This is a point that I would like to make emphasis on. Here in Michigan, I
know many people who have the standard respected certs (A+/MCSE/CCNA) and
are averaging $55-65000 a year. Note that most of these people have these
certs and 5 or so years of experience. In California, the same jobs tend to
net you $75-85000 a year, but you have to consider that the cost of living
is incredibly high out there. Another point that needs to be made (and the
wall that I and a friend of mine have run into numberous times) is that
employers (at least in Michigan) still need you to have a degree. I walked
into an interview with my A+, MCP, I-Net+, Network+ and 6 years of real
world experience and go turned down because I was 16 credits from having my
degree. The interviewer was kind enough to let me know that I qualified in
every thing they ask for except the degree, saying that a minimum of a
bachelors is needed. None the less, the person they did hire @ $61,000 a
year had 6 months experience at an ISP and only his bachelors. This just
goes to show that the piece of paper still needs something.
Denis
> You will not make 70 grand a year just for getting
> your MCSE. You will not get 90 grand a year just for your CCNP. And I
> doubt you will get $120 grand a year when you get your CCIE. Somewhere
> around half of this is realistic for the MCSE or CCNP. The only possible
> things that will get you close this amount of money is an added college
> degree, many years of experience or living somewhere that the cost of
> living is double compared to the rest of the country. Sorry if this ruins
> your dreams of getting rich quick, but is better someone told you before
> you spend the time and money.
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