IT career

These questions definitely show that you are way too early in your career to be considering any formal (university or certification) training or to even be talking about Windows, Linux, VMware, networking, etc. foci. You need to work with technologies, learn about them and get a firm foundation. You should not be wondering how to get Linux or what VirtualBox is or wondering how to acquire them if you are going to go into a class. That's stuff that anyone in a class would be expected to not just know, but have done many times, that you would have already used many Linux systems and practiced with them, that you'd been using Windows, that you knew multiple virtualization systems, etc.

I think that looking at Linux Administration might be a bit premature. Getting it installed will be good at learning some stuff. But I think that you might be skipping over a lot of the basics of IT to try to go right to advanced skills without a clear understanding of how to get there.

Let's start with... what have you been doing thus far?

jimmynelson

@FrostyPhoenix thanks mate!

WrCombs

Welcome!

scottalanmiller

Everyone has to start somewhere, of course. So nothing wrong there. I just think that you are jumping in with your sights set on "what class will make me money" rather than "wanting to learn IT skills" which is where you are. You need a good foundational understanding of systems, networking, databases, scripting, applications, storage and more before looking at career paths.

For example, have you done your Network+ yet? If not, are you just skipping it because you are already familiar with the material in it? Nothing wrong with not having the cert, but you should be able to ace the exam without worrying before looking at any of these advanced career paths. The knowledge there and in the Server+ are just assumed knowledge that you would have before looking into any administration path, for example.

jimmynelson

@scottalanmiller only basic networking, learning about IOS model, ipv4 and ipv6 and learn router, switch and complete A+ reader.

scottalanmiller

@jimmynelson said in IT career:

@scottalanmiller only basic networking, learning about IOS model, ipv4 and ipv6 and learn router, switch and complete A+ reader.

OSI model?

jimmynelson

@scottalanmiller osi model in networking like open system interconnection 7layers of networking like application, data link, network, transport etc

scottalanmiller

@jimmynelson said in IT career:

@scottalanmiller only basic networking, learning about IOS model, ipv4 and ipv6 and learn router, switch and complete A+ reader.

A+ is not IT, that's bench. The info is decent, and better than it used to be, but really doesn't prepare you for an IT career, and is not meant to. It's for working fixing PCs, which is not what we do in IT (it's related, but it's different.) Not bad stuff to know, of course, but don't think of it as IT preparation. The Network+ is the first entry level IT fundamentals certification.

jimmynelson

@scottalanmiller my friend told me before learning IT,.l need to learn basic networking essential and operation system

scottalanmiller

@jimmynelson said in IT career:

@scottalanmiller my friend told me before learning IT,.l need to learn basic networking essential and operation system

Yes, you should be very well versed in all aspects of computing before considering IT as a career.

jimmynelson

@scottalanmiller maybe i should learn how routers and switches works and how to connect RJ45 wire. so i need to start with basic networking and operating system right ??

scottalanmiller

@jimmynelson said in IT career:

@scottalanmiller maybe i should learn how routers and switches works and how to connect RJ45 wire. so i need to start with basic networking and operating system right ??

Yes, you should understanding routers, switches, hubs, firewalls, networking protocols, normal desktop computing, virtualization, file sharing, power user tasks, etc. before trying to move on to server administration.