Re: [nznog] Certifications

I found going down the Juniper service provider track to JNCIP-SP to be pretty useful and it filled some gaps in my knowledge. Certs don't provide real world experience, but they do prove that you have pretty broad knowledge on your chosen certification path. Cheers Dave On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Lesley Longhurst < Lesley.Longhurst(a)opus.co.nz> wrote:

I probably should have provided a bit more context.

I’ve been “in the industry” since 1985 and I know just how little a piece of paper is ACTUALLY worth in relation to real experience. I’ve recently had a change of job title, and the new one has the N word in it. And although I have been doing network stuff off and on for decades, I’m on a learning curve. I’ve picked up a lot of info on the run, but I recognise that there are some gaps in my knowledge.

I’m looking for the most sensible path to fill those gaps, and “I’m going for certs” is one way to justify training expenditure.

I work for a company of 3000+ people located in various countries, and I’m the one global “resource” for our networks. I need to know a lot of stuff.

*From:* Chris O'Donoghue [mailto:chris(a)tasman.net] *Sent:* Wednesday, 14 December 2016 5:05 p.m. *To:* Lesley Longhurst *Cc:* Nznog *Subject:* Re: [nznog] Certifications

I think it depends on your career track.

If you intend being a network admin for a normal company then common certifications help. If you want to work with a network company it matters much less.

However, overseas, if you don't have a reputation, then certification will help.

Chris

On 14/12/2016 15:32, Lesley Longhurst wrote:

Hi all,

As an all-purpose leading network bod for my company, what’s a good certification strategy? I deal with a wide range of stuff from local LANs to international backbones, and it’s high time I got myself a piece of paper to “prove” that I know some stuff.

Is CCNA still a good starting point?

*Lesley Longhurst*

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