Re: Advice on 2nd Cert

Jason,

My honest advise - Go for security as Narbik et. al said.
The reason - it will bring more $$$ in your pocket.

Have you thought about contracting? imagine you can do both R&S & Security
in your sleep and you only have to work 7 months a year (vs 12 months).

Another option - you may join Cisco and after 3 or 4 years u may do all of
them as they give you 2 or 3 free attempts!! hahaha

Good luck.

frog

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Group Study <gs_at_netengineer.org> wrote:

> Jason,
>
> I was in the same boat as you. Have my R&S and working on SP but I'm
> doing SP because I've worked for an SP and am currently supporting an
> SP so the knowledge would come in handy... somewhat.
>
> My advice, go for Security since that's where your interest lies and
> the knowledge will serve you well.
>
> Plus it's probably more lucrative, I don't think there's anything
> wrong with chasing money, if it means a better quality of life,
> retiring earlier, or whatever, go for it.
>
>
> My 2 cents... but I need a receipt so I can expense this :)
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Networking Dude <ccie_at_routefilter.com>
> wrote:
> > SP tech freaking rocks, and the great thing about it is that most of the
> > tech is standards based, and easy to apply to other vendors. MPLS, BGP,
> > etc... But, the mickey mouse cookie cutter Cisco security solution skills
> > will get you payed a heck of a lot more. I'm teasing. The Cisco security
> > stuff is pretty cool. I just have a bias. But for realz, the CCIE Sec is
> in
> > demand, and will get you paid.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Jason Morris <mcnever_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> Looking for some advice. I've have to re-cert for the first time this
> >> coming Feb. I've been layen back doing nothing really since i passed
> ~18
> >> months and i think I'm getting geared up to start working on the 2nd one
> >> anyway. But I'm not sure what to go for, I've been thinking about
> either
> >> SP
> >> or Sec.
> >>
> >> SP, from what i've heard, is pretty close to R&S (which is what i have)
> so
> >> the gap shouldnt be that bad and i could get through it a lot faster and
> >> get
> >> that 2xCCIE status, but the industry for SP is much smaller and I'm not
> >> looking to go work for an ISP.
> >>
> >> Security is not my bread and butter and would be a lot harder to get
> >> through, not to mention that i've hard the security lab can be a pain
> even
> >> compared to the other CCIE labs. I've worked with ASA's and some PIX
> stuff
> >> but I'm not as familiar with it as i should be, but its much more
> >> marketable.
> >>
> >> thoughts?
> >>
> >> Jason
> >>
> >>
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