With an HND, another year at Uni will get you a BSc. You will even get the Cisco CCNA program included if you go for Communications Technology, and you will only have to pay for your certification examQuote:
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With an HND, another year at Uni will get you a BSc. You will even get the Cisco CCNA program included if you go for Communications Technology, and you will only have to pay for your certification examQuote:
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Well as per my point of view and from where i belong, one must be a graduate from the same discipline. But the main thing count is the certifications that you have done. Like as u said ur aming for network security engineer. What i think you should do is that u should go for the degree, and i m pretty much sure that there are modules available which inculde these certification stuff i mean CICSO e.t.c.
I feel that I have had to qote the whole of MsMittens post here as there is quite a few relevant points raised. I think the most important thing she advised you on was language i.e "proper English" You would not fill in a job application in leet speek, would you :D I also feel that a lot of members offering advice re education ( except MsMittens, as she is in the business) seem to forget that except for vendor certifications, the educational system, especially college and University in the UK is totally different from that in the US, the degrees may be of equal standing but the method through the system is quite different(so I believe).Quote:
Originally posted here by MsMittens
I don't know really of anyone that became a Network Engineer right out of school. CCNA will help but like many you have to start at the ground floor. To get experience, you might want to start off by volunteering or getting in at the ground floor (grunt jobs is what I call them). You will tend to be overworked but you learn a lot. Check with your school and see if they need help, even if it's just running wires around.
I'm also going to suggest something that I think will help you in the long run: learn to write in proper english (or your own language). Constant usage of "IM" language or "leet" talk makes you look like you don't have a clue.
I know from experience of graduates here in Glasgow with BSc's in various computing disciplines, finding it very difficult to obtain employment. The degree is great if you have a min 2yrs exp to back it up. Will stop now , old man rambling coming on :D