RL professions p99 players

[ramul]

Did my four years in the Marine Corps Infantry as an assaultman, now I'm out and making full use of my GI bill pursuing a bachelor's degree in networking. Also an IT Intern right now part time.

-Lcpl 36 Shaman

[Ephi]

Technical consultant and Java/iOS/Ruby developer for a very large company.

[Ephi]

Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The A+ is a very common cert. It doesn't make you competitive as everyone has it. Get your network + and maybe your MCTS and look for Help Desk Tier 1 jobs. Also, don't tell anyone your age they aren't allowed to ask you, and they would discriminate against an 18 year old.

Have you considered college? The IT field is swimming with CS and MIS degrees, so you really aren't competitive without a degree unless you are a young Bill Gates or something.

I'll second this. Also, I understand the Cisco networking certifications are still worth something, and not terribly expensive. I did my CCNA when was 17 so certainly achievable for you now.

But I think the big thing that helps people your age is just networking. All you need to do is get your foot in the door somewhere to start kicking some ass. The IT area is a great place to start low and quickly rise. I about doubled my salary and responsibility every 2 years from 18-28 (28 now).

[Itap]

Firefighter/paramedic

[Itap]

Originally Posted by Twistid [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Awesome thread guys. I am a Biomedical Engineering Technician at a hospital for 10years now.

Nice, I worked on hospital beds and stretchers for quite a few hospitals while I went through school. I know quite a few biomed techs, good guys

[Obwin]

Investment representative turned business analyst at a large bank. I do system configuration and testing of a derivative trading platform called Calypso.

BA Economics.

[melkezidek]

Originally Posted by Ephi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'll second this. Also, I understand the Cisco networking certifications are still worth something, and not terribly expensive. I did my CCNA when was 17 so certainly achievable for you now.

But I think the big thing that helps people your age is just networking. All you need to do is get your foot in the door somewhere to start kicking some ass. The IT area is a great place to start low and quickly rise. I about doubled my salary and responsibility every 2 years from 18-28 (28 now).

<-T2 support contractor for the USAR as a SASMO.

CCNA is worth something but usually not if you dont have 5+ years of in the field experiance behind your name. The NET + and the MCTS are good ones. If you are up to it a Security+ trumps the Net+ and any company will gladly take that over the Net+ if it is required. From everything I have seen in my 12 years the CISSP is the mac daddy atm or a MCSE.

[Swish]

ex-British Army soldier
ex-postal worker

Now in final year of a history degree - going on to teach 11-18 year olds after getting my teaching certificate next year.

P99 is largely on hold til next summer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[India]

IT Business Analyst/Project Manager

[sillymonster]

legal (antitrust) analyst / diligence manager.