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Should I try to get these at the same time? I am starting an IT program at the community college hoping to get an IT degree because my psychology degree just isn't cutting it for me job wise.

 

Any other advice for me? I am going to get A+ as a starter because it's good to have that too I guess. I won't be able to transfer to a 4 year because I used up too many student loans and the only way I can do anything is self pay. That is why I am doing this through a community college.

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Ive only seen how the A+ exam looks like and from that i can say yeah you can easily take 2 at once.

But ive only seen it so hear out some other opinions.

Something wrong with your connection ?

Run the damn cable :)

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I got both of those certifications this year, and at the age of 16 I had no problems. But also I have my A+, CCNA, CCENT, CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, CCNP, CCNA Routing and Switching, and CCNA Wireless certifications, i have been in the Cisco Networking Academy for 2 years now and I am very good at what I do. The Security+ and Net+ are pretty easy i am sure that if you take the time to review and study both you will do fine.

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How hard are CCNA and CCNP ? Im interested in taking them some day in the future.

Something wrong with your connection ?

Run the damn cable :)

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How hard are CCNA and CCNP ? Im interested in taking them some day in the future.

I never took the CCNA cert exam (didn't have time) but I did all course exams including the final exams and they were not that hard. Got something like ~90% on my first try. You just need to read the Explorer courses and you should be fine. They are very well written so a lot of people are fine with just reading them once and then taking the exams.

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I got both of those certifications this year, and at the age of 16 I had no problems. But also I have my A+, CCNA, CCENT, CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, CCNP, CCNA Routing and Switching, and CCNA Wireless certifications, i have been in the Cisco Networking Academy for 2 years now and I am very good at what I do. The Security+ and Net+ are pretty easy i am sure that if you take the time to review and study both you will do fine.

 

Because I am self taught when it comes to computers, do you think that is an advantage when starting any certification program? I figure that I can take my down home, poor man's, jimmy rigged knowledge about how to set up computers for gaming (most of which I learned by asking questions on forums like this one) and apply that to what I will be learning at the 2 year college. For example, I know a lot about SSDs from shopping around for the cheapest one because that is all I can afford. I know about read/write speeds, NAND, and stuff like that simply by asking forum questions.

 

I looked at the Cisco Networking programs and right now they are a little too expensive, remember I can't take out any more student loans so I am going to need to find a full time job that can help pay for more schooling. There have got to be full time jobs out there for people with a 2 year computer science degree who have a few certifications. I know you are only 16 (which I think is amazing that you have so many certifications at 16. I don't even know you and I am proud of you) and you probably won't be looking for full employment for a few years, but if you know anything that would be helpful.

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Because I am self taught when it comes to computers, do you think that is an advantage when starting any certification program? I figure that I can take my down home, poor man's, jimmy rigged knowledge about how to set up computers for gaming (most of which I learned by asking questions on forums like this one) and apply that to what I will be learning at the 2 year college. For example, I know a lot about SSDs from shopping around for the cheapest one because that is all I can afford. I know about read/write speeds, NAND, and stuff like that simply by asking forum questions.

 

I looked at the Cisco Networking programs and right now they are a little too expensive, remember I can't take out any more student loans so I am going to need to find a full time job that can help pay for more schooling. There have got to be full time jobs out there for people with a 2 year computer science degree who have a few certifications. I know you are only 16 (which I think is amazing that you have so many certifications at 16. I don't even know you and I am proud of you) and you probably won't be looking for full employment for a few years, but if you know anything that would be helpful.

I am going through the Cisco Networking Academy as a student of my county's public school system so the county pays for all my classes, and you learn so much that cant really be self taught unless you have a Full CCNP Lab.

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I am going through the Cisco Networking Academy as a student of my county's public school system so the county pays for all my classes, and you learn so much that cant really be self taught unless you have a Full CCNP Lab.

yeah, I just got home from talking to an advisor and she said that the Cisco networking stuff is mandatory with the Network Engineering degree and I think if I know so much about computers from being self taught, then this degree will not be too hard for me because I consider myself a fast learner with computer hardware. Thanks to people like you guys and a

BIG thanks to Linus for all his videos about hardware and stuff.

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I am going through the Cisco Networking Academy as a student of my county's public school system so the county pays for all my classes, and you learn so much that cant really be self taught unless you have a Full CCNP Lab.

What country are you from?

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What country are you from?

Not sure about him but I am getting access to a ton of stuff for free through school. All education here in Sweden is free (I am actually getting paid to study, about 420 dollars a month, don't have to repay anything) and I assume he is from a country with the same rules.

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Not sure about him but I am getting access to a ton of stuff for free through school. All education here in Sweden is free (I am actually getting paid to study, about 420 dollars a month, don't have to repay anything) and I assume he is from a country with the same rules.

:o

Want to adopt someone? ;)

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:o

Want to adopt someone? ;)

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See where I am going with this?

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What country are you from?

United States, Washington DC to be more exact.

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Security + and Net + certs are really not that bad if you buckle down and just study the hell out of any approved books. Just watch out if your taking any of the Cisco certs... 

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Security + and Net + certs are really not that bad if you buckle down and just study the hell out of any approved books. Just watch out if your taking any of the Cisco certs... 

why?

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I have the A+ and now I'm studying for the Network+ . I use the Todd Lammle certified study book + the software that comes with it.

I would recommend to do them one at the time. So you can concentrate on one matter.

 

If this goes well I'm going for Linux +

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I self-studied for my CCNA R + S, CCNA Security and CCNP Security component exams using a combination of CBT Nuggets video training (Keith Barker, personal fave!) and Cisco Press books. They can be tricky exams, don't underestimate them.

 

I'd choose Cisco certs over say Network+ if I had to, I guess A+ is a good foundation if you're trying to get into the IT field but I personally never bothered with it.

 

Just get some books, maybe some training videos and budget the couple hundred bucks for an exam :)

 

Also, GNS3 (Especially with the newer beta versions) coupled with VirtualBox/VMWare are great for simulating most aspects of infrastructure for Network/Server labbing, at least I've found them invaluable :P

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Not sure about him but I am getting access to a ton of stuff for free through school. All education here in Sweden is free (I am actually getting paid to study, about 420 dollars a month, don't have to repay anything) and I assume he is from a country with the same rules.

Wow that is amazing. Paid to study... I wish I had a option like that. Sweden is awesome!

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