IT Training Information Request

[Meyor]

Hey BG, I work for a company that has a huge database of professional training available, I am looking at diving into the IT section and getting as much out of it as I can, I have not done much formal IT training since college about 10 years ago so I am hoping some of you guys can give me a tip on where to start. Here is the list of programs offered, all of which get, as far as I can tell, fairly in depth like a college course would be.

.NET
ATM
C (C++)
CISSP
CompTIA
Data Communication
Database Design
Java (Programming)
JavaScript (Web Developement)
Lunix/Unix
PHP
Sharepoint
SQL
TCP/IP
Telecommunication
XML

Any input is appreciated, I am working in a high tech type job but not in as much of an IT department, but I hope to move into one soon. I do know what all of these things are for the most part, but I am not current on their application to today's IT world. As far as re learning a lot of basic knowledge, where is the best place to start from this list, not for a specific job but more for all around knowledge that I can apply to lots of areas not just for one specific job.

[Ratatapa]

Depends what you wanna do

PS what i am gonna say is my opinion

First of all if Comptia is A+ and is good for new starter but in your cause it will be a waste because you can always ask your TI group or google for question.

Now depending on whenever you wanna do Programming and or Networking is your call.

But to do programming you need to be able to follow guidelines and keep your code clean or else it will end like FFXI hehe.

I will not talk bout programmation cuz i know shit.

But Linux and TCP IP + SQL would be a good start for me if you wanna do networking

[Meyor]

I realize this is pretty vague, I work for a satellite up-link center that runs Dish Network, and all of their video on demand and IP services, as well as a ton of other satellite services. I currently work in the Operations Center in the broadcast department, we do monitoring and troubleshooting, basically for tv signals, but my department is kinda the red mage of the company, we do a bit of everything, but masters of none. I would like to move into the video over IP departments at some point, but more importantly, I would like to take advantage of all of these free classes and certifications, not just for this company, but for anything I might want to do down the road.

Thanks for the input Rata.

[Tajin]

I'd take TCP/IP and Telecomm , some databases then learn the basics of whichever programming language on my own (or the one they use on your company) and go from there.

[Ratatapa]

Semi bump looking at some good plate to learn Scripting and maybe Linux Sys admin info

[Aevis]

since linux distros are free and if you don't have a fixed timeframe to get shit done, I'd suggest you just download and start. from a learning perspective, I'd say:

- setup a desktop version and get it to do basic network stuff. samba shares, network printing etc.
- setup a server version. create a samba share based on a raid, play around with backup solutions (remote), group management etc.
- setup a web server, mail server.
- setup a dhcp.
- setup a dns.
- setup a dnc.

each of those points will give you plenty of opportunities for scripting too. I have no clue of your linux knowledge level but for beginners, I suggest a debian based distro. simply because the ubuntu wiki, no matter what people say about the distro itself, is top notch.

[Ratatapa]

I suppose i can do much of that in VMWARE np?

[mistmonster]

Yeah VMware works great even for complicated setups. I test firewalls/linux using VMware all the time.

[Ratatapa]

Then maybe you can help me

I am on MACOS (yeah yeah) 10.7 with fully updated Vmware fusion

I installed Ubuntu server 64 bits and when i tried to change my ip sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces and i go inside the editor the insert doesn't work i type stuff it goes anywhere and it<s not conform and all, can<t erase can't write correctly etc

On my desktop version of Ubuntu 32bits i don't have that problem

Yes i did install VMWARE tools

[Aevis]

that's because vi uses funky commands: http://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/vi.html. press i to go into editing mode or just install and use nano instead.

p.s. every command/programm has a manual page which you can access by the command "man". as example "man vi" would open the manual page for vi. it's mostly quicker to just google it tho.

[Ratatapa]

edit : fixed :D