That's assuming that you would want to move into management. Myself, I am
enthused about the opportunities opened by certifications in the technical
arena, with appropriate compensation, without having to sell my soul in the
political atmosphere of management. They can have it. I wouldn't even want
it.
Larry Puckette - LANCP
Temple-Inland
Network Analyst
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-Original Message-
From: whatshakin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 11:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:Re: Masters degrees / distance learning
I'd like to interject a little if I may. Having all cert related
credentials will certainly open the doors to decent money and better and
better opportunities in the IT related field. All certs and no degree
however, (in most cases) is probably going to limit one's potential for
growth opportunities. To expound on his further, having a degree and
numerous certifications in the same discipline (IT in this case) could also
hamper ones long term potential growth opportunities! I am referring to the
possibility of moving into management positions in this case. Here the lack
of business related skills could draw many obstacles to which overcoming
them may prove difficult. It seems logical that a combination of both
technical and business skills/certs will provide one with the best platform
onto which you could build a solid career. Unfortunately, with bachelor
degree's becoming almost a commodity these days, you may soon need to set
yourself above the crowd with a graduate degree and high level certs of
sorts. I dare say the folks with a MBA and CCIE will soon find themselves
running the businesses of tomorrow.
- Original Message -
From: JohnMail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lauren Child [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: Masters degrees / distance learning
TTFN:
Good to see that someone believe in the process of education and is
prepared
to go beyond MCSE/CNE/CCxx. My guess is that the vast majority of people
with "Certs only", plan to do network configuration type stuff for a very
long time to come.
At some stage my plan is to be able to effectively manage the people doing
the "GRUNT" work - pardon the term. And this is where a graduate degree
will enable me to compete for technical (or business) managerial
positions.
The higher levels of formal education will enable to do much than mere
networking stuff. I am sure you want to be able to WRITE effectively and
perfect your PRESENTATION skills.
So far I have completed one graduate program - MBA. I also have MCSE and
CCNA. I am currently working on MCSE (2000) and CCDA/CCNP. I do this
because learning is fun to me.
Go for Gold!
- Original Message -
From: Lauren Child [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 2:25 AM
Subject: Masters degrees / distance learning
Hiya,
Ive been thinking about the Masters Degree thing - I have a BSc in
Computing (communications and Networks). Im wondering about doing a
masters degree by distance learning. My old university, Sheffield
Hallam in the UK does a distance learning "enterrprise networks" masters
degree thats accredited by Novell, but having spent 4 years there
already, and having had disagreements with staff members etc, I was
wondering what other degrees people might have found or taken by
distance learning?
TTFN
Lauren
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