I work someplace supporting 500+ users. I am an everything IT guy so I'm struggling with which certs to get. So I need: -best general IT certs... please keep in mind that I'm an "everything" guy... I do a little bit of everything. ALSO looking for cheapest, cheap, cheap IT Masters. I have an undergrad in an unrelated field. I know about WGU but I can't go there because of entrance requirements.
Hodges University has a competency-based program in information systems that does not require a related undergraduate degree, work experience or IT certs.
So far I've grabbed CDRE-Certified Disaster Recovery Engineer from Mile2 CVA-Certified Vulnerability Assessor from Mile2 Looking to grab CIHE-Certified Incident Handling Engineer from Mile2 CSM-Certified Scrum Master from Scrum Alliance Comptia Network + OR Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (need help with this choice) PMP-Project Management Professional from PMI thoughts?
What's wrong with WGU's IT program requirements? If Hodges is not your choice (their MIS program), another option is to get an MBA with an IT Management concentration - I was going to refer WGU, since it's not "your school of choice", Patten has an MBA with IT concentration...
From the list of the ones below, which ones would you choose? I am leaning towards the Cisco & Microsoft Certifications... Here's the list of certs I get access to - haven't done any of them, but want to do at least some... what would you choose? Again, I'm leaning towards the Cisco/Microsoft certs as I can get the learning materials cheap/free... but the others... hmm... **The ones I am going for and also would recommend you would be the ones in BOLD. AirW AirWatch Enterprise Mobility Associate Certification 1 Exam BCP-440 Enterprise Service 10 Certified System Administrator (BlackBerry Device Service) 1 Exam **CBAP Certified Business Analyst Professional from IIBA 1 Exam **CCA Citrix Certified Administrator 1 Exam CCAH Cloudera Certified Administrator for Apache Hadoop (CCAH) 1 Exam CCDH Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop (CCDH) 1 Exam **CCEA Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator 1 Exam **CCIE Cisco Certified Internetworking Engineer CCNP, plus 2 Exams **CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate 2 Exams **CCNP Cisco Certified Network Professional CCNA, plus 3 Exams CCPS Cloudera Certified Professional: Data Scientist (CCPS) 1 Exam, 1 practicum Cognos IBM Certified Administrator - Cognos 10 BI 1 Exam Cognos IBM Certified Designer - Cognos 10 BI Reports 1 Exam Cognos IBM Certified Developer - Cognos 10 BI Data Warehouses 1 Exam Cognos IBM Certified Developer - Cognos 10 BI Metadata Models 1 Exam Cognos IBM Certified Developer - Cognos 10 BI OLAP Models 1 Exam Cognos IBM Certified Developer - Cognos TM1 10.1 1 Exam Cognos TDWI - CBIP Certified Business Intelligence Professional 1 Exam ECM IBM Certified Specialist - Case Foundation V5.x 1 Exam ECM IBM Certified Specialist - Case Manager V5.x 1 Exam ECM IBM Certified Specialist - FileNet Content Manager V5.x 1 Exam IBM AIX 7 SA IBM Certified System Administrator AIX 7 1 Exam IBM CMAD IBM Certified Mobile Application Developer - Worklight V6.0 1 Exam IBM CS ESTS IBM Certified Specialist - Enterprise Storage Technical Support V3 1 Exam IBM CS MSTS IBM Certified Specialist - Midrange Storage Technical Support V3 1 Exam IBM SE VTS AIX IBM Certified System Expert Virtualization Technical Support for AIX & Linux 2 Exams **MCITP Any Microsoft Certified IT Professional Certification 1+ Exam(s) **MCSA Any Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Certification 2 / 3 Exams (varies) **MCSD Any Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Certification 3 / 4 Exams (varies) **MCSE Any Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert Certification MCSA + 2 Exams **MCTS Any Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Certification 1 Exam MTA MTA: Database 1 Exam NCDA NetApp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) 1 Exam NCSA NetApp Certified Storage Associate (NCSA) 1 Exam **PMP Project Management Professional 1 Exam **RHCSA RedHat Certified Systems Administrator 1 Exam **RHCE RedHat Certified Engineer 2 Exams SPSS IBM Certified Specialist - SPSS Modeler Professional V2 1 Exam SPSS IBM Certified Associate - SPSS Modeler Data Analysis v2 1 Exam SPSS IBM Certified Associate - SPSS Modeler Data Mining v2 1 Exam TOGAF The Open Group Architecture Framework 2 Exams **VCP VCP - VMWARE 1 Exam Worklight IBM Certified Mobile Application Developer - Worklight V6.0 1 Exam Worklight IBM Certified Mobile System Administrator - Worklight V6.0 1 Exam Worklight IBM Certified Solution Developer - Worklight and WebSphere Portal 1 Exam
Are you looking for certs to help you with your current job, to help you get your next job or both? I have not seen much of a demand for the Mile2 certifications. Is their training any good? Scrum is more aligned with project management. Only time I have seen it is with application development projects. My Net+ and MCSEs are dated, but I my be able to answer some questions. For PMP requires documented experience as a project manager. If you want to go down that path, review the requirements and start documenting your experience. I'm not sure how much value they have but you could go for CompTIA Project+ or PMI CAPM. Project+ was easy. If you want to work for an organization that has a formal PMO, then maybe CAPM since it is also from PMI.