what next?

arrogantbastard

Hey guys, just completed CCNA (two test route) and I can't decide what to do next. I go into the job market in five months after I get out of the military with four years of various IT experience (mostly networking). I have an opportunity for a free CCDA voucher that I have less than 9 months to use, I just got my email for the may Stanly VMware course, and ideally I want to knock out CCNP in the near future. My heart is truly with Cisco, I love routing and switching and design. I'm worried that some say CCDA requires CCNP switch level knowledge and it would be a waste to spend longer studying just for CCDA and then CCNP. But I need to be CCDA test ready in nine months to get my free voucher. So far I've decided to skip VMware until I'm less busy, but what do I do about my Cisco dilemma? Thanks

networker050184

I wouldn't worry about the CCDA personally. If you know networking is what you want to do move onto the CCNP.

ande0255

The VCP would be well worth your time too, there is a lot of talk amongst a majority of the customers at my MSP of converting to a virtualized environment. I plan on grabbing that before the CCNP level knowledge, so I at least have that framework of virtualization if and when the opportunity comes to work with it.

Brien

CCNA Voice or CCNA security maybe? I'm looking into CCNA Security but it looks like Security+ with some of their proprietary adaptive security appliance mixed in.