Cisco/ccna

[WalterCrunkite]

Taking this soon at my tech school... Anybody else have their ccna or other cisco cert? I'm just getting it for small side jobs and just for experience.

[Sounds Good]

last i checked. ccna is no joke

[LiftHeavy85]

last i checked. ccna is no joke

this, actually takes some knowledge and experience to pass the test.

[TheAustrianOak]

i work in the networking field and have my ccna and part of ccnp

it's a good cert to have, you'll learn basic layer2/3/4 stuff but nothing too advanced

if you try to get into anything networking related it will also give you a leg up over other applicants. might want to check in to your juniper/foundry stuff as well as they have both taken a nice chunk of the market, it's not just cisco anymore

[WalterCrunkite]

Well it's actually part of my classes and its over a span of 2 years, so you get taught ALOT.

[AboveAverage]

If I had one single piece of advice for someone interested in getting their CCNA:

CBT Nuggets

/thread

I'm actually going for my CCNE in San Jose in 2 months, if I pass I'll be the youngest person to get their CCNE, currently specialize in CCNP-security.
Totally not serious about the last part

[RisSsky]

Oh hai op I've just completed my 2 year CCNA course last week. It's not too difficult and you learn everything from scratch.

Apparently it's quite high regarded in the industry as mentioned above, and will enable you to go on to do some other Cisco qualifications.

Good luck brah

[praveerathi88]

Hi CCNA you learn everything from CCNA course

[Maine]

The ccna is not an entry level cert and if you have no experience of networking and cisco kit, you should not consider taking it purely because so many it recruiters have told me they chuck cvs in the bin that have ccna as a cert but no experience to back it up. If you're looking at getting into networking, do the entry level networking ***** until you get cisco experience and only then do a ccna.

This is the same for people going for an mcse with no experience of administering or setting up a Microsoft network.


An advanced cert is designed to backup years of experience and NOT to get your foot in the door.