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Cisco CCNA Certification: The Value Of The CCNA And CCNP |
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One question I see often on the 'Net is "Is it worth
my time to earn a CCNA / CCNP / CCIE certification?"
My personal answer to that is a resounding yes. The power
of Cisco certifications has allowed me to create a tremendous
career, and they can do the same for you.
There has never been a better time to accelerate your IT
career, and earning a technical certification is a great way
to do just that. I don't care if you're looking at earning
an MCSE, a Cisco certification, Red Hat, or any other vendor
- you are always better off having a technical certification
than not having one. Technical certifications are an excellent
way to market yourself and stand out from the crowd. Earning
certifications shows a potential employer (and your current
one) that you are willing to go the extra mile.
Sadly, when you ask this question on most Internet message
boards, you're going to get some very negative people giving
you their "unbiased" opinion. Ask yourself this
question: Do you want to entrust the direction of your career
to someone you don't know, has no accountability for what
they say, and has some kind of ax to grind? Do you want someone
like that to decide whether you should earn a CCNA or CCNP?
I can speak from experience on this point. When I told a
few people that I was going to earn my CCIE, almost 100% of
the responses I got were negative. "It's too hard",
"no one can pass that", "the CCIE isn't worth
the work", etc. Every single one of these statements
is false, and again I speak from firsthand experience. The
same is true for the CCNA, CCNP, and MCSE. All of these certifications
can add value to your career and put more money in your pocket.
But you have to make the decision to earn them and to "keep
your goals away from the trolls".
Don't ask anonymous strangers whether it's "worth the
time" to get a CCNA, MCSE, or other computer certification.
The only person you should ask that question of is yourself.
Whether you want to start an IT career or jumpstart your current
one, make the decision to move forward in your career - and
then follow through on that decision.
About the Author:
Article by Chris Bryant.
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