It's my opinion that Microsoft certifications are as worthless as the paper
that they are printed on. I've walked way too many MCSE's through far too
many elementary procedures to give it any weight at all.
Getting a certification is nothing. Start small and get experience along
with that certification and whatever you do, do NOT flaunt your
certification as some sort of credential. It simply means that you crammed
your head with a fraction of the knowledge required to do the job and you
only retained it long enough to take a very simple test.
My advice: Get that MCSE, get a small time job as a computer repair tech in
a shop somewhere, get some experience, work your way into REAL networking
(not just Microsoft's version of it), take some independent courses and
exams, and work your way up the ladder as your knowledge and experience
warrants.
I know that I may sound mean or ****y when writing this but that's not the
intent. I'm just tired of seeing you guys try so hard and fail over
something like an MCSE certification. Employers just don't really care
about that any more. Experience and accomplishment is the real gold. What
ever happened to good old College degrees?