First off, I'd like to thank everyone here, its has been very pleasant and informative.
My question is related to education.
I am 28, and presently I have 2 years experience as a net admin, a handful of years experience as techy.
Education wise I have a certificate of studies from Herzing College in Microcomputers and Networking from 2000. I did very well in that and went on to work as admin for 2 years 2002-2004.
I then had ankle surgery which left me unable to move for roughly 6 months. 1 year has passed now and I have since obtained a Comptia Network+ 2005 cert. I am still unemployed.
I am thinking of taking another course at herzing for 7000$ CDN for 7 months. We will do MCSA 2003 and CCNA. Its 3 days a week at roughly 6 hours each day.
I do not really want to be desktop support I prefer hands on, rather than working on a telephone. I would love to be a system admin eventually.
I have a few thousand saved which can cover my expenses for a few months, the school will be covered by a student loan. I am in debt 12000 for student loan now, if I were to take the course I would be in debt roughly 20000$ CDN. Interest is low - 5%. So mid way through the course I would have to find part-time work to pay the bills.
Is it worth it? Will I be in better shoes after the course is done? All I can seem to get now is telephone support. I want to do everything possible to not have to do that.
I'm sorry for this type of question it is a hard one to answer. I just want to be able to get a better job - net/sys admin. Thanks for the help, I'm quite worried
My question is related to education.
I am 28, and presently I have 2 years experience as a net admin, a handful of years experience as techy.
Education wise I have a certificate of studies from Herzing College in Microcomputers and Networking from 2000. I did very well in that and went on to work as admin for 2 years 2002-2004.
I then had ankle surgery which left me unable to move for roughly 6 months. 1 year has passed now and I have since obtained a Comptia Network+ 2005 cert. I am still unemployed.
I am thinking of taking another course at herzing for 7000$ CDN for 7 months. We will do MCSA 2003 and CCNA. Its 3 days a week at roughly 6 hours each day.
I do not really want to be desktop support I prefer hands on, rather than working on a telephone. I would love to be a system admin eventually.
I have a few thousand saved which can cover my expenses for a few months, the school will be covered by a student loan. I am in debt 12000 for student loan now, if I were to take the course I would be in debt roughly 20000$ CDN. Interest is low - 5%. So mid way through the course I would have to find part-time work to pay the bills.
Is it worth it? Will I be in better shoes after the course is done? All I can seem to get now is telephone support. I want to do everything possible to not have to do that.
I'm sorry for this type of question it is a hard one to answer. I just want to be able to get a better job - net/sys admin. Thanks for the help, I'm quite worried