Network Administrator to Cisco ? Instead of nightly NOC
Socom
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Hi All,
I was thinking would it be wiser to go for a network admin job then switch to Cisco/CCNA rather than switching gears from net admin as I'm almost there going to a nightly NOC at a lower pay rate?
I was thinking would it be wiser to go for a network admin job then switch to Cisco/CCNA rather than switching gears from net admin as I'm almost there going to a nightly NOC at a lower pay rate?
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DoubleNNs
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It's kind of hard to understand your question.Goals for 2018:
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Master Of Puppets
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I have absolutely no idea what you're trying to ask.Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for. -
kohr-ah
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I kind of get what you are asking but what you are asking we need more information about.
Do you enjoy being a network administrator or would you prefer being a network engineer? Would you enjoy a hybrid role as a lot of those are out there.
The other thing is we don't know what you make now and what your current job duties are. Answer those and you can get a better answer. No, you don't have to completely drop what you are doing and go NOC from an administrator role. I would get my CCNA and slowly transition over to networking or do a hybrid role if you enjoy that. -
Socom
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I kind of get what you are asking but what you are asking we need more information about.
Do you enjoy being a network administrator or would you prefer being a network engineer? Would you enjoy a hybrid role as a lot of those are out there.
The other thing is we don't know what you make now and what your current job duties are. Answer those and you can get a better answer. No, you don't have to completely drop what you are doing and go NOC from an administrator role. I would get my CCNA and slowly transition over to networking or do a hybrid role if you enjoy that.
This is more or less what I was talking about, should've been cleared. It was kind of funny actually. So I'm fairly close to becoming a net admin (exchange, vmware, server 200
. My question was should I continue doing that ? Or should I drop it and get my net+, become a noc and work on cisco. Or become a net admin which will be quicker and easier for me, and then go towards ccna ccent etc. Currently working at a service desk and refusing to do password resets and software installs lol. -
kohr-ah
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This is more or less what I was talking about, should've been cleared. It was kind of funny actually. So I'm fairly close to becoming a net admin (exchange, vmware, server 200. My question was should I continue doing that ? Or should I drop it and get my net+, become a noc and work on cisco. Or become a net admin which will be quicker and easier for me, and then go towards ccna ccent etc. Currently working at a service desk and refusing to do password resets and software installs lol.
Well no one can really tell you what to do for a living. Is that what you want to do or do you want to be. If you are doing service desk now I can't imagine NOC or a jr network admin would be a pay difference for you.
But I always tell myself what do I want to do until I retire or a form of it. Networking won for me but that is me.
