| The world is your oyster. Where you
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| | certification. Your career path can go in
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| decide to take your career after this is
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| | any direction you decide to take it.
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| entirely up to you. There are some things
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| | Let's take a look at some different paths
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| to consider depending on your geographic
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| | to follow.
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| location. If you happen to live in or
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| | The Hardware Path:
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| near the larger populated cities,
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| | You can go from simple computer repair to
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| competition for entry-level technical
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| | manufacturing high-end workstations and
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| positions can be fierce. More and more IT
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| | servers.
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| graduates enter the workforce each day.
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| | The Technician Path:
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| By obtaining your A+ certification you
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| | The next step is taking the Net+ Exam and
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| can have a substantial advantage over
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| | installing network cabling, supporting
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| your competition in the career world, as
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| | corporate end users and managing the
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| well as having a good foundation for
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| | corporate desktop.
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| adding more certifications too.
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| | Administration:
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| Computer repair and technical support can
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| | Network support, configuring routers and
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| however be quite lucrative. Here are some
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| | managing user accounts on the corporate
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| of the common fields that your A+ cert
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| | servers. This is also the well known
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| can make you a part of:
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| | Nework+/ MCSE/NOVEL CNA/Cisco CCNA track.
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| *Field service technicians
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| | Development:
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| *Help Desk and Customer Service
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| | Design and manage the companies web
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| *PC technicians
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| | presence and intranet.
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| *Computer Manufacturing (DELL, HP, IBM
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| | (.NET, ASP, MsSQL, PHP, MySQL, Oracle,
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| etc.,)
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| | ColdFusion)
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| However the opportunities for advacement
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| | As you can see from just this small list
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| and alternate fields are virtually
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| | the possibilities are astounding. This is
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| endless. Here are some areas where
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| | only a small percentage of the
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| specialized training and skills are in
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| | technologies and career paths for you to
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| large demand:
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| | choose from. The table below lists
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| - Computer Forensics
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| | various other certifications that you can
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| (Due to an increase in computer related
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| | combine with A+ to take your career in a
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| crimes such as identity theft etc., lead
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| | new direction. Also visit Comptia's
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| to a greater need for people to analyze
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| | Related certification page for more
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| data without corruption.)
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| | information on how to apply A+ towards
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| - Disaster prevention and recovery
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| | advanced certifications by vendors such
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| (Oh-No!, I forgot to back-up my files.
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| | as Cisco, Microsoft and more.
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| Now what do I do?)
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| | * Hardware: Server+, Manufacturing
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| - Personalized Training
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| | * Technician: Net+, MCDSP, MCP/MCSA
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| Teach corporate and home users how to use
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| | (Microsoft Track)
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| software applications, prevent data loss
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| | * Administration: Network+,CCNA/CCNP,CNA
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| and identity theft.)
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| | CNE,Linux Track, MCSE
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| - LSDBMS and VLSDBMS
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| | * Development: .NET, MCDBA, PHP/MySQL
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| (Large Scale Database Management Systems
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| | (Open-source Track)
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| and Very Large Scale Database Management
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| | Information technology is an ever
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| Systems) otherwise know as terabyte data
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| | changing arena. And while you may have
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| warehousing.
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| | decided on a specific career path, the
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| Other Career Paths:
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| | benefits of the CompTIA A+ certification
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| Once you have gone through the IT
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| | will remain a solid foundation for you to
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| industry right of passage, the CompTIA A+
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| | build on.
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