Out of the following courses, which ones are the easiest and hardest to learn/master.....

Ichben

Gang, from the list of online certificate programs I would like you all to provide me with a rank of which courses are the easiest to study and which would be the most challenging. The lowest number being the easiest and the highest number the most difficult.

1. Database Administration Certificate Series

1. DBA 1: Introduction to Database Administration

2. DBA 2: Administering MySQL

3. DBA 3: Creating a Data Warehouse

4. DBA 4: Analyzing Data

 

2. Java Programming Certificate Series

1. Java Programming 1: Introduction to Java and the Eclipse Development Environment

2. Java Programming 2: The Java Programming Language

3. Java Programming 3: Java Programming Foundations

4. Java Programming 4: Java Application Building

 

3. Client-Side Web Programming Certificate

1. Introduction to HTML and CSS

2. JavaScript 1: Introduction to JavaScript

3. JavaScript 2: AJAX

 

4. System Administration Certificate

1. Linux/Unix 1: The Unix file system

2. Linux/Unix 2: Networking and DNS

3. Linux/Unix 3: Unix Services

4. Linux/Unix 4: Scripting for Administrators Sed, Awk, and Perl

 

5. PHP/SQL Programming Certificate

1. Introduction to PHP

2. PHP/SQL 1: Introduction to Database Programming

3. PHP/SQL 2: Relational Theory and Logical Design

4. PHP/SQL 3: Seamless Web 2.0 Integration

 

6. Web Programming Certificate

1. Introduction to HTML and CSS

2. JavaScript 1: Introduction to JavaScript

3. Introduction to XML

4. Learn Perl for CGI Programming

5. Unix for Web Programming

6. Learn SQL for Database Programming

 

7. Open Source Programming Certificate

1. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

2. Linux/Unix 1: The Unix file system

3. Learn Perl for CGI Programming

4. Introduction to PHP

5. PHP/SQL 1: Introduction to Database Programming

 

8. .NET Certificate

1. Introduction to XML

2. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

3. Learn C#.NET

 

9. Programming Python Certificate Series

10. Programming Perl Certificate Series

11. Programming C++ Certificate Series

12. Advanced Java Certificate Series

 

 

 

TheHatter

Are you really good at math?

Cause everyone of those is heavily based on math.

 

I wouldn't waste your time on the programming certs, unless you're going to get a CS or Math  Bachelors degree along with them. The skills you will learn with those certs, companies don't need. They will most likely just outsource the work to India for $2.50/hr, because they are just looking for code monkeys and will get the cheapest work they can find. 

To me, nothing on that list seems very hard though. I am working my a CS degree and I actually have an Algorithm Analysis test tomorrow. Now, that's a hard class.

Cleffy

Easiest is #3, Clientside web-programing

Hardest is #7. Open source programing

Illius

I'd just like to know how much demand there is for people with any of those skills?  Since the subject of outsourcing came up I'm thinking that not a lot of jobs will be found using anything acquired with those degrees/certifications on domestic soil.  Am I wrong?

TheHatter

Originally posted by Illius


I'd just like to know how much demand there is for people with any of those skills?  Since the subject of outsourcing came up I'm thinking that not a lot of jobs will be found using anything acquired with those degrees/certifications on domestic soil.  Am I wrong?

 

I would think not. Those certs will only teach them syntax and basic uses of algorithms. Math and Computer Science Bachelor's degrees will teach a person how to solve a problem in the most efficient manner, finding the best possible solution not the most obvious. If all you need is syntax writers (code monkey), then you're pretty stupid if you hire and American (or European or w/e) for $10-$20/hr, when you can hire someone in China or India for pennies on the dollar.

Code Monkey, is pretty much how it sounds. Think of the monkey part. A monkey can figure out how to crack a nut with a rock to get the fruit, but it's so much less work to use a nut cracker.

Now, if you combine those certs with a bachelor's degree... then you might have something. At least an employer would know that his Junior Programmer is at least certified in something other than just theory. Because, in Computer Science, you learn alot of theory and not alot of practical use.

 

Then again, I'm still a student. But, I've been looking at the job markets for about 3yrs now. (Because that's how long I've been a Junior!!! lol lost 2yrs because of an Iraq Deployment) Most programmer jobs, especially Junior Programmer, want a computer science degree or equivalent. Those are not equivalent to a computer science degree what-so-ever.