What to do first?

Javi437

I am attending school to earn my degree in electronic engineering. After some reading and research i would also like to pursue a career in IT. I just dont know if i should start with getting certefied in network+ or just skip that and study and pass the ceent certifaction instead. I was able to get the cbtnuggets serious for ccent and ccna, also have the traingsignal and have the cisco academy discovery and exploration training aswell. I do have the cbt and traingsignal video training for the network+ cerification. just dont know if i should skip the network+. Sorry if i put to much here, eventually after i pass ceent i do want top get ccna and look into also getting certified in mcsa/mcse. I would really like your guys input on this. Thanks

PC509

If you are confident in your networking skills, go for the CCENT then CCNA. It's much more advanced of a certification than the Net+. The Net+ is vendor neutral, but CCNA/CCENT are vendor specific. That doesn't matter too much with general networking, as the Cisco stuff will go into a lot more depth than the Net+ that would be much more beneficial in the real world applications.

But, if you aren't too savvy on the networking side of things, definitely take the Net+. Just know that once you do take the CCENT/CCNA, the Net+ will be greatly overshadowed by it.

Of course, if you have the A+, and you do go for the MCSA, the Net+ addition will allow you to use the combination as an elective for the cert. Expensive for an elective, but if you are going to do it anyway, it's there.

Javi437

This is all new to me. Its just that as i was studying for the network+ exam i was going trough some of the ccent/ccna material and it all seem to be some what the same.

dynamik

There's a decent amount of overlap between the Network+ and CCENT (ICND1). You get in much deeper into the Cisco world in ICND2.

Javi437

so with that said. skip net+ and just go for the ccent and then ccna or do net+?

Jason0352

If you go the Cisco route (ie: CCENT--->CCNA) then in my opnion let the Network+ go. After I pass ICND2 (CCNA), I'm going for Security+.

Tryntotechit

I think that the Net+ is a good entry level cert. If you don't know a lot about networking, wiring, and such, then take the Net+. I learned a lot about general networking through studying for that cert. However, it is an entry level cert. Your not going to get the big job offer cause you have the Net+. Good luck.