MCTIP computer technician course

[geoffrey mendelson]

On Feb 20, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:

> There are video courses for MCITP which would cost you a lot less  
> and you can learn at home at your free time. Those MCITP  
> certificates aren't worth anything anyway - when someone wants to  
> hire you, he would like to check your experience, not your  
> certificates.

It depends, if your resume is being screened by a hiring manager, it  
is unlikely that they will pay attention to your certificates. If it  
is being screened by a clueless person in personel, that is one of the  
first things they look for.

So if you were for example, to send your resume to one of the people  
here who post that they are starting a startup, or work for a large  
company and need someone to work for/with them, then the certificates  
are not going to mean anything.

If you were going to send your resume, blindly to personel at the same  
large company, the certificates will get you first consideration, or  
not just thrown in the trash.

There are places that desire them, such as body shops, and schools.  
Having an MCITP certificate might get you a job teaching at one of  
those schools.

My son, who is a published expert in his field, does not have a CS  
degree, and his employer, a body shop, keeps pushing him to get an  
MCITP because there is no certificate in his field, and it looks
good on a resume when they are shoping him around. An MS or PhD would  
look better, but they would require real work and expense. He's  
waiting until they agree to pay for the classes and tests.

Note that these things go bad with old age. The hot certificate 10  
years ago, an MCSE is worthless now, and in 5-10 years an MCITP will  
be too. You will have to start over again if you want to be certified.

IMHO if you want to go to a class and make some money out of the army,  
go to cooking school, or take a course to get a license as an  
electrician, plumber (instalator) or gas fitter. Those you can use to  
get work right away and pay fairly well, and you can work nights while  
you go to school during the day.

On the other hand, if you want something less involved, study for and  
get an amateur radio license. They you can get in contact and make  
friends with people in various companies and business that will  
respect your ability to study, learn, and communicate, which will open  
more doors than a few letters after your name on a resume.

Geoff.


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Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to misquote it.