How I Obtained 15+ IT Certifications While in High School

[@Jamesytech22]

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[@jimde8437]

Thanks for the shout out. I am very proud of all your hard work. You deserve all the success that comes your way. Love you...

[@itskko]

damn! that's really impressive dude. all I did in highschool was sports and video games

[@Geomaverick124]

Keep up the great work. I am going to take some notes on your journey...I hope to have my son who is turning 9 to kinda follow something similar

[@whitebeartigtig]

thanks for the reminder that these certifications exist, might need to get on with getting a few.

[@22halomedia]

Great work dude!

[@FredYduciel]

Bravo Champion 🏆

[@PatrickHemmerle]

Good job bro! what you just accomplished is better than 95% of college degrees so skip that debt, get a good job for experience and focus on eventually being a business owner and buying assets like rental properties and you'll be set for life!

[@Jamesytech22]

For sure I’m working while in school since I got a lot of it already paid for so I’ll get more experience and get a degree.

[@Miloeren12]

Very awesome 😎 👏🏻

[@marceloacosta2901]

I see that you skipped CompTIA A+ Certification like me ^_^. I did not obtained that certification because I already have 4 years experience like IT Support Specialist. I got my CCNA and now working to obtain my JNCIA-Junos from Juniper. I mean I learned the most of CompTIA A+ with the experience meanwhile studying from courses. Regards from Argentina!

[@Jamesytech22]

Thats kinda how I felt and the Google IT Support Certificate kinda taught me those things but working in IT for a year or longer I don't think you need it after that point.

[@champr16]

Good stuff! What are cert/topic are you studying next?

[@Jamesytech22]

That's a great question. It's my first semester in college so I'm focusing on that right now and I'm also considering doing an internship next semester. I don't know what I'll be pursuing next as far as certifications go.

[@NathanBattig]

you’re from columbus?! i went to the career center in delaware and am taking the military route. thats awesome!

[@Jamesytech22]

@@NathanBattig Yeah I went to Canal Winchester high school near Columbus

[@NathanBattig]

@@Jamesytech22 ah im from worthington. was in the app dev program but wish i studied for my bpa competitions more haha

[@javajav3004]

major W ALERT

[@Warcraftnoob4lyfe]

You're a prodigy!

[@DonaldCollins]

You remind me of a younger version of professor Messer

[@araa5184]

I have this one guy who just got hired at work, he was basically buried in certificates but couldn't do a single rats ass of work.

[@Jamesytech22]

@@araa5184 Yeah that can happen. Most likely it because they crammed for the test and didn’t retain any knowledge

[@killandy01]

dude wtf.. leave some for us

[@Jamesytech22]

@@killandy01 🤣🤣

[@happygofishing]

I'm going to try to get my linux+ first.

[@Jamesytech22]

@@happygofishing Good luck!

[@happygofishing]

@@Jamesytech22 luckily i have a head start since ive been using archlinux personally since 2021.

[@kazi1]

W

[@ethiopiangamer9381]

What’s the point lol. Why not just get 2-3 good ones and develop professionally

[@Jamesytech22]

For sure what I did isn’t necessary to get a job but I took advantage of opportunities given to me. How would you suggest I should’ve developed professionally outside of the certs and internship?

[@ethiopiangamer9381]

@@Jamesytech22 make more use of your internship or research certifications that are in demand in your area. More energy you put towards certifications is less energy you can put towards your job or at school. If you enjoy taking them, go right ahead and study for some certifications, but you can only put so many on a resume before it’s too much. Not that I don’t find your work ethic impressive though, was just wondering what your thoughts were!

[@Jamesytech22]

Ik Im definitely having trouble with choosing which certs to include without doing too much

[@Geomaverick124]

Well for a kid in highschool its pretty impressive. Plus getting those certifications probably gave him a path to follow...they also might have helped his grades since he was in a IT based Highschool...Some colleges also can exchange those certs for credit hrs making his degree cheaper.

[@Jamesytech22]

@@Geomaverick124 Yeah the ccna and the academy got me 9 credit hours alone