4,000 Question. (vapor answer)

[David Nicol]

I'd say start by deploying that extra PC you have sitting
around, in conjunction with your roadrunner connection, as
a node in the now-forming kansas city community public wireless
access network.  In my opinion, if you succeed in doing that task, that will
qualify you to teach courses on Linux firewall deployment at junior college,
as well as giving you a better resume line than one that means you were able
to sit nondisruptively for two weeks and correctly answer multiple choice
questions.

ibaxter wrote:
> 
> Hi all.
> 
> I need some good advice from you guys.  Not really a Linux question but a
> computer industry question.  Hopefully someone in the business can give me an answer.
>  I work in the construction industry.  I studied Civil Engineering at college
> and took a few computer classes there - BASIC and fortran mostly.  I have taken a
> few courses in recent years - C++ and TCP/IP.  I have also done some web work
> and built quite a few computers on the side.  Probably  80% of my work is done on
> computer and I administer our NT network also.
> 
> I am seriously thinking about changing careers to computers.  Does anybody have
> any ideas how someone would best go about this?  I have thought about trying to
> get certified to have something to put on my resume.  I know it is not a good
> thing to mention on a Linux User Group, but it seems that MCSE (or MCSA)
> certification seems fairly easy to get and appears to be accepted throughout the
> industry.  I don't feel I know enough about Linux to become certified in it.  What
> about CompTIA certs like network+?
> 
> Does anyone have any good pointers?  Am I missing something?  Should I just
> stay where I am?  I could use some advice from inside the industry.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ian
> 
> --
> Spruce: it does a body good
> 

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