Re: 70-291 - ouch
- From: jkozlowski <jkozlowski1968@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:36:02 -0700
Actually, I was just trying to better myself and shoot for something as a
personal gain. I have a great job as a tech, I dont really have the need to
get this cert but for only personal gain. I dont plan on running out and say
look at me, I have mcsa hire me!
Anyways, when I have zero experience in network engineering it was my
opinion some others might have said I have a touch here and there. My company
hired me without any certs actually (been there now 7 years) my last job I
was there 15 years and the last job I created and designed a novell network
from manual typewritters to fully computerized (myself). I had everything all
set there and running smooth I got bored and looked for a new job, Found this
great place that was a large Microsoft base place. I was actually shocked
they hired me with no certs and more importantly no microsoft experience.
They were just overwhelmed with my ability of what I accomplished with the pc
side as well as the pbx (thats phone stuff) administration.
Well anyways, 2 years ago a big cert craze went thru after we got a new
director and everyone was to be certified, me being thier "Senior" level tech
I had to have my a+, network+ and mcdst (all good certs for my job role). I
thought wow I didnt have to study at all for my a+ or network+ and being thru
a few rollouts with the company I really picked up on the microsoft world. I
was with them from a 95 to 98 to xp phases, I played a major roll in the
deployment of over 3200 machines world wide. (We have about 15 offices world
wide), were i deployed and upgraded and even help setup the new offices. I
did that so well they put me in the cisco realm of setting up the ip phones
and work alot with the VoIP.
Anyways... I guess when i say i have ZERO experience in being a network
engineer, I was slightly off. But in my eyes I still have zero experience
since I actually dont work in the dungeon of the engineering staff.
"Michael D. Alligood" wrote:
"jkozlowski" <jkozlowski1968@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message.
news:80D7A44F-7C9D-4CAB-85DE-2A8B85F11970@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
I pretty much have 0 experience at hands on in the windows 2003 server arena.
(Im not a network engineer, just a computer tech for the last 20 years)
Here is the audience profile (recommended experience) for the MCSA
certification:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-291.mspx#ETB
Here are the tested objectives for the 70-291 exam:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-291.mspx#E6E
My question is what in the world made you take this, or any of the
MCSA/MCSE exams with ZERO hands-on experience?!? Please allow me to ask
another question as well. What if you passed this exam? No wait, what if
you passed the entire MCSA certification. With ZERO experience, wouldn't
you think that your MCSA certificate was meaningless? I mean you would
have obtained a System Administrator credential in a Windows 2003
network environment without having laid on finger on the technology...
What do you think this does for the MCSA/MCSE certification?
--
Michael D. Alligood, MCSA, MCDST
The I.T. Classroom - http://www.theitclassroom.com/
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