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by almurar

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i finished my dgree in electronics engineering . and started my career in IT as network administrator. ofcourse i had no idea about administrating a network but, i was learning from my Colleagues, now it's been 2 years. but i was not thinking about certification till my company desided to go under major IT upgrading, so i had to at least secure my career by getting certified. the problem is i have learned from experience bits and pieces from each filed so i decided to get CCNP,MSCE,OSA and at least one programming language. but all study materils r in hundred of pages even the guieds in hundred of pages. but i feel i dont need to read all these books .so i thought maybe some guys out there had the same problem finding the smallest book forthe biggest picture.

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by mrtechguru

Bismillah

Dear Mr.Al Murar.

i hereby submit my opnion regarding steps towards studies. below listed

* get the enrollment in the course.

** u will have group discussion in the class.so u will grasp the point related to ur subject.

*** and to keep alive in I.T. Field need rapid updates in the personality.

**** the bottom line is to have a teacher 4 the subject to get good command & concept.

thanks & best regards

Mansoor

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by ghstinshll

We've all done it...

1. Read Books (we're in an ever changing field, we have to)

2. Read White papers and RFC's (some of us, sometimes or all the time)

3. Taken Exams that expire in a year because we didn't take them when they first came out

the list goes on...

Here's the principal; yes you have to read them, and yes, there are things in there that will truly help you if you retain it. If you truly a master of these topics and are ready to just certify in them, then the shortestpath that I can recommend is to buy the exam cram book on the topic (exam) in mention and some self-test software (selftestsoftware.com or transcender.com) to prepare you for the nature of the test questions a little better than a book can.

That's about it. Time and dedication are what it takes all of us to schieve any certificaions we're already knowledgable in, or reaching towards. Spend a couple hours a day doing this and you'll actually be able to pass an exam per month - IF you're truly knowledgable to begin with. It's hard work no matter who you are or at what point you're taking the test. I guess that's what I'm truly getting at...

Regards,
J

by rknrlkid

See my answer in the "A+ and Network+ Certification" post. There are many good resources out there.

My personal preferences have always been the Coriolis Exam Prep (not Exam Cram) books, and the Sybex books. I used both for A+ and MCSA in Windows 2000. I also took classes in Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 000 Server when it first came out. I generally have had problems with the Microsoft training series because while they do teach you the operating system, they have little to do with the certification test. (Important hint: many of the questions for MS exams do not come from training materials, but from the Resource Kit. So the questions can be obscure at times.)

Exam Prep and Sybex books keep pretty much to just the exam objectives, so they save time. Plus, they usually come with a CD-ROM that has practice tests on it. Learning how to take a test that's on a computer is about 50% of passing the test. So the more practice, the better.

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