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I like Mark's response: -"So, work on getting both. Quick gains can be made with vendor certification however." Get some certs, get into a company with benefits that pay tuition assistance and then get the degree. Some companies look at the degree as a filter for resumes so you may …

I don't know about that specific book, but I have some of the Mike Myer's Windows 2003 Server Passport books. Generally these books are cram types and the information is dense. Perhaps that book isn't interesting enough to keep your attention. Perhaps when you are reading it, you are seeing …

I had setup a web site for a game I was playing a while back. Some time later the forum started getting hit with spam ranging from vitamins to pleasurable company. I was curious about how much effort goes into keeping a site like Daniweb clean of garbage and spam. …

I would suggest working on at least one operating system exam, be it Microsoft, Apple, or Linux/Unix-based. Since you are already working on your A+, finish that first then jump on to one of the OS exams. My reason behind this is based on what I heard from a friend …

I see that this is a little late, but... My strategy is to read a full-length technical certification book, something from Sybex generally. After that I will read a condensed book, something along the lines of a cram exam book. This way I get more than one author's take on …

Programmers seem to have a better job pool than support staff at the moment. If you are just starting school and have 4 years before you will enter the job force, who knows. A lot can change before then. You are looking at a specialized field with Full Sail I …

Do you have any professional experience? Perhaps you did repair work for people over the course of several months or years and received pay for it? Then you can claim to have some sort of professional experience in my opinion. You really should get a cert because that will get …

Well, from a financial point of view the MCSD will probably net you more money. VB.NET and C# programmers are pretty hot right now. You are asking about two different parts of the computing field. Would you be the type of person that enjoys supporting Windows or making new applications …

VMWare Red Hat 9 Note: I'm new to Linux. I just want to get it running initially so I can learn from it. First: I had to statically assign the DNS addresses. How do I get Red Hat 9 to detect the DNS settings for the system? Second: I decompressed …