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Psychedelic.Penguin said:
So instead of wasting the last month of summer until school starts, I picked up this book
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Amazon.com: CCENT/CCNA ICND1 640-822 Official Cert Guide (3rd Edition) (9781587204258): Wendell Odom: Books

Hopefully I can read through it and learn enough to get the cert. I dunno what to do after that, maybe try to grab an internship somewhere.


I just got back from seeing a counselor, who didn't help me at all.. My mom said she'd sit down and talk with me tomorrow night about whats going on. She would like me out of the house cause I'm costing money that she doesn't have. She thought I'd be going to university by now. I wanna tell her that I wanna move somewhere new, but then shes also uncomfortable with me moving out, unless its into a dorm at uni..
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This is just the start... There are quite a few levels with these cisco network certs. Once you knock this one out get started on another right away. The more certs you have can only help your career, but don't let these get in the way of your degree at the moment.
 
You have one more chance at calc. take it this fall and make sure you don't take anything else hard with it. you said you only need two more GE before transfer...maybe just take calc by itself. I'd def stay on the path that you originally decided. but if i could give you another suggestion it would be to go after engineering. even though it will be a higher level of math im sure the GE prep is very similar to CS depending on what path of engineering you choose. engineers are the highest paid straight outta college. they are hired the quickest straight outta college. and internships are 98% paid...low end probably being 17-20 dollars an hour. you could be a cs engineer...maybe electronic engineer.

What do you guys do for a living? Firefighter/paramedic

Are you happy at your job? yes and no

What did you have to do to get there? about 4 years of crazy ass shit that would be too hard to explain. it can take people up to 7 years before they get hired. especially in california

Are you struggling to pay your bills? never. but this is just plain money management. you could be wealthy and struggling to pay for you bills.
 
S-Dawg said:
This is just the start... There are quite a few levels with these cisco network certs. Once you knock this one out get started on another right away. The more certs you have can only help your career, but don't let these get in the way of your degree at the moment.
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Would it be possible to get an internship with this cert? Once I'm done with this book I can get my CCENT, and then continue onto the second book to get CCNA.
 
for you P.P. That's why us old farts tell you go after what you're interested in or like doing...

 
Well I'm on chapter 5 of 24 in this book. Studying at least an hour each day and taking notes as if it was a class. I think I'm understanding it pretty well. Once I get to the chapters with the activities on the DVD I'll learn it all even better.
 
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