https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/index.php?a=rssfeed&t=245 The largest Smaug community resource site. - en SmaugMuds 60 https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=935#p935 Heh, I live in Michigan, and the job market here is entirely by word-of-mouth. I happen to be lucky enough to work in a very small linux shop right now, but dread the idea of having to look for another IT job if this one ever goes away. I have no certs myself (not even the mint ones!), as the one M$ job I had didn't need them, and I've done all unixy stuff since then. I suppose I should try one of these days, even if I can't fork out the cash to officially get the acronym. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=935#p935 Tue, 3 Jun 2003 12:51:45 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Quixadhal) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=927#p927 Tornadoes really isnt a problem in Texas... far more so in states north of here. The job market is in good shape in large cities... which there are about two of. And just so happen to live in neither of them :P https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=927#p927 Wed, 28 May 2003 14:43:54 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Somnio) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=934#p934 What for? Texas is a fine state, if you can stand the tornados and stuff. Their job market is in better shape than California's. And yes Amalric, moving out isn't a financial option right now :P https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=934#p934 Wed, 28 May 2003 14:30:57 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=938#p938 I live in Texas. Please kill me. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=938#p938 Tue, 27 May 2003 17:02:55 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Somnio) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=933#p933 Samson, your problem isn't so much a problem of certification as one of location (unless of course moving is out of the question then your problem *IS* certification!) Here in Cincinnati, companies are hiring programmers and other IT professionals with experience. Most of them are paying for their employees to get the certs if they are necessary after being hired. From what I have been seeing, the northern VA area is going through the same hiring cycle. There the companies are mainly military co https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=933#p933 Fri, 16 May 2003 07:27:04 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Amalric) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=932#p932 The climate here in California is somewhat less friendly than all that Trax. They don't tend to hire without certs. At least not today. Had I grown a brain 10 years ago and gone looking for IT work, it would almost literally have been as simple as hacking up a resume with the word "Computer" slapped in it somewhere and you could have been hired on the spot. But I was young and stupid and didn't care then. I care now, and the certs are almost always listed as a requirement for anything around her https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=932#p932 Tue, 6 May 2003 08:40:52 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=926#p926 [quote]Lucky I can't afford to even try. You'd think one that's worked on computers for more than half of his life could get a job in the IT industry. Ha![/quote] Yes I have, and yes I did ;) I've worked in the IT sector for a good 4 years now since I left university, and I don't particular EVER want to take MS certs unless something specifically requires them of me... with a simple standard BSc in Computer Science (no honours, I screwed that up a bit and fell back on an ordinary degree) I've https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=926#p926 Tue, 6 May 2003 02:29:11 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Guest) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=931#p931 Lucky I can't afford to even try. You'd think one that's worked on computers for more than half of his life could get a job in the IT industry. Ha! Ah well. (And yes, I am 21... and my first computer was an Apple IIc. I can't remember when I got it, but I remember writing a program on it. I also remember taking it apart and then calling the local MacWorld store and asking if I could upgrade it. The sales rep laughed and laughed and... er... yeah:) ) C'mon! Apple Basic RULED! Right? https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=931#p931 Mon, 5 May 2003 22:32:37 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Xorith) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=937#p937 EGAD! This is an old thread.... having long since graduated with all my certs and such back in October 2002 :P https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=937#p937 Thu, 10 Apr 2003 11:16:08 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Samson) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=930#p930 For those who care - I've now passed the Active Directory test For those familiar with Microsoft's MCSA/MCSE testing track, my next target is 70-218 ( I forget exactly what this covers ). Since this test counts toward both certs, it's silly NOT to take it. :P https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/new-forum-ideas-245/&p=930#p930 Tue, 27 Aug 2002 03:19:33 CDT Alsherok MUD Forum nobody@example.com (Samson)