Question about the quality of my network qualifications
blatini
Member Posts: 285
I work at a company with roughly 250 people where there was zero network management implemeneted. Unused ports not shutdown ports, spanning tree turned off, nothing labelled in switches, no vlans, 10mbps connections run off of 1gig ports, no firmware updates etc. For the last few months I have gone from a desktop guy to revamping the network. Things have been going great except now I'm also doing our digital phone management with zero pay increase and they have said they are not budging on my salary. Or giving me any compensation for the weekends and off hours I have been putting into this. As much as I love learning this way it is kinda wearing on me. I am doing this with a CCNA and no prior 'real world' networking experience. I think I would be better off getting a job where someone with more experience can help guide me and I am not grinding the axe by myself. Especially when I am kinda winging it...
In looking for a new job how valuable is what I have been doing count towards getting a new networking position? I feel like a lot of this 'network cleanup' type stuff might be seen as trivial. Toning cables, relabeling, configuring stuff for 'best practice' and firmware updates don't seem that impressive to me, but I know a lot of people here would have a better clue than I do. What kind of positions should I shoot for? I am working on HP, Extreme, Cisco and Fortinet equipment as well if that matters.
In looking for a new job how valuable is what I have been doing count towards getting a new networking position? I feel like a lot of this 'network cleanup' type stuff might be seen as trivial. Toning cables, relabeling, configuring stuff for 'best practice' and firmware updates don't seem that impressive to me, but I know a lot of people here would have a better clue than I do. What kind of positions should I shoot for? I am working on HP, Extreme, Cisco and Fortinet equipment as well if that matters.
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markulous
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With a CCNA and hands-on networking experience, you should be able to find some type of network admin position. May be a "Junior" role, but either way you can get a networking job.
Not sure what you're making now, but guessing you can probably get a decent raise somewhere else.
I see you're in Denver. My job is hiring for a Technical Support Engineer supporting networking/NSX for VMware. I can shoot you a referral if you want something like that.