I know people working in a NOC for a global company that have CCNA and get paid starting off with no experience about $38K and all the way to a second tier level getting about $50K and it goes up from this pay for higher levels such as being authorized to make config changes etc.
I am pursuing my CCNA (2 year program, which is really a 3 year program time-wise). I have worked and owned a PC shop for 5 years. (I am currently no longer doing the PC shop). I work at a hospital in a non-related field. I am trying to transfer into the IT department which is very hard to get into.
After my CCNA I'd like to get my bachelor's degree. I work hard and have made the President's list at school.
I'll be honest, I want to get paid. What advice do you have? No one will take me on until I get my degrees/certs. I am now 32 years old so I am not as young as alot of ppl and do not have as much time as they have to get all these years of xp in.
@trevelian23.... Three years is a long time to go through a CCNA. try setting a goal for 4 to 6 months and pratice and read every day and you will be amzed at what you can learn in a 4 month period
@trevelian23.... Sacrafice is your best friend. Make the time to study. Seperate yourself from all things except Cisco. No gaming, No parties, leave the Bar scene alone, and talk to your family and let them know that you need time away from them to study. Also explain to them that when you are making 60k to 75k when starting a network career, it'll be worth it. but is you are serious, you will make the time. I suggest getting your CCNP after your CCNA. CCNA does not pay as much as people think
And My final points are, before you go ahead and disrespect the CCNA certification, for what ever personal reasons you might have, Do some research first. and provide links to support your claim...
(P.S.) My location and Time of emplyment isn't relevant...
Respectfully,
CCNP on Routing, Wireless and Voice.
and hopefully my CCIE on Wireless..(with Gods help)
@DavidCarelanyc Oh....so now I am disrespecting the CCNA.....please enlighten us on where this was done? I am all ears. So...did you listen to this entire video or just read the title? Would you happen to want to take a look at one the other 600 videos that I have posted? I guess those are ragging on CCNA as well. I guess the time I put in into my ICND1 and ICND2 lessons was my secret contribute to bash CCNA.
@DavidCarelanyc...I never asked you for your location.....but your time in the Networking field and IT is 100% relevant. You have substituted answers to my questions with barks about my allegiance to the anti-Cisco fund. Since you are so against my scenario that you portray as me stating facts about CCNA income……what is your advice and what does your experience have to offer on this subject? Well?
@DavidCarelanyc.... Demishes the level of respect the industry hold on having my certfication from Cisco? Are you serious? I see you never answered my other questions. What I stated in this video are possible scenarios. Can you please tell me where I stated facts on what a CCNA will get paid? The real question is, what Certification do you currently hold right now?
Also, as per you question, On earning 100k in 10 years... if you calculate the time that an individual will take to gain there CCNIE, from there CCENT, based on your evaluation of an emplyee that you would start from 20k to 30k, it would take that individual at least 10 years to make that amount.. is tghat reasonable for you? and lets keep in mind that when getting your CCNP Cisco requires that you have 3 yrs of experience with there EQ before moving on to the next Certs.
@DavidCarelanyc The real question is where do you get your facts? The path to a CCIE is 3 to 5 years. This is scale is based from starting from scratch.....starting your studies with the CCNA. I have no idea where you are getting 10 years from. So what do you say to all the CCNA's out there now that are still working help desk?
What I'm saying is that your comments and beliefs on what a tech, fresh out of schooling, should recieve, is based on just your opinion, and not on researched facts.. Also, honestly... seeing the industry as you see it, not only puts it in danger by allowing others to promote the same idea, it diminishes the level of respect the industry hold on having your Certification from Cisco.
@DavidCarelanyc It seems that I am very clear when I use words like "Maybe" or "Possibility". It seems to me that you took my scanario and turned it into your perception about me placing facts. I would have to admit, that was an interesting jump from scenario to realism you made. All you did here dude with your post was bitch......that was it.....Please make valid points so others can obtain information while persuing their Cisco dreams. That is what I try to bring to the channel
Do not let your expectation from your cert to cloud your judgment. If you believe because you have a CCNA than you are entitled a certain pay with no experience……You will be turning down a job in the networking field because you feel the offer is low, and then you might find yourself having a hard time getting another offer. When you have the experience to back it up, than you can play this game.
amazing that it is not worth more, when a human resource manager or manager of some kind in the same company could make twice as much with minimal technical competency, and a bachelors in some business field. Eventhough everyone knows that it is alot easier to tell people what needs to be done, instead of being that person who is actually has to figure out how to do it.
