Posted by: Saajha September 2, 2011
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@donald_duck, if you're serious about Net Admin career (or NetSec for that matter), my advice is to embrace cisco and work toward some of its certs! I learned it the hard way, as I repeatedly tried refraining myself from vendor-specific certs, esp the cisco chain, but got thrown back into it again and again!
Regardless of what shop you happen to enter (Juniper, CheckPoint, Palo-Alto, etc), some of the preliminary skills acquired through cisco test preps are worth their weight in gold. My advice is : Do/or read through CCNA, if not CCENT materials at the least before taking up the role, if you envision a smooth transition ride. Network+, despite being a good starting point - barely covers the tip of the iceberg, A+ is hardly related to typical NetAdmin roles, and Security+ guides you through the first stepping stone into the joyous ride of InfoSec world! MS SA (former MCP?) is MS centric, and could come handy if you're into Windows Administration.
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Regardless of what shop you happen to enter (Juniper, CheckPoint, Palo-Alto, etc), some of the preliminary skills acquired through cisco test preps are worth their weight in gold. My advice is : Do/or read through CCNA, if not CCENT materials at the least before taking up the role, if you envision a smooth transition ride. Network+, despite being a good starting point - barely covers the tip of the iceberg, A+ is hardly related to typical NetAdmin roles, and Security+ guides you through the first stepping stone into the joyous ride of InfoSec world! MS SA (former MCP?) is MS centric, and could come handy if you're into Windows Administration.
~@~