I wouldn't recommend that you base your decision on whether you can answer
two arbitrary questions or not. If you manage to get certified/qualified,
and do find a job there will always be questions that you can't answer an
your own and will have to research or seek out help from others. However,
knowing XP is not a good indicator that one can do well in the industry
aside from possibly desktop support. If you think you have a knack for
learning and understanding the technology you probably will excel. Whether
the exams are hard or not is relative. Those with quite a bit of experience
will probably say they're easy. Those with lesser experience may find the
exams a little more difficult. Then there are some people who have a great
deal of experience, but written test intimidate them. Microsoft requires
some experience (although not enforced) prior to being certified. You can
get all the info you need at:
www.microsoft.com/mcsa . There you can get a
list of test required to get certified, objectives that must be met,
experience recommendations, etc...
"Ian" <> wrote in message
news:4d9701c34152$c6cdddd0$...
> To get certify,
> Self-learning is ok. Go ahead! Buy a Sybex book!
>
> To get a job,
> Do you think that you can support a company which has 300
> staffs and they have many technical problems day-by-day.
>
> For example:
>
> 1.You have purchase a HP backup tape drive, you install
> it. Everything works properly. A week later, you check
> your schedule report that shows your backup tape can not
> be worked. You can run it manually but the scheduler could
> not wake it up. Why?
>
> 2.One day, you reboot your computer for monthly
> maintenance. After login, it shows that all your registry
> have been crashed by check disk before you boot up the
> server. What can you do if you do not have a backup?
>
> Can you answer the above questions? If you can, you may
> find a good job.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I am VERY interested in obtaining my MCSA certification,
> but am a
> >little confused as to whether I have enough skills to
> even begin
> >self-training. I have never worked in the IT industry,
> although I am
> >very adept with computers, having learned everything I
> know now
> >through self-experience. On a scale of 1 to 10, 10
> knowing Windows XP
> >through and through, I would say I'm honestly about a 7.
> I thoroughly
> >enjoy working with computers and find that there has
> really been
> >nothing I haven't been able to figure out rather quickly
> through trial
> >and error, be it some new software I have to figure out
> like MSaccess
> >or setting up a firewall at my home computer.
> >
> >But what scares me is that most of the posts I read in
> this newsgroup
> >are from people currently working in the IT business, who
> are saying
> >how hard some of the exams are. I'd be fully committed
> to studying
> >and practicing on a home network of about 3 computers,
> and I basically
> >just want to know if MCSA is possible with my current
> level of
> >experience. There are many private schools here in
> Winnipeg that tout
> >MCSA certification to complete beginners, and surely if
> this is the
> >case I'd be able to teach myself fairly easily. What do
> you guys
> >think? Thanks in advance for any advice!!
> >
> >BEN
> >.
> >
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