CCNA

>>62419995
Certificates don't mean much. Employers look for work experience first, then degrees, then certificates last.

Everyone I know with a CCNA and nothing else is completely useless.

experience trumps everything

>>62420013
False

>>62420013
>>>62419995 (OP)
>Certificates don't mean much. Employers look for work experience first, then degrees, then certificates last.

Certificates do mean much. Simeon with an MCSA or MCSE can easily get a good paying job doing monkey server work. Certs can get you through the door when everyone in IT has a degree. It shows employers you're serious about IT as a career and not just something you majored in in college.

>>62420013
No it's experience first, then certificates, then finally degrees.

instead of degree vs cert bs why dont you retards actually post which one makes more statistically

>>62420251
Do people actually major in IT in college or are you talking about CS/CE?

>>62420324
You can't get hired in my company without a Bachelors
>>62420251
We don't hire technicians that don't have any experience. The pipeline for our new entry level hires are students doing internships at our company.
>>62420191
Elaborate please

>>62420324
>>62420438
I should elaborate more, it could be a Bachelors degree in literally anything, HR just needs to see that before we can schedule an interview.

>>62419995
if you have no experience take whatever you can get, do it for 1-2 years then look for a higher paying job, this isn't unique to IT

>>62420531

Is geek squad experience?

You're going to need some experience. Doesn't have to be anything drastic, just a year or two of basic IT. Go find a help desk job. A CCNA definitely gives you upward mobility.

>>62420531
Most companies I've seen nowadays accept equivalent work experience. Think very carefully before blowing 4 years and tens of thousands of dollars on a degree

>>62421168
IMO geek squad is a sales job with very little if any actual IT work. But other employers may see it differently

>>62420438
>The pipeline for our new entry level hires are students doing internships at our company.

>tfw you neglected internships as a student and ruined your life