[TriLUG] Career planning - certs(?)

[David J. Stillman]

Evening all. 

Been thinking about my career (and lack thereof) , and what I can do to 
help it along, other than just working jobs that are not on my desired 
track.

Long term goal is sysadmin.  I know I have some work to do to get there, 
and am hoping to get a cert or two that will help me jump onto that 
track, so I can build some experience, since I am having a hard time 
finding an entry level job on that track.

So, I am looking at certs.

I know I don't have a ton of money, so I want to make what I take 
count.  I am fine with learning, and have a decent home network to 
perform the experiments on.

I had thought maybe network+, followed by server+, security+, and 
linux+.  My thoughts on those certs is that they are pretty much vendor 
neutral, and build on each other, which would not limit me in a 
particular track.

At the moment I work in a MS Shop (not my first choice, but I seem to be 
hanging around).

I would love some advice on the subject.

Thank you.

David