What's your education and years of experience in IT?
I have a couple of certifications, including a CC IE, didn't finish uni. Been working in IT for 3.5 years in...
Days where you could make 100k in IT and not be competent are long gone. You need to be passionate, knowledge driven, and spread out: you know MS? Learn VMware. Oh you know networking? Learn storage....
Hard to say. Depends on your current level of comfort/experience. Also depends on how fast you want to go through it. Cram: maybe 3 weeks. Study and really absorb the material: maybe double that, at...
The guys developing code have little to no use in being certified. They know the protocol they are working on inside and out, that's all they need to know. On the other hand, I've dealt with dozens...
If you're going to get an associates, just make sure you broaden your knowledge horizons and you're ready to hit the ground running when entering the job market.
We all start somewhere brother. Everybody needs to learn how to crawl before walking... anybody who jumps steps gets bitten later on. Stay humble, accumulate knowledge as you go along, and keep a...