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<blockquote data-quote="low00ranger" data-source="post: 5775580" data-attributes="member: 563341">Negative.Maybe basic hardware support, IT help-desk type stuff. If you&#039;re getting a mid-high level job its all about your professional education and competence. The certs do say you put forth a little effort in bettering yourself, but its really just a matter of memorizing some practice exams. It says nothing about a person&#039;s working knowledge. Some companies will pay for you to get the cert while you work there, and they definitely don&#039;t hurt so that is worthwhile. Focus on getting a good degree(you can&#039;t B.S. your way through most 4 year Computer Science/Engineering degrees) and doing substantial work on meaningful projects. If you can&#039;t pay for a degree, volunteer somewhere to get some real-world experience which is valued more than a basic cert which you have to pay for(multiple times if you fail).I have a guy working under me with an active A+, Sec+, MCSE, and CCNA. He has to ask someone to help remember how to access a network share, how to open an sftp session, how to create an account on a Cisco router, etc. He has no personal or mental issues outside the fact that he is clueless to the most basic personal computing, networking, and security issues despite his certs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="low00ranger, post: 5775580, member: 563341"] Negative. Maybe basic hardware support, IT help-desk type stuff. If you're getting a mid-high level job its all about your professional education and competence. The certs do say you put forth a little effort in bettering yourself, but its really just a matter of memorizing some practice exams. It says nothing about a person's working knowledge. Some companies will pay for you to get the cert while you work there, and they definitely don't hurt so that is worthwhile. Focus on getting a good degree(you can't B.S. your way through most 4 year Computer Science/Engineering degrees) and doing substantial work on meaningful projects. If you can't pay for a degree, volunteer somewhere to get some real-world experience which is valued more than a basic cert which you have to pay for(multiple times if you fail). I have a guy working under me with an active A+, Sec+, MCSE, and CCNA. He has to ask someone to help remember how to access a network share, how to open an sftp session, how to create an account on a Cisco router, etc. He has no personal or mental issues outside the fact that he is clueless to the most basic personal computing, networking, and security issues despite his certs. [/QUOTE]

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