Yeah, things like the CompTIA certs are just things that I know I can already pass while I'm studying for higher. I would have just waited until I could start higher level, but I wasn't happy with the work I was doing and decided grabbing an entry level position with some minor certs and my degree (Start a Tech support job at a local community college friday!). Since this place uses Google Apps for Education, I'm also probably going to look into some Google certs (Google Apps for educators to know what the instructors should and maybe Google Apps Administrator/ Deployment Specialist). Who knows, maybe I could do Google Apps deployment on the side and get AdWords certification while I advertise myself for it
Since my OP I passed A+ and I'm scheduled for N+ this week (prob thurs) and I'm super confident on it. Some circumstances at school let me attempt MS office certs for free so, naturally, I took that and got Access and Excel. I also snagged SCP.