IT guys! need your advice/help about IT career

[Avan]

After you finish A+ and N+ I would look into Security+ and Convergence+ as well. Both are great certs to have, and trust me, employers love seeing this on your resume. When I was job hunting last year in the telecomm field the first thing people asked me was about my certs.

Also if you plan on doing work for the DoD as a gov employee or contractor I would suggest getting the ITIL Foundation V3 cert as well.

Good luck and don't let all the work stop you from reaching your goal.

EDIT: Forgot to add this. Juniper is running a program now that last til Dec 09 that give you free training for their certs and a 50% off voucher for the real test if you pass their pre-test. This knocks the cost of the test down to ~$63+testing center fees.
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/fasttrack/

PS...Serra how are you enjoying the crap weather we get in the St Louis area? Gotta love it.