HELLO & WELCOME

[KenBrace]

How often does a knowledge of VoIP & Cisco come in handy in everyday life?

I'm a programming and if I hadn't taken the CCNA course that I did I would have been much more handicapped when it came to web development.

I'm no longer aiming for a career in Cisco but the knowledge I attained when I was training for it has been very useful.

[kaiuk]

I can't think of many scenarios where a CCNA would be useful outside of specialist networking jobs. A typical home network just requires basic skills, but i suppose you can run your own cables and create a small cabled network. Although wireless technology has improved a lot you still can't beat a hardwired cabled network.

With a CCNA you can progress to get a CCIE - with that you'll be earning mega bucks!

[KenBrace]

I can't think of many scenarios where a CCNA would be useful outside of specialist networking jobs. A typical home network just requires basic skills, but i suppose you can run your own cables and create a small cabled network. Although wireless technology has improved a lot you still can't beat a hardwired cabled network.

With a CCNA you can progress to get a CCIE - with that you'll be earning mega bucks!

Yep. My original plan was to get a CCNA and then try to get an entry level job. Once I got a year or so of experience there I would start looking into a CCNP. I wasn't really sure if I would ever shoot for CCIE but the hard would in studying would definitely pay off if you were able to attain the cert. I've seen CCIE jobs that pay some $60 per hour. Incredible.