Huge demand in the IT field in 2012

[zimmy]

You guys and your degrees :P

Certs and experience will trump it every time

[yannick35]

You guys and your degrees :P

Certs and experience will trump it every time

Thanks Zimmy, i wanted to get some certs but the teacher at school told me that since i got 12 years in the field unless i plan to work where there are cisco routers or be a consultant certs are not needed.

Glad to hear that because after i finish my upgrade i am done with going back to school.

[lovbyts]

Thanks Zimmy, i wanted to get some certs but the teacher at school told me that since i got 12 years in the field unless i plan to work where there are cisco routers or be a consultant certs are not needed.

Glad to hear that because after i finish my upgrade i am done with going back to school.

hahahahahahahahahaha
One thing you will learn in this field you are NEVER done going back to school. That is one reason I HATE it because I wanted to work for a living, not work AND go to school.
That is why I LOVE my current job, it does not require you to continually learn because we are independent from the rest of the IT world BUT as far as 99% of the IT field you had better expect to be constantly learning, going to school and updating your certifications every 2 - 3 years.

I know plenty of people who love to do that, constantly go to school. Me personally I like to walk away from work and forget it, go play and not be bothered.

[yannick35]

hahahahahahahahahaha
One thing you will learn in this field you are NEVER done going back to school. That is one reason I HATE it because I wanted to work for a living, not work AND go to school.
That is why I LOVE my current job, it does not require you to continually learn because we are independent from the rest of the IT world BUT as far as 99% of the IT field you had better expect to be constantly learning, going to school and updating your certifications every 2 - 3 years.

I know plenty of people who love to do that, constantly go to school. Me personally I like to walk away from work and forget it, go play and not be bothered.

Yes but its my first time going back in 12 years, for the rest i can self learn, i have a lab in my house with 5 computers, plus with school i have access to all the msdn library software meaning Windows 2008 server with hyper V and any other so i can virtualize my servers and a lot more.

Going back to school was a choice for me, i could have not gone back and gotten a job has a regular techician on the phone, but i just did not want to.

See it has you will the active directory is there to stay and no matter how many server microsoft can come up with there will be some minimal changes between them, a DNS will always remain a DNS, DHCP the same.

One thing that is different in 2008 is there are 4 active directory and you cannot apply GPO by creating OU anymore you must use the GPMC that is now an MMC snap in not and add on like in server 2003.

[Panzerfaust]

You guys and your degrees :P

Certs and experience will trump it every time

And all my experience and face to face interview will smoke your certifications all day long son.