(August 30, 2016 at 2:33 pm)wolf39us Wrote: I've been looking at the CompTIA certs -- Network, Security, A+. CCNA and Microsoft certs were definitely on my list as well.
I've been told by a few people that the Cisco CCNA and Network+ are two that I should definitely focus on.
College is another option, but it's prohibitively expensive and makes me concerned... The last time I went and majored in Electrical Engineering, I ended up dropping out due to cost and life in general. Granted this was 10 years ago and I just paid off my loans 2 years ago. I don't want to put myself in huge debt if I don't have to.
If you have some experience with networks, then CompTIA is a great option. With Cisco, you get a virtual software free of charge called "Packet Tracer", which allows you to build and configure very large networks over a small geographical area i.e. office environment or over a large georgraphical area i.e. various states of America. It is tough to get used to, but in the end, it is well worth it. I was offered a chance to do the CCNA because I did a first course, where we had to run Red Hat Linux and Windows 2000 at the same time, and then configuring the files both in Windows and Linux so file sharing can be enabled.
