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Need guidance to whether swicth the technology for job prope
i am B.E Computers from Mumbai with Oracle 9i SQL and PL/sql Knowledge with Core Java .But no one is employing me Since I am still a fresher .Everyone wants Experience from me,so can you guide me.
Should I change to Microsoft Technology or Dataware housing.I am Confused so help me.
I need a job desperately
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I say go for some different certifications.
hink about what the certifications are for, to get an idea what they are worth.
A+ is hardware, it's mostly for physcally repairing the machines. Used for repair jobs, or low-level jobs as a companys bitch. It's also the most expensive of the common exams, since it's two tests for one certification. If your employerschool doesn't pay for this, then might want to skip it. It's almost $300 to get this certification.
Net+ is basic low-level networking. They cover the background of how it works, and get into a few things like setting up DHCP servers. Most of what's covered in Net+ is in CCNA, so consider this part of a CCNA if you want. Exam costs normal compTIA price, $210.
CCNA is the lowest level cisco exam, and is the only one on this list that isn't a lifetime exam. It's valid for 3 years. This get's you into the operation of switches and routers. This does NOT get you into anything more complex then controling switches and routers. Meaning that this is NOT a high end certification, and is not one that will get you a high-paying job. It will get you the term "router jocky" however. It's also the first step into getting the higher-up Cisco stuff. Until last-years redo of the exam, this was easy as hell to get. They made it a lot harder to pass. Still covers the same info, but the exam it's self is just harder. I'd say it's about on par with a MCSA in amount of time the average person needs to study, a lot less if they took Net+. And for the record, there are more "paper ccna's" then "paper mcse's". The redesign of the exams will help clear them out, the paper people only have another 2 years to learn their stuff. (Or to have their compay pay for them to retake it 10+ times, one of the two...)
MCPMCSAMCSEMCSE: SecurityMessaging (2000/2003) are the MS exams. MCP is the basic, low level one. It just means you passed any microsoft exam. There is a HUGE diffrence between someone who passed a microsoft office exam and a networking exam, but they still just get the MCP.
MCSA, is systems admin, is generally called the half-MCSE. you can become an MCSE without being an MCSA, the MCSA path has one exam that covers everything needed, and said exam counts as an elective for the MCSE. If you have comptia A+Net+ together, it counts as an elective for MCSE 2000.
MCSE is the highest level microsoft networking exam. There's currently two specs, 2000 and 2003. They are based off the operatiing systems, so 2000 covers windows 2000 and some xp, 2003 covers 2003 and xp, with some 2000 in there. The 2003 exams are a *LOT* harder then the 2000 exams. This was done to kill the "paper mcse" problem they were having, people would pass the exams and not know how to do anything in the real world.
There's also two specalizations, security and Messaging, for MCSE. Security is like it sounds, aimed at security. To get it, you need one more exam then standard mcse, but when your getting your mcse, you need to take all the security exams (Only 2, plus the one extra). For the 2000 spec, you need a security elective, the 70-214 exam, and you have to take the designing a securire windows network, 70-220. The 70-220 kills the normal 70-219 exam, being a lot harder. The 8th exam you need (7 needed for mcse) can be on ISA firewall (Outdated version) or Security+. While Sec+ is nice, and covers more stuff, it IS simpler then the firewall exam. But it looks better on a resume, will cover more areas if your potenal employers do not use ISA firewalls. It also costs about as much as 2 MS exams.
The messaging exam is for Exchange, the email server from microsoft. Not talked about much, but still in high demand.
Note: I'm currently an MCSE:Security 2000 spec, I'm holding off on the 2003 spec till I can get an employer to pay for the exams. Look at all my posts, and how much I know about windows. I *FAILED* my last mcse exam, ended up picking it up on a retake. I squeaked by my 70-216 exam, the widow maker, with 0% correct in the certificates area. While there are a lot of paper mcse's who pass by retaking it a lot, and cramming themselves full of knowlage with 14 day, 90 hour MCSE bootcamps, anyone who passes the MCSE and remembers what they learned has a good deal of skill.
Well, I'm bored, so screw covering the higher up exams. The ones after this, you got MCDBA (Overlooked by a lot of people, and good average pay. Easy to get, a bitch to truly know). CCNP (Ciscos mid-level exam, a nice jump in job responisability between it and CCNA), Sec+ (Hell of a lot eaiser then it should be) the CRISSPY or whatever (Exam isn't too bad, but must have 3~4 years working experence, and have to write a paper on security, be able to stand on your head and jump though a hoop, and pay $500 for the damn thing), NCP (Novell, used on the EASTERN seaboard more then western), the diffrent Linux exams (Some employers view the exams diffrently, so some may like Lunix+, others think it's worthless) and the godly CCIE. CCIE, the high-end cisco, has a passing rate of around 15%. Could be why there's less then 5,000 of them in the US.
Also, a lot of people tell you certifications are worthless, then the reasons they give don't make sence. a certiication generlly wil only help you to get a new job. It will not improve your current one. The new job may be within the same company, or might be outside the company. Since networking people can't have a portofolieo of network setups, like programers can cary around parts of their code, we need certifications to help show what we can do. While experience is a great asset, not all peopel learn the same way, and not all people get better with experience. I've seen people with 4~8 years exp taking the MS classes with me, and not only did they suck at it, they generally were "set" in their ways, saying how microsoft was dumb, that's not how it worked in the real world, ect. course, they keep people working commissioned jobs in good pay, so it's all good.
I better get five stars for this one.
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