Hello,
I have my A+, I use GNU/Linux a lot and I was wondering, should I go after my Linux+ certification? I have been using Linux for about 3 years daily for everything. I feel like I have pretty good knowledge, but people have said to do Network+, Security+, and then Linux+. I would still say I’m intermediate, although I want to mainly take this certification to learn more so I can start getting on the more advanced side of things. I would also like to move onto a Linux-based job.
Edit: I received my CompTIA A+ certification one year ago, and have had a job in IT for nearly a year so far.
Security+ is mostly a joke, but also it primarily focuses on basic network and physical security as well as general security hygiene, not Linux or data center security.
If you’re going the sysops/datacenter ops route and want to stick to CompTIA then Linux+ would be your path before specializing based on a job path that’s actually hiring. But if you want to go that path ccna will help you far more than anything else CompTIA provides at the entry level. That all being said the other anon is right, certs don’t have a lot of weight without specific projects you can point to in interviews to show actual application of knowledge.
Signed, a+ net+ security+ ccna holder whose doing digital trust and safety work instead of anything I’m certified for.