I'm serious about that. I just completed my MBA in CIS with an A average and have a Bachellors in BIS also with an A average. I managed to get certified in A+, CNE, and dual MCSP (the XP and Server 2003 tests of the MCSE track). After passing two tests of the MCSE track I failed the third and stopped testing after that. Very difficult tests in my opinion.
I ran a company's network as the network administrator for four years before leaving to go full time on my MBA and got excellent experience managing a PIX firewall, various routers, a VPN concentrator, switches, a repeater, etc... just on the Cisco side. I contracted a network solution vendor to help me upgrade the entire network to a 100mb fast ethernet to the desktop (gigabyte backbone) and windows 2003 active directory over four geographical locations and it went off well. I could go on but I did a good job and got great reviews and good compensation but honestly passing those certs were really difficult. And I never did finish the CCNA or the MCSE in those four years.
To all of you who are working full time as network analysts, network engineers, network administrators, and top tier network support who are MCSE with CCNA I take my hat off to you.
I did hear that it was easier to get the NT 40 MCSE and upgrade it than getting the 2000 MCSE from scratch; however, I was already into 2000 by then.
Just some comments from another working nerd. I'd like to pass the CCNA but not sure if it's worth all that effort at this point. Might be though. Anyways, peace.
I ran a company's network as the network administrator for four years before leaving to go full time on my MBA and got excellent experience managing a PIX firewall, various routers, a VPN concentrator, switches, a repeater, etc... just on the Cisco side. I contracted a network solution vendor to help me upgrade the entire network to a 100mb fast ethernet to the desktop (gigabyte backbone) and windows 2003 active directory over four geographical locations and it went off well. I could go on but I did a good job and got great reviews and good compensation but honestly passing those certs were really difficult. And I never did finish the CCNA or the MCSE in those four years.
To all of you who are working full time as network analysts, network engineers, network administrators, and top tier network support who are MCSE with CCNA I take my hat off to you.
I did hear that it was easier to get the NT 40 MCSE and upgrade it than getting the 2000 MCSE from scratch; however, I was already into 2000 by then.
Just some comments from another working nerd. I'd like to pass the CCNA but not sure if it's worth all that effort at this point. Might be though. Anyways, peace.