as far as i know....having these certifications does make a difference in ur job prospects, rising up the ranks, salary....etc....discuss discuss

any1 have any opinions? any1 interested in taking up any courses?

it does make different as you mentioned. especially in IT Vendor industry. they require you to get the certs.

take me as example, when I was in technical field. I had MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA, MCAD, CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP, OCA, OCP, etc. I have no problem to find a job, to demand high pay, to sit in senior position.

the same goes to PMP, Prince2, CBCP, CISSP, CISA, CISM, ITIL, CDCP, etc.

wah, so many certs out there kaa?? i'll be continuing my CCNA next month thou..

Yes, having few certs can help you advance in your career..But, working with company that recognize those certs will be another factor for you to move forward..

one question though, seems like every company nowadays require ITIL.. what's that cert for?? more to technical or management??

ITIL is a management certification. dealing with IT management processes. recent years many MNCs following the trend (globalization) ie. from CMMI to ISO27001 to ITIL to BCP.

do take ITIL foundation certification to have advantages in securing job.

wow.....clngu....tht resume of urs is totally awesome

mind 2share some of ur experiences wit e rest of us...respect

Wah, very respect u.

U sure spend a lot effort and time to take those exam .

How many years in total for u to collect all the cert ???

haha. those were part of my technical certification. I have CIW, CompTIA, Novell, HP, Citrix and IBM Lotus in hand as well.

not to mention management certification. since this thread is about technical.

previously my job was covering all IT related tasks ie. management proposal, budget and report, design and presentation, administration and maintenance. therefore I have opportunity to play around with windows desktop system to midrange unix system, routers and switches, cabling and fiber optic, etc.

after working for two years, I then only realized the important of having IT certification in my career. so I decided to pursue my very first one - Cisco CCNA. it took me three months self-study to sit for the exam. the moment I passed it, I felt so great. from there onwards, I continued to obtain other certifications. within 18 months, I got a stack of technical certificates.

when I went for interview, the interviewer looked at my resume. the first impression was WOW. after that within few days, called me to come and sign the offer letter. haha.

you paid for all the exam fees or company-sponsored?

Wow you really expert man ..

Did you self study most of your cert or attend for class ?

How long time you took ?

Im currently aiming for CCNA, and that took such long time for me ..

some paid by company, some paid by myself. however majority from my own pocket.

I did not attend any training class. wasting time and money. just bought official curriculum and reading materials from bookstores. and done hands-on.

you need to commit to yourself, push yourself to study and take the exam.

but the training kit of MCSE and CCNP quite expensive

i've attended ITIL course, but failed the exam huhuhuhu

investment in IT certification is big. but ROI is hugh. example, spend 10k and get 50-75% increment.

clngu ..

may i know how long you took from beginning ?

Im tyring my best self study too ... but hands on i have no idea lol ... no lab or anything.

clngu, do you mind telling what jobs you've held and are currently holding? And also, how much do you think a fresh grad today with CCNA can get for a network admin/network security analyst job?



This post has been edited by NicholasG5: Jun 19 2008, 12:16 PM

clngu,

do you mind to tell me, how much you earn per month? ...just roughly only

coz, i think right now i've been underpaid , 2.5 years on Networking environment with no any network cert , i earn

around rm3k only ... need to support my wife too . thinking to take ccna and ccnp within this year. do you

think how much i get increment?

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Added on June 19, 2008, 4:20 pmi got officemate ,holding degree + ccna + 1 year exp . my company offered around rm2300 + - , but i think, if fresh grad also around that figure too.

This post has been edited by r34: Jun 19 2008, 04:20 PM

[quote=Hybz,Jun 19 2008, 09:30 AM]
clngu ..

may i know how long you took from beginning ?

Im tyring my best self study too ... but hands on i have no idea lol ... no lab or anything.

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1st certification took me 3 months to achieve. if taking technical exam, no hands-on before. quite tough but still possible to pass the exam without practical experience.

[quote=NicholasG5,Jun 19 2008, 12:14 PM]
clngu, do you mind telling what jobs you've held and are currently holding? And also, how much do you think a fresh grad today with CCNA can get for a network admin/network security analyst job?

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am in IT managerial position now. depends on which industry you move into, fresh graduate with CCNA can get RM3k for network administration related job. for security analyst job, you need IT security certification.

[quote=r34,Jun 19 2008, 04:13 PM]
clngu,

do you mind to tell me, how much you earn per month? ...just roughly only

coz, i think right now i've been underpaid , 2.5 years on Networking environment with no any network cert , i earn

around rm3k only ... need to support my wife too . thinking to take ccna and ccnp within this year. do you

think how much i get increment?

[/quote]
RMxx,xxx per month. 2.5 years networking experience (depends on the complexity of your environment) with CCNA - around RM3.5-4k. with CCNP - around RM4.5-5k. (also depends on which industry you move into).

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Added on June 19, 2008, 4:20 pm

i got officemate ,holding degree + ccna + 1 year exp . my company offered around rm2300 + - , but i think, if fresh grad also around that figure too.

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yupe. many fresh graduate without experience can get that amount or more.

clngu!!!

I had a CCNA, MCSE, MCSA: Security, LPIC - 1 + BCompSc (Hons) with 2.6 working experience in firewall, network and system environment . How much should i get the paid?

This post has been edited by Secret_Garden: Jun 19 2008, 08:46 PM

wahhh so many...suddenly u become my hero...lol...bro im thinking on taking the MCSE or maybe CCNA cert...how much course and how to register??

Hey HURUHAR..i know why u failed the exam..everynite FIFA08..haha..joking dude.. me also gonna take CCNA end of this year...self study need more time n practice..