Landed 1st Networking Gig @ University

Well, 2 weeks after my 3rd interview (2 technical & 1 personality, I guess) I was offered a job as a Network Support Specialist II. Pretty good money, but the experience is going to be awesome! The network has over 1000 3750's and 1000 Aironet 1200s, as well as several 6500's and multiple branch site routers, I.E. 26xx/28xx. I'll be doing more L1/2 than anything, but they pretty much guaranteed to move me up to Network Engineer I after 12 months.
To everyone who says certs don't mean ass...the primary reason I landed this job with absolutely 0 production experience was because of my CCNP. Moving towards the CCIE didn't hurt either. Of course, I did blow the tech interviews away...a little too much maybe; I was answering the questions a little too detailed/involved I think, but I guess they didn't mind.
Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know that even without any experience you can land a decent gig if you put the work in on your studies!

I start Jan 8th, right after my Vegas New Years trip
To everyone who says certs don't mean ass...the primary reason I landed this job with absolutely 0 production experience was because of my CCNP. Moving towards the CCIE didn't hurt either. Of course, I did blow the tech interviews away...a little too much maybe; I was answering the questions a little too detailed/involved I think, but I guess they didn't mind.
Anyway, just wanted to let everyone know that even without any experience you can land a decent gig if you put the work in on your studies!


I start Jan 8th, right after my Vegas New Years trip

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So when's the party and who's buying the celebratory pizzas?
Sounds great!
Congratulations!! I have been saying this all of the long...don't be afraid to apply for jobs because you don't have the experience...the only thing they can say is NO or YES!! I'm glad you didn't let not having experience stop you from applying for decent jobs that might ask for 5+ years experience...you got the interviews, and you blew them away!!
Another success story for many who know the stuff through hard studying, but no WORK experience doing it!!
Famos
M.B.A. (Technology Management)
Aiming for MCSA: Security and 2003 upgrade.
I am really starting to believe what famos is saying about just applying for these jobs that seem over my head. All they can say is no.
Put my 2 weeks notice in today, and I must say that it was not the most comfortable situation heh.
Hard work (or study) usually does pay off in the long run!