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Topic	Anyone interested in learning networking?
CableZL 05/15/20 2:03:05 PM #1:	8 years ago, I didn't know jack shit about networking, network administration, or network engineering, but I ended up getting a job at a NOC and started studying for Cisco certs... It has served me extremely well. I still have my old study materials that I can share if someone is interested. It's a lot of information and can seem overwhelming, but the key is to learn little by little and you'll eventually get it. Just don't give up when you have setbacks like failed exams or if life gets in the way for whatever reason. Gotta keep pushing. My network-specific career path: Hired at a network operations center (NOC) in November of 2012. I started studying for the CCENT (not sure this exists any more) in May of 2013. August 2013: CCENT certification obtained Decemer 2013: CCNA Routing and Switching certification July 2014: CCNA Security certification About 9 months later, I was promoted to junior network engineer. It was my first salaried position. At this point, I was going to go for CCNP Routing and Swtiching, but Cisco was just then coming out with new CCNP exams, so I decided to wait about 6 months for the study materials for the 3 exams to come out. February 2016: CCNP Routing and Switching certification I then got a job at a company as a solo network engineer. It was challenging, rewarding, and paid more than any job I had before. I quit that job in December of 2019 for this new network engineering job at a grocery store company. I'm now part of a team of network engineers and I don't work long hours at all any more. With this kind of job, there will always be situations where you'll have to work at night to do changes/upgrades/etc., but my life is so much better these days. So yeah, if anyone is interested in getting started, I can share the study materials I have with you and answer questions that you have along the way. Network engineering is a lot of responsibility, but it's very rewarding for the most part. Also, Cisco just recently came out with new exams in February, so you wouldn't have to worry about an exam refresh for at least a few years. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:939201955] in Anyone int... [t:78691204]...</cite> <quote>8 years ago, I didn't know jack shit about networking, network administration, or network engineering, but I ended up getting a job at a NOC and started studying for Cisco certs... It has served me extremely well. I still have my old study materials that I can share if someone is interested. It's a lot of information and can seem overwhelming, but the key is to learn little by little and you'll eventually get it. Just don't give up when you have setbacks like failed exams or if life gets in the way for whatever reason. Gotta keep pushing. My network-specific career path: Hired at a network operations center (NOC) in November of 2012. I started studying for the CCENT (not sure this exists any more) in May of 2013. August 2013: CCENT certification obtained Decemer 2013: CCNA Routing and Switching certification July 2014: CCNA Security certification About 9 months later, I was promoted to junior network engineer. It was my first salaried position. At this point, I was going to go for CCNP Routing and Swtiching, but Cisco was just then coming out with new CCNP exams, so I decided to wait about 6 months for the study materials for the 3 exams to come out. February 2016: CCNP Routing and Switching certification I then got a job at a company as a solo network engineer. It was challenging, rewarding, and paid more than any job I had before. I quit that job in December of 2019 for this new network engineering job at a grocery store company. I'm now part of a team of network engineers and I don't work long hours at all any more. With this kind of job, there will always be situations where you'll have to work at night to do changes/upgrades/etc., but my life is so much better these days. So yeah, if anyone is interested in getting started, I can share the study materials I have with you and answer questions that you have along the way. Network engineering is a lot of responsibility, but it's very rewarding for the most part. Also, Cisco just recently came out with new exams in February, so you wouldn't have to worry about an exam refresh for at least a few years. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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