I currently work in a NOC and fail to see how it is a waste of the cert. I troubleshoot a wide variety of equipment (remotely and with site techs on the phone) relating to voice and data issues. I think this will in the long run tend to make me a more well rounded person technically and allow me to be a greater value to anyone who employs me in the future (it will also enhance my paycheck significantly). I compare this to my previous incarnation as a server jockey (network admin) where we took a very vendor centric approach (similarity = ease of management, less problems = less marketability due to lack of diversity). I grant you that all NOC positions will not have the varied type of interaction that I get, but I think that getting in the door and gaining some experience is the important thing, not where you get in at. Gragg Vaill MCP CCNA NOS Contractor Sprint ION NOC Kansas City, Ks. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of joshandlaura Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2000 5:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: HELP!! Confused beginner. [1:966] I'm afraid you won't have much luck finding an office type job that makes use of a Cisco cert. The closest thing I can think of in my experience is to work in a NOC (Network Operations Center) of some corporate data center, but that would be a waste of a good opportunity to make a better salary actually working on the equipment, besides it gets awful old just sitting in a chair all day. If you like networking just go for it, ya never know, you might like the high pace of Cisco life. "Cara Bates" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > This message might be out of place for all of you that know what you are > doing, but maybe someone can help. I have recently decided to look into > getting into the telecommunications, data communications line of work and am > having trouble knowing where to get started. I am a college student, but I > would have years to go if I decided to try and get a degree in that kind of > thing right now. I have so many different answers about where to start, and > Im confused. > I am interested in getting some sort of work-in-an-office job (as oppossed > to an on-the-field one) and I wondered what types of jobs someone who was > CCNA certified might be able to get. I have connections at Verizon and > Northpoint and would like to work in an environment like that, but need to > know what traiing is the correct one! Someone told me that my best bet is to > become CCNA certified before anything else. > Anyway, any guidance as to where to start would be helpful! > Thanks! > > > Message Posted at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=1&i=966&t=966 > -------------------------------------------------- > You are reading GroupStudy's Associate Mailing List. To unsubscribe follow > the directions on http://www.groupstudy.com/list/Associates.html > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=1&i=970&t=966 -------------------------------------------------- You are reading GroupStudy's Associate Mailing List. To unsubscribe follow the directions on http://www.groupstudy.com/list/Associates.html _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
