Re: Advice on 2nd Cert

Jason,

I am in the same boat as you. I came to the conclusion that the SP
track would be useless for me at this point in my career as I do not
work for an ISP and do not see myself working for an ISP in the near
future. I therefore decided to pursue the Sec track. I am however a
little lost as to where to start! Do i just go out and get all the
reading material listed on Cisco's site and go from there or do i want
to take some CCSP classes to go through ASA/PIX fundamentals and then
expand on that knowledge. So many questions! Any advice from the
experts is appreciated! (sorry if i hijacked your thread)

Usama

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Radioactive Frog <pbhatkoti_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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