What skill/certification is achievable in say ten weeks boot camp or self study that should get some work at the end of the invested time/ money???? given the market...
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Originally posted by rz6bm7 View PostWhat skill/certification is achievable in say ten weeks boot camp or self study that should get some work at the end of the invested time/ money???? given the market... -
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Originally posted by rz6bm7 View PostWhat skill/certification is achievable in say ten weeks boot camp or self study that should get some work at the end of the invested time/ money???? given the market...
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
Originally posted by rz6bm7 View PostWhat skill/certification is achievable in say ten weeks boot camp or self study that should get some work at the end of the invested time/ money???? given the market...
HTHHow did this happen? Who's to blame? Well certainly there are those more responsible than others, and they will be held accountable, but again truth be told, if you're looking for the guilty, you need only look into a mirror.
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I like the positive responses but aside from selling my body or going to Afghanistan what is viable for imminent project work (in the eternal hope someone will spend some money somewhere, soon)Comment
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Originally posted by rz6bm7 View PostI like the positive responses but aside from selling my body or going to Afghanistan what is viable for imminent project work (in the eternal hope someone will spend some money somewhere, soon)Comment
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Seeing I'm in a good mood and you seem like a nice person, I'll give you my opinion on what would be the best boot camp certification.
1. Sharepoint
Very popular at the moment with lots of clients.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...ation_path.pdf
You need to get to the top of the cert chart to make any sort of impact.
2. MS SQL Server 2008 - Microsoft Certified Master (MCM)
DBA's tend to be onsite and less affected by outsourcing (although the Indian ICT brigade are your enemy).
Do the latest SQL 2008 certs including all the data mining, BI, analysis services stuff.
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...th_MCM_MCA.pdf
Lots of work to reach the top.
HTHLast edited by DimPrawn; 26 February 2010, 16:11.Comment
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Cheers DP - leads me to extend the question = do you think give the time frame that it is possible to achieve usable skills or just the paperwork to get my foot through the door of a reasonable contract??
And is there enough life in the skill for it to pay e.g. will it die as a skill in six months or is it reasonable to take it as a skill and transfer it into open source e.g. MYSQL etc (given how usefull my old MCSE was in the 'real world')
Jeeb - your very right, I was looking at getting back to being 'hands on' I guess it's always a question of rates and sustainability..Comment
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