My Professional Certs - Part3

Figure 1: JNCIS


Figure 2: CCNA Card


Figure 3: MS Card

My Professional Certs - Part2

Figure 1: MCTS


Figure 2: MCTS: Windows Vista


Figure 3: MCTS - SQL Server 2005


Figure 4: MCITP


Figure 5: MCITP SQL Server 2005

My Professional Certs - Part1

Figure 1: MCP


Figure 2: MCSA Server 2003


Figure 3: MCSA:Security Server 2003


Figure 4: MCSE Server 2003


Figure 5: MCSE:Security Server 2003

Figure 6: MCDBA

2008 年的目标

不知不觉讲师这份工已经做了9个月了，聪明的陈校长因为忙，所以我的confirmation一拖就是4个月。延长试用期都好嘛，干嘛声都不吭一声， 这个就是华人的聪明了，如果你要resign他就说已经confirm了，年底要发花红，那就对不起，你还不是confirmed staff.... 唉~ 所谓华人五千年的文明不过是这种勾心斗角的文明。

不过在INTI的生活还是蛮悠闲，毕竟不是大城市，没有浓烈的废气，也不会塞车。 有的老师可以悠闲的喝个茶，聊聊天，嗯~~到时间回家了， Yeah~~ 或者punch in之后回家看孩子...哎，让我想到我儿时中国机关（government）的生活方式。 不过不可以责怪他们哦，乖乖punch in的是好孩子了... 一个有10多年经验，CCNA Trainer都只有USD1,400/Months，你还怎么怪他们工作不勤力？华人的思维方式管理一间小作坊可以搞得有声有色，可惜做不了大事。

不过抛开一切的不开心，宽松的环境还是很好的。利用学校的平台，我也不停的给自己进修，MCSE, CCNA, Juniper, ITIL etc (得空我会把证书放上来，炫耀一下。).... 要不是在INTI，我没有时间，也没有精力可以考这样多的IT certs，虽然没有的加薪，但至少自己有少少的满足感，可以慰籍一下自己的虚荣心~~ 2008年，希望是一个好年。

PhD, 浪费时间不讨好，可以停停了。不过学校怎样答复，可不可以批准我的deferment就不得而知了。

论文还是要写写的，希望可以发表两篇，至少一篇论文。 不管怎样，一个没有发表论文的master好像很难让人信服。

CompTIA Security+, CCNP, CISA, CISSP 都搬上了时间表。 也不知道可以拿到几个。 证书多，就算找不到有钱的工作，至少也可以拥有一个吓死人的title...

移民...唉~~听说9月前的都在排队，现在officially一个case的处理时间已经延长到15个月。 如果可以明年12月拿到，这真的是我这辈子收到最好的一份圣诞礼物。

收入...因为移民推掉了RM3.8k/M的工。 明年要想升上3k是不可能了。不过开心就好，好彩我还不算一个生活奢侈的人，这点钱，还养活得了我。

希望2008是有收获的一年，也希望光顾我blog的朋友也要给自己订一个目标哦。

放上我在INTI Website的网页

A Guideline on IT Industry qualification

Certificates are not only something that you can hang on the wall or add a pretty nice prefix to your name card but it demonstrate that you are professor in a particular field. This article is generally provide you some basic views about well known IT certifications.

There are plenty of certificates from different vendors, so probably your first question is what should I get first? Which one is more valuable? In 2006, CertCities.com did a survey for the top 10 hottest IT certificate [Nagel, 2006]:

10 Linux Professional Institute Certification, Level 2(LPIC 2)
9 System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP)
8 MCSE: Security
7 Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
6 Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
4 Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP)
4 Project Management Professional (PMP)
3 Microsoft Certified Architect
2 Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: SQL & .NET

The top prize goes to
1 Red Hat Certified Engineer

Another ranking is provided by About.com, the researcher did a survey to get feedback from certification readers about what they are looking towards the next stage [Reuscher, 2007]. The result shows on below:

10 Cisco CCDA
9 PMP
9 Microsoft MCDBA
8 Microsoft MCP
7 CISSP
6 Microsoft MCSD
5 Microsoft MCSE
5 CompTIA A+
4 CompTIA Network+
4 Microsoft MCSA
3 Cisco CCIE
2 Cisco CCNA
1 Cisco CCNP


Although, there are slightly differences in between, but it is not difficult to found that Microsoft and Cisco certs are still monopolise the market. As a beginner, you only need to think about what will be your direction (Programmer, Network Administrator, Security Engineer, etc.)? The start point could be:

Operating System: MCP or LPI (Subject Code: 70-270/70-290 or 117-101 + 117-102)

Networking (Telecommunication): CCNA or CompTIA Network+ (Subject Code: 640-801 or NE0-003)

Information Security: CompTIA Security+ (Subject Code: SY0-101)

Database Management: MCTS-SQL or MySQL Core (Subject Code: 70-431 or 001-003)

Programming: SCJP (Subject Code: 310-055)

Information Management: ITIL Foundation (Subject Code: EX0-100)

Project Management: PMI CAPM, Project+ (PK0-002)

Hardware: CompTIA A+ (220-301)

I wish you all can aim an IT cert now...~~~~~

Nagel, B., (2006) "CertCities.com's Hottest Certifications for 2006." available on: http://certcities.com/editorial/features/story.asp?EditorialsID=95

Reuscher, D., (2007) "Top Ten Certifications to get in 2006." available on: http://certification.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/topfor2006.htm