[quote="Jin-Roh":fae20]Yes, I think I know what you mean. They want you to have 3-5 years experience, I think. The only place to gain experience really, is by working for the school you are going to, I guess. oOo:[/quote:fae20]

If you're lucky, they usually want actual work experience in the field which means working for a major company or at least in some type of business environment. A major percentage of IT grads do not end up doing IT work as a profession, due to the low wages and competition. The most important factor is knowing someone that can get your foot in the door. Believe me I've been through all of it and I'm only 23, it takes a lot of work to get ahead in this field.

Although I must say my goal of becoming a sys admin was met much earlier then expected, but where I'm working now is only a spring board to future employment for me. I want more money.

they offer it at my high school as a full course in which you can try to take the test to earn the degree after the 2 years of classes. Hardcore computers was never my thing. My brother took the course and now is majoring in IST (Information Systems Technology)

You get cisco at school!!! you lucky bastard we have to pay for it!
I'm lookin to do it while im at work and cos i work for an ISP it helps me move up and stuff so yay!!

Qualifications and actual experience

Holy mother of god.....Arkan is really showing his age. WTF is Cisco ??

http://www.cisco.com/

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/netacad/index.html

should help cos i will explain it wrong

It's pretty hard if you aren't really into it. oOo:

aye, now i understand. I have a buddy who "networks" in a major hospital so i guess he dabbles in this shit. Nothing a homeowner needs to know.

Some examples of what I and others have to learn (This is CCNA3):
[img]http://img220.exs.cx/img220/387/cisco11118ja.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img220.exs.cx/img220/2864/ciscoexample27fj.jpg[/img]

fyi, there are websites that have all the answers to the online tests.

Big mistake if you ever want to take the CCNA

They have it at my school.

I wanted to take it last year as a freshman, but you have to be a junior to take the class rolleyes: Ill be taking it next year.

well yeah. That's why 99.9% of the kids never take the final test heh