All,
First and foremost I want to state that I am currently a Network Administrator and previously I worked as a Network Engineer. I finally decided to attempt the exam due to the fact that my co-workers were constantly progressing themselves learning new things. The pool of staff is either CCNA or CCNP certified. So it motivated me to better myself and none the less I passed.
Now despite being in the field for a few years i found myself still having to study for the exam and throughout the process i did learn a lot of new things. The duration of study took a little less then 2 months.
Whelp just thought I announce this and now I am off to study for ICND2.