Where are these pay scale numbers coming from? I make 60k, and I'm only a CABLE TECH. I'm working on CCNA now, and looking at near 80k after I get it. REALITY - MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW (WHICH HELPS) BUT IT'S WHO YOU KNOW. Good luck to you sir. I agree with you on one thing - Experience is great .... BUT JUST BECAUSE YOUVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING - DOESNT MEAN YOUVE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT. DALLAS,TEXAS.
@aarondeathmoya Who you know does pay well in some aspects. Being a cable tech and moving into the Networking are way two different things. Networking is not just about what the CCNA teaches you. If I needed a MPLS VPN setup along with BGP traffic manipulation...that is the person I am looking for. I want to person who can do it, not the one who has a cert. I would not have expectations that a CCNA will get you 80k. I would understand that my pay is based on the skills I have + company's need.
@booduh099 Well, Mr. booduh as per your comment, in putting my self or others in a business personnel shoes, we don't need to. Why? we as people are raised with the idea that, if we school, train, study and work hard, there are rewards in the other side.. The training involved to get just your CCNA is no easy task. Cisco makes sure of this. and also, to obtain your CCNP you need some experience, such as having a home lab or working in the respected field.
You mentioned that you would hire someone with no experience whom just received his/her CCNA 20K-30k are you insane?...The study of job salaries in major cities like NY / LA have recorded the salary base with no experience with a CCNA at 50k.. Also, I work in an Medical enterprise and when i first was hired that was my starting salary.
@DavidCarelanyc Not only did they understand what I brought to the table, because of Cisco reputation in solid certified techs, but also, because they understood when you reward your employees with at least the minimal required amount that they deserve, the employees pay back with performance and dedication.. But you wouldn't know that, being so concerned with the bottom line...that mentality is so 1980's....
@DavidCarelanyc If this pattern has been working for you I would advise you to change it up...it would lead to unhappy employees and bad network response..
Go to network management seminars and get a few pointers..It seems to me that you just want to be a boss, that seems he knows everything and feels that he shouldn't reward those who dissever it.. People shouldn't by no means, have to wait 10 years to make 100k. all new employees at my job start with 50 to 55k with no exp...
@DavidCarelanyc This might people at your loacation. The world is not governed by your hand. Can you tell me the time stamp where I stated that someone had to wait 10 years to make 100k?
@DavidCarelanyc.....So you are saying because someone has a CCNA or CCNA, this person definately has skills and needs to be compensated? This is the way companies hire people today?
working for my ccna right now just got my ccent. im makin 37-39 k (depending on bonuses/holiday pay) however, i work 52 hours a week lol but im only with this company for 3 months gona get a raise with ccna
I'm not a CCNA, NP, IE, and do not have an IT cert. However, I'm making a six figure salary, because my "business owner" trusts my experience in the networking industry. Your thoughts are quite skewed, when it comes to this topic. You're probably a very very small business owner, so I guess I have to take that into consideration.
@degreek21 My thought is about progressing in a field and being agressive at advancing your career. Making 6 figures with or without certs is great. How long have you been in the field? If I told you that someone in the filed for only 2 years is making over 100k a year, what would you say? I do not promote that you must have certs to make money. If you want to be a better engineer, than the cert path is the was to go. Money will come. How long in the field before you hit 6 figures? Please answer
@degreek21 I, too, made six figures based upon the trust of an supervisor. Things change. Management changed and when I left the company, it was hard for me to convince employers who didn't know me that I was worth that much. They wanted some indication of how much I knew and Cisco certifications are one of the most accepted ways to indicate your level of competence. As booduh099 says - people who have earned the certifications tend to trust the value of the certifications.
Just answer the question already, lol. CCNA with no experience: $25-35,000, CCNA with 2 yrs exp.: 35-40,000, CCNA with 5 yrs. exp.: 45-60,000 a year, CCNA with 10 yrs. exp.: 50-70 per year, CCNA with 10 yrs. and 5 yrs. management exp.: 65-100,000 per year. With no experience just take what you can get and learn for two years and you will be set to make good money.
