This stuff is hard to do when you're working overtime and traveling. Seems like every other week, I'm out of my office, flying to Florida or North Carolina installing routers and switches and stuff.
About the time I get started up in a nice studying groove, I have to take a break for a couple weeks because of work. Then I forget everything. Very frustrating.
Wheel of Morality, turn-turn-turn ... tell us the lesson that we should learn: Kids, learn this stuff while you're in school and you don't have a full time job. Or a family. It's exponentially more difficult. Sure, those experience > certifications people will make fun of you for having all of those letters and words after your name in your email signature. But, really, they're just jealous because they can't and won't go get the letters and know you're going to be passing them in the pay scale within a short amount of time. Get the stuff while it's easy to get it. Go into your career with certifications and all of those letters after your name because experience is free during 9-5. Doing certs after hours and when you can is at a premium.
Oh, and hello, Spy! Sorry I haven't updated this

It's cool looking at ProProfs now. I remember 'back in the day' when it was so different. It's so grown up!
*B.S. Telecommunications Systems Management
*A.A.S. Information Technology
*CompTIA A+ Certified (731 Core, 679 OS Technologies)
*CompTIA Network+ Certified (695)
*CompTIA Security+ Certified (852)
*Microsoft Certified Professional (70-270; 778)