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Newsletter #6 - Aug 01 1999 Back to archive

WELCOME:
Welcome to our 6th edition. As always, welcome to our many new members! Is there something that you would like to see in our newsletters? Email us at: [email protected] and we�ll try to take care of your request.

WHAT�S NEW AT SPRAGUE�S MCSE RESOURCES:
We have almost completed an NT Workstation study guide. It will be followed by an online test. Check out the work in progress in our study section at: http://www.spiritone.com/~jsprague/mcse/index1.html

Added a SQL links section in the study area.

SURVEY RESULTS:
The most recent survey that we posted, asked the following question: What other certifications do you possess?

For the most part the results were exactly what I suspected. Let�s take a look at them.

The majority(37%) of the respondents did not have any other certifications. This is not surprising as there are a lot of people making drastic career changes. There are large numbers of people migrating into the IT industry from non-technical industries, because of the promise of better money. At the same time, while Novell still has more product in the field than NT, NT is selling at a greater rate which means people that are deciding to get certified are jumping on the bandwagon and choosing the Microsoft path.

The second largest group(19%) possessed Novell certifications. Most of the people that I have met that use and administer Novell�s products are very loyal to them. However, there are a certain percentage of people that fear that Novell may become about as popular as Apple and are worried about their future.

Cisco certifications came in 3rd with 11%. I am definitely not an expert on this subject, but I do know that when I was job hunting, there was a very high demand for Cisco/router experts.

9% voted for other. Curious as to what percentage of these are computer related certifications. As I mentioned before, there are a lot of people migrating to the IT industry from other industries. Many of which also have certification paths.

7% said that they have Unix/Linux certs. This was very surprising to me. I expected this group to be around 1%. It seems to me that you would be pretty well set up with this certification alone. Unix has been making somewhat of a comeback as of late and there is high demand for these skills in the workplace.

Any certification on its own is definitely valuable. Getting multiple certifications is a great way to really set yourself apart from others. Few networks are not homogenous most employ multiple operating systems, protocols, etc. Furthermore, almost all computer related certifications compliment each other well. If you have the inspiration, time and money, I would highly recommend it.

AM I PSYCHIC?
Probably not - possibly psycho. Anyway, in the last newsletter when discussing the survey results to the question, What is your educational background?, I made the following comments:

The results were interesting as 28% did not have a college degree. Granted, we don�t know for sure that this 28% are acquiring work, but this suggests that certain disciplines in the IT industry are becoming a trade rather than a profession. If you want to be a doctor, architect, lawyer, etc you must have a degree. That is what is meant by the use of the word profession. It makes me wonder how long it will be before unions break into the IT industry.

Now go read this news article that I just found today and just try to tell me that I don�t know what I am talking about(insert laugh here): http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=138783

LINKS OF NOTE:
You have probably already discovered that most MCSE sites(including ours) provide a standard set of links to the favorite MCSE sites out there. In this section we will attempt to dig up other resources that you may not have seen before. We do the searching for you!

NT
http://www.i386.com
This is a great NT resource with many articles on information that will be on your NT exams. They also have study guides for NT in the Enterprise and NT Workstation.

http://list.ciw.uni-karlsruhe.de/kopien/ntfaq.txt
Not sure who posted this, but it is a good sized NT FAQ.

EXCHANGE
The Exchange Server Resource Center has articles, links and a good sized FAQ.
http://www.eicorp.net/exchangefaq

Exchange Stuff worth checking out.
http://www.exchangestuff.com

Slipstick
http://www.slipstick.com/index.htm

SQL
http://www.swynk.com
A ton of SQL information and articles. It is a little tough to find so I would recommend scouring their site and spending some time there.

SQL Course
http://torresoft.netmegs.com
An interactive tutorial.

If you have any favorite sites that you think would help others, please send them in.

THANKS:
Good luck to all of you and thanks for making Sprague�s MCSE Resources one of the leading MCSE sites going. We owe it to all of your contributions and feedback. If you have any comments or input regarding this newsletter, please email us at: [email protected]

Jason Sprague MC MCSE

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