"Linux/Unix Remote Administration."


If you can't even get that right, what can you get right? probably nothing. The least I would want you doing is monitoring my servers.

Yes go for the associates instead of a certificate. Also try to complete the general education requirements in case you want to transfer to a 4 year for a BS degree. You really want to aim for that...

ok.

browse through certcities.com

they have tons of information about this stuff.

and no, you don't have to spend thousands of dollars on training. Just grab a book!

I am going to college soon and I am looking for a job. Anything in particular really. I have a high school diploma and no previous job experience. I would enjoy working with anything relating to...

You guys talk as if management is only shitty toward the IT departments lol. Its messed up in all companies, remember power corrupts indefinitely.

get both, it doesn't hurt. What you need to do is get as much of the following attributes as possible:

Work expereince (in your related field of expertise)
college education
certifications
A...

Im personally doing a BS in CS then, after maybe five years of industry experience I might go back for a masters in software engineering. I don't know about the whole PHD thing though, probably won't...

Twiglight zone.... Well you can't always trust what the media tells you and sometimes you have to look at things in the real world from the way you see it. According to money magazine computer...

Hehe, yes I understand what you are going through. I often browse the ads to see what employers are looking for (and hopefully atempt to get those skills - im only 17 now). I will be going down the...

My hypothesis for this is that the enrollment status is just realigning from the boom that took place during the dot com boom. All these people during that time never really had any interest in...

I constantly read slashdot/craigslist forums/digg.com and the people on there tend to ALWAYS make the cs/it field out to be as if it is extremely difficult to get a job in the field. Im quite...