New job and Light at the end of the tunnel for you future CCNPs

For those of you who are slogging it out in the CCNP trenches, there are great rewards waiting on you.

A couple of weeks ago I started dabbling with my resume to see what interest there might be after earning my CCNP. I am now on the verge of signing an offer with a well known enterprise for six figures to be a lead net engineer and hopefully architect in the future.

I absolutely love networking but like NetworkVeteran, I am a bit of a mercenary

The job specifically requested a CCNP as the most important credential. I know i'm preaching to the choir, but wanted to give an extra morale boost to those of you who are putting in the massive hours to get through ROUTE,SWITCH and TSHOOT. I've been there and now the knowledge I gained along the way is paying off big time - both professionally and financially.

Keep the faith!

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cyberguypr

Congrats! Great story. Thats the spirit of this community: work hard and you'll be rewarded.

Carl_S_901

SWEET!!!!

And of course, GRATZ!

MrBrian

Dude, very awesome! Big Congrats!! How many years experience do you have in networking, if I may ask?

vinbuck

Thanks y'all

@Mr Brian

Ive got about 10 years experience in server/desktop/networking for small business and government

More recently i've spent the last 3 years as a Network Engineer for a service provider.

wave

I appreciate your post vinbuck! My eyes really enjoyed reading that! I have similar (~10 years) experience but have been an IT generalist, everything from desktop/server to programming. Once I've knocked out SWITCH (test in two weeks) and TSHOOT I will be on the job hunt.

Congrats!!!!!

Henry is God

Congratulations man.

I don't think you would have got a sniff without your 10 years experience though. The certs are all good and show, most of the time, you know your stuff but the majority of jobs at the level you are talking about will demand some serious experience.

vinbuck

Well...I made it official today and resigned my current position and start at my new gig next week. Doesnt look like ill be touching CCIE for a bit until I get settled and get to know the network a little bit.

It looks like ill be getting heavy Nexus experience which will be a bit of a change from the 7600s I typically play with. Im excited though

snokerpoker

Thanks for the extra bit of motivation! I just passed my CCNA recently and am looking to doing the CCNP in the next year.