Career advice from IT professionals, please?

If you were advising a young high school grad with an opportunity to pick 3 choices courses from this list, which would you recommend and why?





.NET


A+, NET+ -


APPLICATION SOFTWARE SPECIALIST


CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE


CISCO SPECIALIST -


CITRIX SPECIALIST


COMPUTER APPLICATIONS SPECIALIST


COMPUTER PROGRAMMING


COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SPECIALIST


DATABASE SPECIALIST


DESKTOP APPLICATION SPECIALIST


INTERNET WEB DESIGN


JAVA


LINUX-UNIX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR


MICROCOMPUTER SPECIALIST


MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR


NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR


NETWORK SECURITY SPECIALIST


NETWORKING SPECIALIST


Q.A. TESTING


VISUAL BASIC PROGRAMMER


VISUAL C++ PROGRAMMING SPECIALIST

Career advice from IT professionals, please?
If you want to be a software developer: Computer Programming, Java, Database Specialist.


If you want to be a system admin, which is easier intellectually and pays better: Microsoft Certificed System admin, cisco certified network associate, LINUX-UNIX SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR.
Reply:This would be my reccomdendation and it maybe useful for the years to come:





1 APPLICATION SOFTWARE SPECIALIST


2 DATABASE SPECIALIST


3 INTERNET WEB DESIGN





My background and take fore what it worth:





I have been in technology from Hardware, software and data communications up to satellite works, been in dot com from the begining to dot bom and I still own many products in IT, today I am IT hobby and RE investment for living
Reply:Being a Software Engineer myself, I'd have to say


APPLICATION SOFTWARE SPECIALIST


COMPUTER PROGRAMMING


COMPUTER PROGRAMMING SPECIALIST
Reply:A+, C++, and either Computer programming or Web design





A lot of employers look for that right now and probably once he graduates as well.

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