Certifications VS College Degree?

[Gung Pow Chicken]

What are your opinions on this matter?

 

In my opinion certifications are just as good, if not better. It's hard to cheat on a certification test because in the United States you have to take the test in a testing center, and are watched the entire time. I went to a college of technology for a short amount of time while I wasn't working, I noticed a lot of students cheated. I guarantee they will still get the degree because they passed the classes, and someone will hire them thinking they know the stuff when they don't.

 

I've got my CCNA 1-4, CCNP 1-4, A+, Windows Server Certifications, Windows 7, Windows 8 and a couple of other ones.

I make a little over $43,000 after taxes which I think is a very livable wage in Montana, and keep in mind that's without being thousands of dollars in debt because of college.

 

 

I'm not discouraging people at all, I had a big foundation of experience to back me up. I worked as at Repair Shops and many other places all through high school, and for years after. It's not very often that you have a guy that's 21 and has nearly 9 years of verifiable experience and knowledge to prove it.  

[Leonard]

A college degree is more sound than certificates as employers believe graduates are better suited for a given job. I would advise you or anyone else, to get your degree and on your spare time get some certifications.

[DXMember]

it depends on your working environment.

If you work as self-employed I'd say certification are priority.

If you work for a company then it depends on the needs of a company.

 

Sometimes company need a minimal amount of both college education and certificates to apply for a project and start work on it - even if the individual people that will be working on project don't have it, the company has to fulfill the minimum quotas the client asks for some times becasue of standards.

 

Mostly companies are interested in you if you have the college diploma or are about to get one, and as far as certification goes they will provide you and pay you to get those certificates that company is interested in having.

 

IMHO experience / ability to learn and adapt >>>>>> any formal paper

[TheKDub]

Damn nice, I've only got (Equivalents of) A+, Networking+, and Security+

 

it depends on your working environment.

If you work as self-employed I'd say certification are priority.

If you work for a company then it depends on the needs of a company.

 

Sometimes company need a minimal amount of both college education and certificates to apply for a project and start work on it - even if the individual people that will be working on project don't have it, the company has to fulfill the minimum quotas the client asks for some times becasue of standards.

 

IMHO experience / ability to learn and adapt >>>>>> any formal paper

 

This ^

[MrBucket101]

degree is most important; certifications are secondary

A degree with certifications just makes you look even more appealing to a potential employer