CertGuardian

So, this is an introductory post of sorts.  I am a student working on my Bachelor of Science in Information Technology with a specialization in databases.  Throughout my program, I am also working towards a number of certifications: 

1. Oracle Certified Associate
2. Microsoft Certified Professional
3. CIW v5 Database Design Specialist
4. CIW Professional (will be taking CIW Site Designer shortly for this)
5. CIW Associate (earned in Oct 2008!)
6. Sun Certified Associate for the Java Platform (will take related course material but not test for exam)
7. CompTIA Network +
8. CompTIA Security +
9. CompTIA Project +
10. CompTIA A+ IT Technician (already passed A+ Essentials exam)

Needless to say, I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me!  And I will share that journey here as time allows.  As mentioned in that list I have already earned my CIW Associate certification.  I’m getting ready to take the CIW Site Designer exam and provided that I complete that, I will be upgraded to CIW Professional.  See how that works?  Pretty neat.

Outside of all the school work - I work full time in an IT dept handling technical support matters.  I’ve been doing that for several years now.  Needless to say I’m eager to expand my horizons a bit.  When I do manage to have some free time, I enjoy gaming (both online and console).  I still own a legacy PS2.  I recently purchased a Wii.  I am a big fan of mmo games; particularly EVE Online.  Prior to that I also played City of Heroes/Villians, PlanetSide, Earth & Beyond (long defunct, much to my dismay) and WWII Online.

I will probably share my thoughts on such hobbies/interests and I’ll probably have the occassional rant as well.  But for the most part, I’ll be staying on topic.  For viewers who are new to this site - CertGuard.com is an outstanding and extremely valuable site.  The few who are working behind the scenes for CG are doing everyone a tremendous service in the protection of the value and integrity of IT certifications.  All of us who have them - we have folks like CertGuard to thank for their relentless pursuit of braindump operators and those who would attempt to devalue what the rest of us work very hard to earn.