I don't think you could get your CCIE without experience on a production
network. Virtually all CCIEs have 5 years full time hands on experience on a
big network.
Finish school. It is a far better investment of your time right now.
Trying to get a CCIE right now would be a waste of time. Your chances of
getting the CCIE are slim to none without several years of big network
experience and a 5 router lab.
If your school is a Cisco shop, worm your way into the network infrastucture
group, or what ever they call it there.
I think a CCIE is a great goal and that goal needs to be set realistically.
Think of a CCIE like the bar exam or medical boards. Unless you are the
kind of person who can read a 500 page physics text book in one sitting and
pass the final exam the next day, I would set the CCIE as a 3 to 5 year goal
after you got your first Cisco job.
Good luck.
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> Im in a dilemma. I need some career advice from some experienced
> professionals and anyone else that has been on the same road.
> I am 22 years old I have one more test (CIT) to complete my CCNP. I
have
> been planning on studying for the CCIE and taking the lab within the next
> year and a half but Im not sure now. My problem is that I want to get my
> computer science degree and I dont think I can get both and work at the
same
> time. I am about 2 and a half years from graduating. I also work 40
hours
> a week as a computer tech for an elementary school. I have hands on
> experience with cisco only in a lab enviroment, not in a production
network.
> I feel confident that I want to keep learning networking, but at the
same
> time I feel I am missing something by not having a degree and not having a
> broader understanding of computer systems.
> The longer I work and put off school I know it will be harder for myself
to
> get the degree.
>
> Now I am deciding to go to school full time (after I save up some money)
and
> get the degree done.
> I guess the only reason I feel hesitant about doing this is because I am
> getting closer to getting the CCIE and that has been my focus for the last
> year and a half. But I have been thinking about it and I think having the
> degree behind me will help in the long run if I want to go into management
> or if I decide to maybe get into network programming (which I know nothing
> about but am kinda curious to learn). Part of me wants to get into the
> field now, but the logical part of me is telling myself to wait and get
the
> degree. I dont want to get a cisco related job while going to school
> because that will postpone myself getting the degree or take away from my
> job because I am focusing on school. Any suggestions?
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