbers, etc. The "hard" part is the screening process (prove work history in field) and exorbitant fees. IIRC, it cost me $600 total; might be $1100 now.

[Phillip V]

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation

I did that. Seems fairly useless.

But now required for many positions.

[Darth Wagtaros]

500 if you take on of their classes, 600 otherwise.  I am probably going to take it, more so if a security job opens up I'll have some resume padding.

[Phillip V]

I need to update my Microsoft credentials. Should I go for:

MCSE: Server Infrastructure Certification or MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure Certification

[Darth Wagtaros]

Desktop Infrastructure

[Darth Wagtaros]

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation

I did that. Seems fairly useless.

But now required for many positions.

Yes, but why?

[Phillip V]

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Foundation

I did that. Seems fairly useless.

But now required for many positions.

Yes, but why?

Screening applicants, patting industry on the back, or even genuinely believing a certified individual is as amazing as the certificate says.

[Phillip V]

This Thursday afternoon, I have to attend a company-paid "discussion" led by an "Agile Subject Matter Expert" who is a "Certified ScrumMaster".

[Eddie Teach]

If you can dodge a bullet, you can dodge a ball.

[fhdz]

This Thursday afternoon, I have to attend a company-paid "discussion" led by an "Agile Subject Matter Expert" who is a "Certified ScrumMaster".

That means he's qualified to lead quick standup meetings and enforce a "release-early-and-often" schedule.

Because no one without those certifications can perform those tasks, apparently.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Net+ and Sec+ out of the way. ITIL-F is tomorrow and SSCP is next week. After that I plan on getting the CEH; CCNA; MCSA 2012; Windows 7 Whateverhtefuckitisthisyear; and maybe eventually the CISM or CISSP and the entry level Linux ones.

[Phillip V]

What jobs will you later apply for?

[DontSayBanana]

Welp, I'm pulling the trigger and working on my bachelor's, which should culminate in me also taking the CISSP in hopefully a year and a half or so.  I'll probably do Net+, Sec+, and hopefully CCNA in the meantime.

[Phillip V]

I took a 1-week CCNA boot camp a few months ago (somebody else paid for it), but never got around to taking the exam. 

[DontSayBanana]

I took a 1-week CCNA boot camp a few months ago (somebody else paid for it), but never got around to taking the exam. 

Never had the opportunity at community college- the professor who handled all the networking classes was fired for watching porn on his computer during class, not realizing it was feeding to the projector.