If you have CCNA, would you recommend taking N+?

The N+ looks to be a good cert to have on your resume (certainly cant hurt). Im taking my CCNA on March 29th. I was thinking about taking the N+ later that same day. Note that I have not been studying for the N+. I'm assuming that the CCNA covers the same material? I have about 3 years of networking experience and used several books to prepare for my CCNA. (been preparing for 8 months) My best friend is N+ and CCNA and said I should be able to pass both in one day provided I know my CCNA material well.

Is this true? Does anyone recommend I take this route? I figured I may as well give N+ a try. I looked over several N+ study guides and even did practice tests. Did pretty decent

ps: The reason I am not scheduling them on different days , is because I rarely get a day off from work. I may take 2 or 3 certs in oneday because of this.

Thanks guys

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cutie

hey I wnat to do the CCNA also can yu recoomend me some good books the more the certifications is better for you at least you are we;ll rounded and there must be some qiuestions that yu will be getting on the Network+ that the CCNA has not covered so it is better to know it that NOT knowing it

andremeber to tell me the best books to buy plannig on doing next year
and GOOOOOOOOOD lUck!

lordy

I personally do not think that doing N+ if you have a CCNA makes sense.

Here are my reasons:

a) Network+ is considered the easier certificate. Therefore the value of the CCNA is higher anyway.

b) Having two network certs is a waste of money.

c) Having both doesn't necessarily increase your job chances. Listing a bunch of certs can easily make you look like a cert-collector, not an IT-pro. For this reason I only keep one cert for each topic/OS.

Just my EUR 0.02

Regards,
Lordy

Ten9t6

lordy wrote:

c) Having both doesn't necessarily increase your job chances. Listing a bunch of certs can easily make you look like a cert-collector, not an IT-pro. For this reason I only keep one cert for each topic/OS.

Just my EUR 0.02

Regards,
Lordy

c. v2) "IT Pros" that are "Cert-Collectors" can make very good money and get hired for some jobs that individuals without the certs cannot.

It is totally up to you. There are some that will say it is stupid...there are some that will say that it is a good idea....and some will not care one way or another. The more stuff you have to list on your resume "Can" help you pick up a job. So, do whatever you like. If I had listened to everyone in the beginning, I can tell you that I would not have some of the toys I have now. ; )

As far as how the test compares to the CCNA....The N+ is a not vendor specific.....The CCNA is almost all CISCO (yes, you do get other things from it). So, there will be some stuff covered in each that will not be covered in the other one. And yes, the N+ is much easier than the CCNA.

I hope this helps...

reloaded

Many people seem to take Net+ first, then move on to CCNA. In my CCNA studies, it seems most of the CCNA intro stuff applies to Net+, though they explain OSI, ports, etc. in a more brief way than Net+ study materials do.

Danh

thanks so much everyone

nothing_pt

Network+ is like CCNA-Intro plus a little stuff.

Why do you not try security+ instead? A CCNA plus a Security+ would be good, i think.

cutie

The answer that they have given you is correct io never thought about it that wasy about the certification collectors listen to them the CCNA is the best

sorry about the wrong advise earlier BUT I did learn by my mistakes