Education
at Toggit:
What's
the whole point to all of this certification? Doesn't
college matter anymore?
A good
start is a college education. You just can't deny this
fact.
As with the combination
of certification and experience, we found that most
hiring IT managers really prefer individuals who are
both certified and have college education.
This is a major point:
Almost all of today's vendor specific certifications
expire. If they don't expire, you'll most likely have to
upgrade or "re-new" your certification. Yes,
this is important to keep up with the ever changing
technologies, but once you have earned a college
degree, it's yours for life. It won't ever expire, and
you always have that foundation to later build upon.
Obtaining a college
degree costs more. Employers take this into
consideration when scaling their hiring salary.
College courses teach you
a foundation of knowledge which is usually fine tuned
with the experience of a job. Yes, it takes longer to
gain a college degree, and is more expensive, but in the
end, it is valued much more than just being certified.
Our advice is to go for
the college degree first, then go for the certs.
Not everyone has the time
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