Comment Networking student (Score 1) 182
I am currently a high school student at a technical high school. I am studying CCNA and the such, and I have found the CCNA cert to be worthless. The book has no effect on myself of the rest of my peers. We basically threw out the idea of reading the book and started a new focus on hands-on.
It seems hands-on learning beats the book any day. I have a friend who graduated from the same class last year and was hired right out of high school into a job in the tech department of a massive company with a starting salary of $40,000. HE HAS NO CCNA. His employer (Millennium Technology Group) never even thought to ask for such a worthless cert as the CCNA. It all had to do with his real-world experience.
I talk much with this friend (Jeff) and he has told me of all the other job interviews he has had. None of the employers out there care what your certifications are as long as you know what you are doing (yes this means experience).
I also know a few people who know nothing about networking, yet have still obtained thier CCNA cert. This was before the new version of which has just come out, so I am personally hoping the new version helps to test more accurately.
It seems hands-on learning beats the book any day. I have a friend who graduated from the same class last year and was hired right out of high school into a job in the tech department of a massive company with a starting salary of $40,000. HE HAS NO CCNA. His employer (Millennium Technology Group) never even thought to ask for such a worthless cert as the CCNA. It all had to do with his real-world experience.
I talk much with this friend (Jeff) and he has told me of all the other job interviews he has had. None of the employers out there care what your certifications are as long as you know what you are doing (yes this means experience).
I also know a few people who know nothing about networking, yet have still obtained thier CCNA cert. This was before the new version of which has just come out, so I am personally hoping the new version helps to test more accurately.
