Unsure of what to do....
Work has sucked lately (I know, it does for everybody).
I'm temping as a copy-jockey again to help make ends get withing sight of each other, the meeting is still in the future.
But I stumbled onto ComputerTraining.com and took their "test" based on the radio spot. Needless to say I did pretty good on it but it wasn't all that hard.
I went in for the sales pitch today. It carries a pretty heavy price tag but they offer financing with defrrred payments for 1 year.
What the fee covers:
Tuition, Microsoft Testbooks and Software, Self Test Software, Testing Vouchers to take the MCTS, MCP and MCSA exams, Labs and Manuals and Career services (including lifetime placement assistance)
The class is set up over six months (2 nights a week). The first 8 weeks cover Vista at which point I should be ready to take the MCTS exam (and in theory get an entry-level help desk job)
The next 5 weeks are in prep for the MCP exam.
The rest of the class is devoted towards the MCSA exam.
Looking online the reviews are mostly bad with a few good ones dismissing the bad as whiners who did not work for it.
If this works as they present it, I would take my first exam in about 2 months and get a Entry Level job while I work on the next 2 steps. After about 6 months-1 year I should be ready for a more advanced job.
To those of you who know about these things, is this reasonable? The timing is good considering work and J's work and childcare issues and if it works (and I can get a job) the money and hours would be more compatible to having a semblance of a social life. And considering where the printing industry is going (in the toilet as everyone is downsizing) the time to get out is very soon if not now. With some Microsoft certifications I could shift in the industry slightly to where the jobs still are (they all need IT people whether or not they want to admit it or pay for one is another matter).
But looking at it after the sales pitch has worn off, I don't know.
I'm either on the brink of a new career path that will be satisfying and challenging. Or making a financial blunder.
Need to change but don't know where to go.
Any and all advice is welcome.
I'm temping as a copy-jockey again to help make ends get withing sight of each other, the meeting is still in the future.
But I stumbled onto ComputerTraining.com and took their "test" based on the radio spot. Needless to say I did pretty good on it but it wasn't all that hard.
I went in for the sales pitch today. It carries a pretty heavy price tag but they offer financing with defrrred payments for 1 year.
What the fee covers:
Tuition, Microsoft Testbooks and Software, Self Test Software, Testing Vouchers to take the MCTS, MCP and MCSA exams, Labs and Manuals and Career services (including lifetime placement assistance)
The class is set up over six months (2 nights a week). The first 8 weeks cover Vista at which point I should be ready to take the MCTS exam (and in theory get an entry-level help desk job)
The next 5 weeks are in prep for the MCP exam.
The rest of the class is devoted towards the MCSA exam.
Looking online the reviews are mostly bad with a few good ones dismissing the bad as whiners who did not work for it.
If this works as they present it, I would take my first exam in about 2 months and get a Entry Level job while I work on the next 2 steps. After about 6 months-1 year I should be ready for a more advanced job.
To those of you who know about these things, is this reasonable? The timing is good considering work and J's work and childcare issues and if it works (and I can get a job) the money and hours would be more compatible to having a semblance of a social life. And considering where the printing industry is going (in the toilet as everyone is downsizing) the time to get out is very soon if not now. With some Microsoft certifications I could shift in the industry slightly to where the jobs still are (they all need IT people whether or not they want to admit it or pay for one is another matter).
But looking at it after the sales pitch has worn off, I don't know.
I'm either on the brink of a new career path that will be satisfying and challenging. Or making a financial blunder.
Need to change but don't know where to go.
Any and all advice is welcome.