salary

manas_83

can anybody say about the salary after getting ccna certification

seuss_ssues

We get asked that question alot here on this forum. Unfortunately there is no real answer. There are just too many variables that are used to determine what one is being paid or should be paid.

You may see someone with a list of certs and they only make $45,000 or you may see someone who has no certs, but makes $100,000. Experience plays probably the biggest role in how large of a salary you can command. Followed by education, years with a company, and so forth.

Also you need to take into consideration that someone that makes $50,000 in more rural areas of the US may be equivalent to someone making $75,000 in a big city like Chicago or New York.

So unfortunately I cannot answer your question. If you get your CCNA you wont be getting rich by any means. You may even still have a hard time finding a job, but its definately worth having.

What did Confucious say?
Every long journey begins with a single step. (or something similar....im too lazy to google today)

Four steps to succeeding in IT
1. work hard
2. get certs or anything else to help stand out
3. work hard
4. repeat

manas_83

thanks for u'r reply
actually I am very new to this line
I have completd my mca and now choose networking as my carrier.
so plz tell me this is the correct way 4 a fresher or not.
and after competing course what should i do?
plz guide me bro.

kafifi13

I agree with your answer...it's way to hard. like you said 50K in the midwest could equal 75-80K in NY. you have to factor in cost of living. Also we didn't even talk about job oppurtnies or different countries. Just look on a Monster or career builder and see what people with certs can get for the jobs out there.

seuss_ssues

If I were starting out and looking to get into networking I think cisco is definately a great way to go.

Study for you CCNA and see how well you like it. If its for you then continue on with the CCNP and so on.

good luck and welcome to the forums

calaverasgrandes

I have a friend who makes a bit more money than me in networking. After a few beers he'll tease me about it. The other day I called him out on it.
I have only one cert A+ and have been working in this field about a year. I make $15/hr
He has no certs and has been doing IT at the same company for 8 years. He makes about $20/hr.
Anybody else see anything wrong with this picture?
I told him to knuckle down and get a CCNA or MCSE and apply elsewhere for a job. Even though it will be a brand new cert, he has almost a decade of experience!

iproute

calaverasgrandes wrote:

I have a friend who makes a bit more money than me in networking. After a few beers he'll tease me about it. The other day I called him out on it.
I have only one cert A+ and have been working in this field about a year. I make $15/hr
He has no certs and has been doing IT at the same company for 8 years. He makes about $20/hr.
Anybody else see anything wrong with this picture?
I told him to knuckle down and get a CCNA or MCSE and apply elsewhere for a job. Even though it will be a brand new cert, he has almost a decade of experience!

He's comfortable where he's at; at least not so uncomfortable that he wants a change. After 8 years of IT, he should be making more than 40K/yr, but it depends on someone's drive, their ambition, their willingness to study hard and get those certs that makes all the difference. The ability to sell yourself is also key. Don't become comfortable

Netstudent

I totally agree with that. Never settle, keep striving for more. Keep challenging yourself and the sky is the limit. Good things happen to those who work hard. I'm all about vertical mobility!

Pash

I earn two dollars a day, a rotten apple and a horse sh*t sandwhich. This is with the CCNA qualification......you should of seen me before....haha!

dtlokee

In many cases the salary a company is willing to pay is dependant on how much they can bill a customer for your time, or how much they can save versus outsourcing to consultants. I have had employees working for me where a far more qualified person was paid less than someone else, why? They were better at negotiating with the HR guy that hired them.

iproute

dtlokee wrote:

In many cases the salary a company is willing to pay is dependant on how much they can bill a customer for your time, or how much they can save versus outsourcing to consultants. I have had employees working for me where a far more qualified person was paid less than someone else, why? They were better at negotiating with the HR guy that hired them.

Exactly. Keep in mind that you're only as good to a potential employer as you can sell. They don't know you. They don't know what you've done or what you can do. You have to make it your personal goal to enlighten them. I used to have a very hard time selling myself until I practiced the art (it is an art IMO). It's something that we should all make it a point to be really good at.

Some of the things I've done to help me sell myself (which I'm practically an expert on now):
- Practice with a peer/family member
- Have them ask you questions such as "what type of experience do you have with [specified technology]?"
- Collect a battery of stories about your accomplishments to unload when those types of questions come up - save the day stories work great

- Talk to yourself
- On the way home from work for example. Think of questions that invoke your experiences and stories of those experiences and practice coming up with immediate and refined responses. Warning: people driving beside you will look at you like your crazy - but you're in IT, maybe you are crazy.

Just remember - in order to sell yourself, you have to practice selling yourself. Everything you can do to help you build your confidence and your battery of response subject matter will help you in ways which you won't fully appreciate until you've landed that high paying IT job.

Cucumber

Man, I agree completly with iproute.

Getting a good job is not only a matter of what you know, but how well you sell yourself and I might add, to what extent the interviwer gets to like you. IMO most of times people that hire personel do so based on subjective matters; you might be a genius but if the interviewer does not like you, you wont get the job.

Bottom line, people skills are as important as tech-skills.