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once you get to college, go check out the computer labs. It's a great way to gain experience and not too stressful while you are in school

So how do you buy the links you are talking about?

Nope not at all. Reason? the spam factor AND I run a parenting site. Too many freaks out there stealing pictures of children and passing them off as their own!

Does anyone want to talk about the fact that almost all of the IT jobs in America (at least in the larger companies) are going to places like India, China, Brazil, Argentina, etc?

I agree with NOT getting into IT. All of the jobs are going overseas. Unless of course you currently live in Bangalore or something! However, Degrees unpon degrees mean nothing to most IT groups - They want people that know their stuff and honestly, college won't do that for you. …

70-290 is a pretty easy one, I wouldn't sweat it. Is there a reason you are going for a MS cert opposed to other kinds? Larger companies rarely use MS in their infrastructure... Check Transcender.com - they have some good study tools.

What kind of certs are you looking at? Security is the big push right now. The Industry standard certification is called the CISSP. The other area that seems to be hopping is VoIP and you can work with Cisco to get some good certs there. Not ALL certs require classes …

Hi, I'm Laura, 33 and I run a parenting message board! :) I have actually been running BBSs/Message Boards since I was 16 :eek: when I had a bank of 16 mondems! Yep, I have been a ner a long long time :)