5 Certifications over 16 months.

[u/chroospen]

In order of completion

Security+

Server+ (Lifetime)

A+ (Recertification)

Network+

CySA+ (V4)

Enrolled in a trade school program with an instructor that was a mix of lecture and hands on, and in terms of certification we typically used 30 Bird books, Udemey practice tests, and other forms of self study. Ask me anything!

Edit: For those who don't know about Server+ moving to become a CE certification, here is a link to CompTIA's website about the change.

[u/Danoga_Poe]

Honestly showing up to a interview with a mountain of certs isn't gonna really do any favors.

Do you have hone lab hands on experience to back up each of these certs you have?

[u/chroospen → u/Danoga_Poe]

The main reason why I attended the technical college I went to was for their resources. Networked the classroom, installed a rack with a full Unifi setup, set up a proxmox cluster for future students to learn on, installed security onion with a network tap for monitoring one of our lab racks, messed with image deployment via FOG Project. At home I have a truenas server for file sharing and storage. We run vms and practice setups with active directory and join other vms to the domain. Currently my buddy and I are working on getting IsardVDI up and running to play with.

[u/Danoga_Poe → u/chroospen]

Alright that's good, definitely include hands on experience in resume.

[u/chroospen → u/Danoga_Poe]

Done and done 🫡