MCSE CCNA Choosing The Right Computer Certification For Your Career
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MCSE or CCNA? Choosing the Right Computer Certification for Your Career
Choosing the right computer certification can be confusing! Chris Bryant, CCIE
12933, offers insights on what questions to consider before starting your certification journey.
Choosing the Right Path
When deciding on a computer certification like CCNA, CCNP, CCVP, CCSP, CCIE, or MSCE, it's important to align it with your career goals. Your time is valuable, so avoid selecting a certification just because it’s popular. Here are some key questions to ask yourself:
Why Do You Want This Certification?
This is the most crucial question before investing in any books or classes.
If your main motivation is a higher salary, make sure you conduct thorough research. While salary surveys can be tempting, they often don't reflect reality. IT salaries vary significantly, with a network admin earning $25K at one job and $75K at another. Misleading statistics can cause frustration. If a tech school emphasizes potential earnings, dig deeper into how they calculated those figures.
Having a clear career plan can help you decide how a certification fits in. Without a plan, you might be wasting time. Address these essential questions now, and you won’t regret it later.
How Does the Vendor Protect Your Investment?
Certifications require both time and money. You’ll need study time, books, possibly classes. It’s vital that your investment increases your workplace value.
Vendors should prioritize maintaining the worth of their certifications. For instance, Cisco is known for consistently upholding the value of their certifications. This assurance helped me choose to pursue my CCIE over a master’s degree, and I’ve never regretted it.
Before committing to a certification, evaluate how the vendor supports your investment.
Certifications have been instrumental in my IT career growth. By asking the right questions and considering your motivations and plans, they can benefit you too.
?" Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933
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