JA WO!
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Barrington Womble <stigwom@gmail.com>wrote:
> My Sage Advice:
>
> Pick an area of interest. Find its associated certification. Study for
> it. Yes, I realize that the study materials can be expensive. Suck it up.
>
> As you study, you learn. I picked up a Java cert starting from close to
> zero. In the end, not only did I get the cert, but I also learned Java. If
> you're going to learn something, you might as well get certified. If you
> truly know and *****UNDERSTAND***** the material, you can pass the test.
>
> I know it's hard. It's the paradox of being unable to find a job without
> experience while being unable to gain experience without a job. Sometimes
> you have to create experience for yourself. This can be in the form of
> self-education that can be proven - PROVEN - by certs, diplomas, or a
> portfolio.
>
> Want to be a web developer? Learn LAMP and build a website. Talk about it
> in your cover letter. Include a link.
>
> Desktop/network support? Make business cards and throw up a website.
> Offer to work on your friends' machines/set up your friends' networks for
> free. Even better: your friends' businesses' machines/networks. BAM! You
> run an IT shop and have client references.
>
> Quit yr yappin' and make it happen, cap'n.
>
>
>
> Love,
>
> the Noisy One
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Alex Levy <mrbones102@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ya but at least an A+ looks good on resume's. I'm trying to find even an
>> intro IT related job. TAC hasn't called since I last worked with you Joey
>> lol (other than 1 small gig)
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Joey Kelly <joey@joeykelly.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu September 9 2010 8:19 pm, Alex Levy wrote:
>>> > sounds good for us not-yet certified folks, to bad its in Houston, I'm
>>> > working at VW and that job is almost as mindless haha
>>>
>>> Certs are overrated. Know you stuff and go far.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Joey Kelly
>>> Minister of the Gospel and Linux Consultant
>>> http://joeykelly.net
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