Matt: FYI: I took the Cisco Networking Academy courses for my CCNA through a community college as well. It *more* than adequately prepares you for the CCNA exam and I found it quite education coming from a non-Cisco background at the time. You can't beat the price of a community college that works with Cisco, and the amount of hands-on exposure you get would cost an absolute fortune through a professional training vendor.
A bit of warning, however: If you're going to pursue your CCNP, you'll need additional study material. You can probably scrape with Networking Academy alone, but the real tests slam you on a lot of things that aren't covered in the online course. As with everything you need to cross-reference materials and read more than one book. Regards, Daymon -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hemingway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ryan Speed; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Certificates (MCSE,CCNA,...) I've been taking classes at a local community college to obtain the CCNA cert. The school has a deal with Cisco so the book is all online (and free) and is made by Cisco. There are 4 classes that cost about $40 each. So all said and done about $160. The cool thing about it being online, is that I can use wget to download all the chapters (Classes 1-4) and get a head start on the next class. -Matt (p.s. the school is Pasadena Community Collge, in Cali.) On Sunday 10 February 2002 03:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I got my CCNP for $150. Self learner. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ryan Speed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 2:50 PM > Subject: RE: Certificates (MCSE,CCNA,...) > > > My company is currently paying for me to get my CCNA/CCNP, I need to > > take 4 courses at $1200CDN each per cert. The course I am taking are > > all Cisco facilitated (they provide all course material including online > > curriculum, test, and assignments). > > > > So when it's all said and done $9600CDN for my CCNP. > > > > Ryan > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > : From: Frederik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > : Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:08 AM > > : To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > : Subject: Certificates (MCSE,CCNA,...) > > : > > : > > : Greetings earthlings, > > : > > : Following the discussion on certificates going on here, I > > : myself am in no > > : doubt that they will help you on finding jobs whatsoever.The > > : question I have > > : is: How can you obtain certificates and probably save money? > > : I have talked to an admin at our company who is currently > > : trying to get an > > : MCSE cert, and he told me when learning from the books > > : instead of attending > > : courses you are able to save a lot of money (only 1500-2000$ > > : for an MCSE).Is > > : anybody out there who knows how much I would need to spend at > > : least for > > : certificates (any kind) and give some hints on how to save > > : money on obtaining > > : them? Especially links in Germany would be very helpful. > > : > > : Thanks in advance > > : > > : Frederik
