1. Now is not the best time to try to get into the industry.  There are 
still alot of people / companies recovering from the .com crash.
2. Take a crappy job doing someone elses work for them for little money 
for 12+ months.

ibaxter wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I need some good advice from you guys.  Not really a Linux question but a
> computer industry question.  Hopefully someone in the business can give me an answer.
>  I work in the construction industry.  I studied Civil Engineering at college
> and took a few computer classes there - BASIC and fortran mostly.  I have taken a
> few courses in recent years - C++ and TCP/IP.  I have also done some web work
> and built quite a few computers on the side.  Probably  80% of my work is done on
> computer and I administer our NT network also.
> 
> I am seriously thinking about changing careers to computers.  Does anybody have
> any ideas how someone would best go about this?  I have thought about trying to
> get certified to have something to put on my resume.  I know it is not a good
> thing to mention on a Linux User Group, but it seems that MCSE (or MCSA)
> certification seems fairly easy to get and appears to be accepted throughout the
> industry.  I don't feel I know enough about Linux to become certified in it.  What
> about CompTIA certs like network+?  
> 
> Does anyone have any good pointers?  Am I missing something?  Should I just
> stay where I am?  I could use some advice from inside the industry.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ian
> 

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