What holds greater market value for admins?

I will be finishing up my MCSE sometime this summer, and have a ton of interest in pursuing CCNA and RHCT level knowledge. These will lead to pursuits of CCNP and/or RHCE. My plan is to make myself a more marketable administrator/jr engineer. I have great interests in obtaining more server knowledge and networking knowledge, so thats a wash. I am merely interested in fielding opinions as to which is more marketable, for an MCSE. Remember, the CCNP/RHCE is further down the road. I'd obviously like to first tackle the CCNA and/or RHCT. Thanks for the opinions.
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It's unfortunate, but an MCSE just doesn't seem to hold nearly as much weight as it used to.
You make a great point, msteinhilber. My problem is that I have great interest in pursuing both. I'd like to position myself as an architect in training, able to be highly proficient in server side and networking (and eventually some software, but the software is years down the road). I'm seeing lots of opportunity for both Cisco and Linux knowledge. It seems that the Cisco route may be a bit more marketable, judging by the responses. Either way its win-win for me because I'm eager to pursue both. Thanks for the responses.
If you're willing to move, both RHCE and CCNP, separately or together, will get you a job pretty much guaranteed. CCNA and RHCT not so much, but they're still hot, imo.
You can do both and really it's recommended if you have the resources. If you're going to be an architect or engineer and plan on dealing with those technologies, definitely do it and get some experience in for a few years with both.
If you're going to do engineer/design work and want to go the sysadmin route and skip working in networking altogether(not recommended), it's doable and I would suggest skipping CCNP and go straight for CCDP.
CCENT >> CCNA >> CCNA: Security >> CCNA: Voice >> CCNA: Wireless >> CCDA
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because i thought those 2 between CCNA/NP and MCSA/SE are 2 different things. Let say we dont study Group Policy or specific server service and things like that in general CCNA/NP level right?
i remembered years ago learning my subnetting or some intermediate TCP/IP stack from a MS Press book.
if you have to choose between MS way and RH way - now, i'll call that a hard choice
Currently working towards MCITP: Enterprise Admin
Current Title: Network Administrator
Actual Job Functions: Network / Server / System Administrator, Tier-3 Help Desk, Jr. Project Manager, and "The Closer"
Undomiel, I think I would have had to put that person in their place. It is AMAZING how many people I deal with, even executive staff, that barely even know how to turn on a PC/laptop, are "professional" degreed people, bringing down big salaries, but they are clueless on the value of "GOOD" IT people. It's like , "My God man, how can you not know how to use the main tool that provides you day in and out resources for you to get that fat check?!!!!!" Having to hand walk someone who uses this equipment daily gets old. Outside sales people...don't even get me started!
Oh....sorry, just had to rant!
Sad....truly sad.
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