Network & System Administration is Whole different thing?

hell911

I just found this website: Interactive Career Path - Cisco Networking Academy

There is no mention of System Administrator. Does that mean if I started walking down the CCNA path, there is no chance of becoming System Administrator down this road. And I would have to take a different route?

lsud00d

You do realize you're referencing a networking career path, right?

hell911

Oh. Sorry. Is there a career path chart of System Administration?

Because the other chart I know of is : CompTIA Career Pathways

Not sure if System Administration path is in this chart.

stryder144

If I was you, I would go to the Microsoft certification site and look at their chart. It is MS specific but does give an idea of what training and certifications you might need.

Some people would recommend the following path: CompTIA A+>Network+>Security+>Microsoft MCSA: Windows Server 2008/2012>MCSE: Server Infrastructure/Communication/Private Cloud/etc.

If you are interested in the Linux specific path, the Redhat site gives some information that might be useful.

Some people would recommend the following path: CompTIA A+>Network+>Security+>Linux+>Redhat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)>RH Certified Engineer (RHCE).

Naturally, opinions differ as to the value of the CompTIA certs. Some people view them as worthless, some as a good investment, and others as a necessary evil in order to get past the HR trolls. Myself, I'm neutral on them since they did help me land two interviews and two jobs (full and part time) but they won't land me the high paying gigs...that is what MCSA/MCSE/RHCSA/RHCE/CCNA/CCNP/VCP/CISSP/GSEC/etc are for.

Cheers

apr911

These aren't really career paths so much as they're certification paths. Certification paths and career paths is a whole different thing.

Both just try to tie an example job title to their certification but both of these are vendor specific certification paths and there are certification paths for Microsoft, Red Hat, Juniper, Checkpoint, Cisco, F5, Brocade et al.

Just because you are certified doesnt mean you will hold the job title or work in the job field indicated. I know many network and sysadmins with no certifications and/or "lesser" certifications than those indicated and/or certifications for vendors other than the ones they work on.

Either way, its good to have some sysadmin knowledge in networking or networking knowledge as a sysadmin

hell911

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I have been searching for "career paths", but ending up with pages filled with list of certifications. Could you please tell me some info on the career paths.

linuxlover

1st line -> 2nd line -> 3rd line -> junior sys admin -> sys admin -> senior sys admin