The question is how much other experience do you have? I have known a lot of experienced Desktop support and systems Administrators. Some of them are not approachable. Some of them have the God personaility disorder. if you are of the above persuasion I will fire you immediately.Do you have any business accuman? Do you have any other experience besides being a glorified desktop machine builder?If you do not I suggest you learn from someone who has those skills.
(comment limits are short) If you choose to use cheap unskilled labor, then it's just like making electronics with cheap unreliable electronic components. Your customers will tire of your crappy service, and you will loose business. Labor is just as much an investment as anything else. Google pays the big bucks, and guess what? They roll out creativity like its nothing and because of that they make BANK.
I'm spending 40k on a bachelors and another 5k on certs. From one business man to the next, I'd like to make that back. It was a reasonable decision to get into IT, with the demand the way it is. It was a reasonable investment in education. And I believe it's reasonable to earn 50-90k with that education. (Yes, I understand the value of work experience) If you don't scoop me up, there are plenty of others that will gladly pay for my knowledge. It's your choice to use cheap unskilled labor.
@xamboozi that is where the mind state takes me. And my education is an investment. My return on investment from 4k on Certs (more now since I am working on my next) has increased my base pay. Now 40k will not give me the increase in pay as the 4k did. But the 40k for a BA (which I will be paying a lot more than that) will open more doors for me. So both has their benefits. But paying back $400 a month in student loans.......I will have to increase my base pay to handle these payments.
@booduh099 Once my base pay has increases, than I will finish my BA and then my plan will be complete. I will never have to worry about looking for work again. That is beauty of my education investmet plan
@xamboozi I got a job making $65k/yr after 1 month of getting my CCNA with no experience as a jr. network engineer. Then 6 months later, got my CCNP and got a job making $82k/yr. Then while working at that company for a year, I obtained my CCSP/CCNP Security cert and now have a job making $105k/yr. Oh and I forgot to mention, I don't even have my B.S./B.A. degree. I only have a A.S. degree + my certs and make more than people I know with their B.S./B.A. and Master's. So Cisco certs are worth it!
@shiftee7 Finally, someone has indicated what their hard work as brought them. Awesome success story. Would you say your Cert was worth every sec and every penny?
@booduh099 Yes indeed!! It took what I thought was a dead end general IT career and resurrected it. Before I got into Cisco, I was a Senior Network Technician making $50k/yr and that was the MAX I could make at the company and other companies weren't willing to pay me to much more. Once I got my first Cisco cert, the opportunities started flying at me left and right. Companies are now begging me to take a job as oppose to the way it use to be...me almost begging them for a job.
@shiftee7 yes IT is one of those careers that with certs it can pass by a degree , especially cisco certs , are you doing strictly IP now (ISP) Enterprise environment ?
@shiftee7 These numbers actually made my day. What city is this if you dont mind me asking? I'm thinking about moving to Columbus. There is a lot of opportunity there in IT.
Full (min) wage is nothing to bragg about, but is a iittle better than $1.50 an hour less.
But, sure, business, employers have many costs to see to and we must consider the total. An emp. who doesn't understand this surely, I think, won't make a good emp. I prefer contracting though; not permanent, salaried, ... employment. Contracting is often less secure, but provides more personal choices, flexibility, whatever. Doing ok and want to take 2 months off? It's possible with contracts.
You speak in general terms, if not over-generalised. I brought more to employers than they compensated me for, and when it was due to working over 40hrs a week, that was my choice and no one was around while I worked after 5pm until 9pm. I was yelled at for weeks by a project leader because of working more than he wanted me to. And I worked as a farm hand a couple of seasons at $1.50 an hour less than min. wage, while the farmer's year-round emps who did no more than I did got full (min) wage
@joelfazal 30 seconds do not make thing come across. Listen to The Simpsons..... That tree is a part of all, a part of us all, a part of us all. If you are not sure what I am talking about, watch the Simpson's lemon tree episode. None of my videos will ever be 30 seconds. Life is not 30 seconds. Cisco is not 30 secoonds. I hear where you are coming from, but all my videos are long for a reason.
