Is a two year CompTIA certificate from my local community college

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No

well the A+ can get you a helpdesk job pretty easily which usually nets a comfy job that's higher than minimum wage as long as you don't mind dealing with dumb people

>>56282171
2 Years old? Yes.
Capitalize on it today before it expires... Then it will be truly useless.
If you're still in skewl get an internship -> job out of it.

In two years, you should have compTIA A+, CCNA/MCSE (or both), and Linux+.

Minimum.

what's the point of a degree when I could get certs?

>>56282171
Not at all

>>56282424

Because you want promotions.

friendly reminder about comptia exams

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/9bmteb9f67uet#myfiles

>Tfw what im going to school for
>feel zero self worth and feel that paying it all out of pocket is for nothing

What certs are worth getting besides the java one?

No fib, I don't know why people get these certifications people talk about on /g/. What kind of jobs require them? >>56282219 mentioned help desk, but are they all for these shitty customer service jobs?

>>56282171
>two year comptia certificate

That doesn't exist. Is it an associate's degree or something? Is it as CompTIA prep academy?

If your school's a CompTIA academy then you get huge discounts (~50%) on the certs. Getting the CompTIA trinity of A+, Net+, and Sec+ would give you a solid understanding of many subjects if you actually studied and understood the material as opposed to exam dumped or crammed. Oh and the Linux+ isn't too bad either, you actually net the LPIC-1 with it. Maybe you could go and get the LPIC-2 after or RHCSA/RCE after if you really like Linux.

There's other career paths as well. Like Networking? Go Cisco CCNA/CCNP Like Microsoft? MCSA/MCSE. Like Security? Go.. actually I can't say CISSP (5 years exp. required) or GIAC (too expensive)

>>56283667
Nigger, programming certs are useless and people would seriously question your intelligence in an interview if they saw one. Better to just do projects instead.

>>56283715
CompTIA is entry level and A+ is literally THE helpdesk cert so in that case yeah, shitty customer service (technical) job.

At the higher levels, there's shit like the CCIE which is basically a PhD in networking.

>>56282171


You could pass CompTIA A+ by spending 2 days to read a book.

So it's worth 2 days of study.

>>56283796
>CompTIA is entry level and A+ is literally THE helpdesk cert so in that case yeah, shitty customer service (technical) job.
>At the higher levels, there's shit like the CCIE which is basically a PhD in networking.
Interesting, thanks. I guess I only know programmers or similar jobs you just get with a bachelor's in compsci or softeng, as none of my friends have certifications like these.