I've been in the Web and Print Industry for nearly 10 years, had my bachelor degree in graphic design for almost 7 years. With the way things are going in my industry, to have someone in-house, I'm not experiencing the growth I intended in my long term goals (majority due to the shift in our economy). I'm also getting burned out in this field.
I'm thinking of pursuing a career involving advanced networking, and I'm not sure if pursuing a degree vs. pursing certifications is more practical. And i'm not looking to be the low grade company IT guy, so if it's more schooling/certification needed, i will pursue that route... Before I was in graphics, I would build and network PCs from the ground up Win 98 to Win2k/XP/03-server, and in the past 5 years, troubleshooting networks/hardware/software to a fundamental-intermediate level on MAC's.
I was wondering anyone who's in this field, would recommend the path that would take me 1-3 years to get all the credentials I need... I am also looking to overlap skillsets in Telecommunications (in other words, IT on an high commercial/industrial level).
I'm thinking of pursuing a career involving advanced networking, and I'm not sure if pursuing a degree vs. pursing certifications is more practical. And i'm not looking to be the low grade company IT guy, so if it's more schooling/certification needed, i will pursue that route... Before I was in graphics, I would build and network PCs from the ground up Win 98 to Win2k/XP/03-server, and in the past 5 years, troubleshooting networks/hardware/software to a fundamental-intermediate level on MAC's.
I was wondering anyone who's in this field, would recommend the path that would take me 1-3 years to get all the credentials I need... I am also looking to overlap skillsets in Telecommunications (in other words, IT on an high commercial/industrial level).