What is something in the past year that makes you happy or proud? Maybe you learned something new, finally got that thing you wanted for ages, managed to make a hard decision with a good outcome. etc etc.
No pressure to share if you don’t want to. Hope you all have a good new years eve :)
I got my A+ and Network+ certs. So far they’ve been wastes of money lmao
I felt the same way when I got my A+ a decade ago (it really is worthless in practice if you already know a good bit about computers), but it at least unlocked the door to my career, so I can’t complain looking back
Yeah im trying to switch careers into IT and even with the certs I can’t seem to land an interview. I’ve had the A+ for several months and just got the Network+, so perhaps in just haven’t reapplied to enough places. Studying for Sec+ now, hoping its not in vain.
Sec+ is super easy if you got network+. Its literally common sense with some tech terms sprinkled in. Go for it.
Sec+ will probably help, security is in high demand these days. I chose systems because I could see how much heartburn that would give me and didn’t want to deal with it. If nothing else, having a lot of skills under your belt can help you better sell yourself.
Also, look into learning a scripting/programming language, that’s another skill that can take you far. Since I’m a win admin, I went with powershell, and I use it every day (and it’s one of the reasons my employer hired me, because I love programming and hate doing repetitive/menial bullshit). I’ve gotten tons of kudos from my team (and saved hundreds of man hours) for the various processes I’ve automated.