Re: Job Search which is better MCSE 2k OR MCSE 2003

Unfortunately I am being serious!! One friend with his CCIE written, CCNA,
CCNP, MCSE, and MCT started managing a dry cleaning business ~3 years ago
for 1/3 of his IT salary.

If you are smart enough to be in IT and you are just doing it for the money
RUN THE OTHER WAY! I am not just saying that so that there is one less
person fighting me and 198 other applicants for a job...I am being dead
serious.

Not being arrogant, but being arrogant:
I chose IT over medicine, flying, and law. I had chances to educate myself
in those fields and would likely have been a good lawyer. I was a great
pilot in my days. IT was just a backup career that I happened to like.

I am not bad at what I do (Active Directory, Exchange, and Live
Communications Server architecture and/or Tier III operations for large
organizations), but I am not the best. I work for a great company and great
people. It takes hard work to get here. There are some quirks about
Exchange and Active Directory that you will never see no matter how hard you
study, no matter how much you play in a lab, no matter if you get 1000 on
your MCSE exams.

Some close friends, who dumped literally thousands of dollars into their
career in the 90's and early 2000's are now unable to find jobs in the IT
sector...some people saw IT training shops fold when they were only 50%
complete...but they financed the training.

As many stories as an experienced pilot has about flying, I have those
stories and twice as much+ about IT.

I have a close friend, who just graduated from a good regional university
with good grades, working in a bookstore at a university in North Carolina.
Why? He can't find an IT job there and he has been looking for nearly 1
year.

If you really want a job in IT, and you want it while the economy is down,
and you have a squeaky clean record, look to D.C. Make it known to
recruiters that you want to work in D.C. Get something entry level to start
and then start working your way up the ladder.

SOFT SKILLS ARE 10 TIMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CERTS.
I will say it again...
SOFT SKILLS ARE 10 TIMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CERTS. You can have a
handful of certs, but with no personality and no experience, your choices
are very limited.

Another option...join the military and get an MOS *IN WRITING* for
information technology. Get your degree while you are in..maybe apply for
OCS. The upside...Comms units usually have climate controlled trailers.
The downside...comms units are usually big targets for anit-radiation
missiles and for attacks. Big Navy ships and Air Force bases are probably
the safest locations. Army and Marines can probably wire CAT5 and stand up
servers one day and be on a live fire mission protecting newly installed
equipment the next. Read the fine print...you can still get into some not
so fun situations. If you are smart enough to be in IT, likely you will
find the Navy courting you to work in the nuclear field. Hooah!

Good luck!,

Bob
"Sam" <smartboy123us@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1115238470.640190.22520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is not funny Bob. This is serious matter.
>


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