A couple of weeks ago, I made this post over at !asklemmy@lemmy.world asking if I should go back to university. After some thoughtful consideration, I’ve decided to pursue certs; specifically Comptia A+ and then the Network+. I’m almost done with an A+ study guide I bought and feel almost ready to take the exam. But I’ve also wanted to hear about your experience on getting tech certs and the career that followed. Any advice is welcomed. Thanks in advance.
Busted into this thread to recommend Let’s Encrypt, certbot, and my favorite ways to authenticate domain ownership in containerized environments. Not those certs.
Only get the certification(s) you need to get the job you want. As someone who sometimes has to run the technical interview – I will ask you if you have the cert we require for the position. Regardless of your answer, I’ll then see if you can do the job (or can learn to do the job quickly based on similar experience).
If you have the cert but can’t do the job, you’re fucked.
If you can do the job, but don’t have the cert, I’ll tell you to get the cert ASAP.
I am also here to recommend Let’s Encrypt. Unfortunately he means other certs but he can still also get a Let’s Encrypt Cert
Letsencrypt certs are the only certs you will ever need, everything else is corporate posturing.