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<blockquote data-quote="HumanWiki" data-source="post: 14717821" data-attributes="member: 137365"><p>If you're going in to a networking discipline, then an A+ by itself isn't really going to be of much value. It will give you an overall understanding of infrastructure, but it's not going to get in to the networking concepts and ideas that you'll actually need to know to be of any value beyond a help desk worker.</p><p></p><p>If you're going to do a CompTIA course/test, then you'll also want to do Network+ since it will focus more on those areas. You can also pick up Cloud Essentials from CompTIA, but I suggest looking in to some stuff from Cisco (entry level exams/courses) as well. Cisco will have brand specific command sets and technologies, but a lot of it can be applied to other vendors since a lot of the underlying ideas will be same/similar.</p><p></p><p>Also, from someone that's been in professional IT for 15 years now and worked at some very large firms/corps, do yourself a favor and don't limit yourself to a singular discipline. You don't have to be a jack of all trades, but more times than not, you'll find that being able to talk shop with other departments at a more detailed level will give you an edge. It's one thing to understand how networking technologies work, but if you don't understand what's riding the network and why, then you'll end up in a rut with nowhere to go if it stales our or is integrated with other areas. I've dealt with people from all walks of IT before that only wanted to know their one little area and they're much more difficult to interact with than those that are more versed. You end up with people that always point fingers elsewhere because they have no ability to really understand how everything ties together. Again, you don't have to be an expert in all fields, but being able to talk to a developer and then a SAN guy, then a server/virtualization guy will endear you to them more so than less open peers.</p><p></p><p>Plus, the concepts of networks, servers, storage, etc. all being separate pieces that are just interconnected is dying. There's a lot surrounding converged systems/designs and if you only know networks, then you'll lose out to someone that knows more about more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HumanWiki, post: 14717821, member: 137365"] If you're going in to a networking discipline, then an A+ by itself isn't really going to be of much value. It will give you an overall understanding of infrastructure, but it's not going to get in to the networking concepts and ideas that you'll actually need to know to be of any value beyond a help desk worker. If you're going to do a CompTIA course/test, then you'll also want to do Network+ since it will focus more on those areas. You can also pick up Cloud Essentials from CompTIA, but I suggest looking in to some stuff from Cisco (entry level exams/courses) as well. Cisco will have brand specific command sets and technologies, but a lot of it can be applied to other vendors since a lot of the underlying ideas will be same/similar. Also, from someone that's been in professional IT for 15 years now and worked at some very large firms/corps, do yourself a favor and don't limit yourself to a singular discipline. You don't have to be a jack of all trades, but more times than not, you'll find that being able to talk shop with other departments at a more detailed level will give you an edge. It's one thing to understand how networking technologies work, but if you don't understand what's riding the network and why, then you'll end up in a rut with nowhere to go if it stales our or is integrated with other areas. I've dealt with people from all walks of IT before that only wanted to know their one little area and they're much more difficult to interact with than those that are more versed. You end up with people that always point fingers elsewhere because they have no ability to really understand how everything ties together. Again, you don't have to be an expert in all fields, but being able to talk to a developer and then a SAN guy, then a server/virtualization guy will endear you to them more so than less open peers. Plus, the concepts of networks, servers, storage, etc. all being separate pieces that are just interconnected is dying. There's a lot surrounding converged systems/designs and if you only know networks, then you'll lose out to someone that knows more about more. [/QUOTE]
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