So with all these BS re-certification timelines it’s made me put focus on what certs I really want to keep and I’m trying to find a good reason to keep re-certifying on my CCNA. I’ve had it since 2009 and have barely used it.
In my current position I’m the primary VMWare guy and I also work with SAN and DR, which is exactly where I want to be. I’ve been putting my focus on working on my RHCSA since we are a RedHat shop and working with systems makes sense to me. Prior to that all my work was with Windows (I’m, MCSE2003/MCITP200
. We have a few ASA’s and Nexus switches, which I’ve never touched because network guys never seem to be very willing to let new people touch their equipment, even though that’s EXACTLY the reason I did the CCNA in the first place… Not that I’m upset, I would have liked to work on that stuff, but I understand the basics and Virtualization is where I wanted to be.
We are moving our datacenter to the “cloud” where they use even less Cisco in favor of Vyatta. And since we have been bought, I work at IBM, there is whole network team that is even less ok with non-network new guys touching the switches.
So, my VCP expires 11/2016. I’d like to focus on my RHCSA as opposed to renewing the CCNA. I mean I work at a huge company, but if I ever want to leave IBM and apply at a smaller company, you know most of the job postings want CCNA. I only have a slight interest in doing more work with switching, but routing and pretty much all of Cisco’s line doesn’t interest me much, so I’d only be doing this to keep it on the resume. I have no shame in putting it on my resume as expired.
Thoughts?
