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| Robocop_OCP 2001-09-29, 12:15 pm |
| Im only posting this in here because you guys are obviously pros to be going for the ccie.
My situation is this:
Im fed up with trying to learn java. Its too complicated for me, and even though Im good at oracle, I have to know java and xml and stuff so Im giving it all up including oracle because Im sick of object oriented programming and you have to know it to work on databases.
I picked up a ccna book the other day and I can dig it. Do you guys think cisco work is easier than coding hardcore java server pages and the like? And if so, hows the cisco job market in new york city? Any thoughts? Thanx. | |
| depamo 2001-09-29, 2:19 pm |
| Not too sure what you are looking for. Comming from a pretty heavy programming background myself, I can pretty much relate to the similarities. Never like programmers or sysadmins anyhow, they have the easy job, static box, keep it running. That was way too easy.
Cisco Networks though, there is a challenge and an interest that has taken me for quite a few years now. It is as complicated as you would ever want, it has certifications at the top of the pyramid that really are hard to get. On top of all that, not everyone can do it. There is just as much if not more failure then success in this portion of the industry.
Other then all that, I am a computer geek, I love computers and networks and can spend glorious hours watching flickering lights and troubleshooting to the wee hours in the morning to get that extra kilobyte of bandwidth under control.
So where am I heading with all this? It is a serious step although from personal experience, not too much more interesting then DBA or other types of network admin. Overall, you will get much less recognition, the better you do managing networks then the web site. You also cannot judge the complexity or what it means from the CCNA book. A true good sized bite of what will be happening in a Cisco network is better represented by TCP/IP Routing Volume I. Check that out before making your decision on jumping tracks. In your situation, it might be much easier to learn Java. Personally, I picked up Java in a month, I have been designing and managing routed networkss for quite a few years and I am still not anywhere near knowning everything.
Take if for what it is but if you don't have a real interest, you won't get much further then the CCNA. | |
| dumbut 2001-10-01, 2:53 pm |
| Excellent post Depamo, right to the point… |
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