Arista has some great stuff, haven't worked with Mellanox...Quote:
Originally Posted by buckshotbarlow
I work for a big telco, so Cisco kisses our ass... most of the asshats work for us.
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Arista has some great stuff, haven't worked with Mellanox...Quote:
Originally Posted by buckshotbarlow
I work for a big telco, so Cisco kisses our ass... most of the asshats work for us.
Congrats. I have a 20 year old ICND before it became ICND1 or whatever. Gave up on paper certificates. In some ways it hurts the job prospects, in other ways it doesn't.
lol Arista. The company that ripped off Cisco so bad that Cisco bugs were found in "their" code.Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
I don't know, every cisco exec that i've ever had to deal with is pure asshattage...Mellanox for deep learning, paired with their nics, nothing comes close...Quote:
Originally Posted by 68Charger
Anyone else done anything boring for a paper trinket recently?
Yeah....had to test for EVT certs back in June, and again last month. Passed four re-certs in June, and one new test in Oct.
It doesn't mean shit if you can't actually fix a problem, but it "looks good" to other folks if you have the paper with the scrilly scrolly shit around the edges of it.
It's still an accomplishment however, I haven't liked doing it every five years for the last 30 years but it does show that you could manage the paper test. ASE is more of the same.
Well I did pass my HAM Tech & General tests a while back, and have yet to really get involved on the air... I'm betting I'm not alone there. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
As for the CCNA, etc. tests - while I do think some people tend to collect them "for fun," I've found they can be useful even if you don't use the skills every day. Maybe you won't end up working on routers full-time, but if you're in IT at all or work with other network engineers, etc. then it goes a long way if you can hold your own and speak at least the basics of the language. I also found SQL/DB classes to be pretty helpful too, even more now with the focus on big data and metrics/analytics.
Awesome, congrats. So you IT guys have to re-take the cert test every so often? No continuing education hours or anything like that? They just send us to classes or in house training for a minimum amount of hours per 3 years and my cert gets renewed...NERC certification, and I am in the energy/power industry. I am contemplating a switch in career path but staying in the same industry.
Depends on the vendor... CompTIA allows the continuing education method. Cisco recently introduced it for their Expert certs in lieu of a written exam, but have not yet extended to Professional or Associate tracks.Quote:
Originally Posted by cableguy11
Cisco cert,mcse,and Oracle dba use to be hottest certs during 99-01.
Yes, cisco was the biggest company (mkt cap) during that time.
Congratz on the CCNA! I assume R/S?
I'm CCNP R/S and while the material didn't seem very relevant for my TSC job at the time it has proven useful in my current role in a core networking position. I work in a multivendor environment so we only use open protocols. I'm working on the JNCIP-SP and it's been a hoot.
I recommend you set a goal of one cert a year as a life long education process. Keeps you learning, keeps the material fresh and always looks good on a resume or at review time. I'd skip the CompTia Net+ unless it's a job requirement. The official book I had was complete with typos, sentences chopped in half and I found contradicting information pages apart. Didn't do anything for my job search at the time.
Cisco is the gold standard for most IT jobs due mainly to ignorant/lazy hiring managers and HR people. Unless you can get your resume in front of the hiring manager you have to deal with HR. HR goes off check marks. Hiring manager slops CCNA in the title and that's what HR looks for. Doesn't matter if it's even relevant to the job. How many job postings have you come across where they slop "CCNA/CCNP/CCIE preferred" for a $50K job. Do you really expect to land a CCIE for that?
Explore Juniper, Sec+, some scripting, keep the journey going!