@netw200 Where are you in your IT career? Me, I am doing well and moving up every day. I realize one thing about people. Those who have time to rag on others, 1) have way too much time on their hands and 2) never have their own stuff in order. It is a shame that 70% of IT are me? And what would that be? I am all ears.....waiting for your reply. Try to make it professional if you can since it seems you are already walking down the path of insults without point of views or facts.
I know people working in a NOC for a global company that have CCNA and get paid starting off with no experience about $38K and all the way to a second tier level getting about $50K and it goes up from this pay for higher levels such as being authorized to make config changes etc.
anotherchris4 1 week ago
I am pursuing my CCNA (2 year program, which is really a 3 year program time-wise). I have worked and owned a PC shop for 5 years. (I am currently no longer doing the PC shop). I work at a hospital in a non-related field. I am trying to transfer into the IT department which is very hard to get into.
After my CCNA I'd like to get my bachelor's degree. I work hard and have made the President's list at school.
trevelian23 1 week ago
I'll be honest, I want to get paid. What advice do you have? No one will take me on until I get my degrees/certs. I am now 32 years old so I am not as young as alot of ppl and do not have as much time as they have to get all these years of xp in.
trevelian23 1 week ago
@trevelian23.... Three years is a long time to go through a CCNA. try setting a goal for 4 to 6 months and pratice and read every day and you will be amzed at what you can learn in a 4 month period
booduh099 1 week ago
@trevelian23.... Sacrafice is your best friend. Make the time to study. Seperate yourself from all things except Cisco. No gaming, No parties, leave the Bar scene alone, and talk to your family and let them know that you need time away from them to study. Also explain to them that when you are making 60k to 75k when starting a network career, it'll be worth it. but is you are serious, you will make the time. I suggest getting your CCNP after your CCNA. CCNA does not pay as much as people think
booduh099 1 week ago
Good info and you're right.
Papasean7 2 weeks ago
And My final points are, before you go ahead and disrespect the CCNA certification, for what ever personal reasons you might have, Do some research first. and provide links to support your claim...
(P.S.) My location and Time of emplyment isn't relevant...
Respectfully,
CCNP on Routing, Wireless and Voice.
and hopefully my CCIE on Wireless..(with Gods help)
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc Oh....so now I am disrespecting the CCNA.....please enlighten us on where this was done? I am all ears. So...did you listen to this entire video or just read the title? Would you happen to want to take a look at one the other 600 videos that I have posted? I guess those are ragging on CCNA as well. I guess the time I put in into my ICND1 and ICND2 lessons was my secret contribute to bash CCNA.
booduh099 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc...I never asked you for your location.....but your time in the Networking field and IT is 100% relevant. You have substituted answers to my questions with barks about my allegiance to the anti-Cisco fund. Since you are so against my scenario that you portray as me stating facts about CCNA income……what is your advice and what does your experience have to offer on this subject? Well?
booduh099 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc.... Demishes the level of respect the industry hold on having my certfication from Cisco? Are you serious? I see you never answered my other questions. What I stated in this video are possible scenarios. Can you please tell me where I stated facts on what a CCNA will get paid? The real question is, what Certification do you currently hold right now?
booduh099 1 month ago
Also, as per you question, On earning 100k in 10 years... if you calculate the time that an individual will take to gain there CCNIE, from there CCENT, based on your evaluation of an emplyee that you would start from 20k to 30k, it would take that individual at least 10 years to make that amount.. is tghat reasonable for you? and lets keep in mind that when getting your CCNP Cisco requires that you have 3 yrs of experience with there EQ before moving on to the next Certs.
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc The real question is where do you get your facts? The path to a CCIE is 3 to 5 years. This is scale is based from starting from scratch.....starting your studies with the CCNA. I have no idea where you are getting 10 years from. So what do you say to all the CCNA's out there now that are still working help desk?
booduh099 1 month ago
What I'm saying is that your comments and beliefs on what a tech, fresh out of schooling, should recieve, is based on just your opinion, and not on researched facts.. Also, honestly... seeing the industry as you see it, not only puts it in danger by allowing others to promote the same idea, it diminishes the level of respect the industry hold on having your Certification from Cisco.
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc It seems that I am very clear when I use words like "Maybe" or "Possibility". It seems to me that you took my scanario and turned it into your perception about me placing facts. I would have to admit, that was an interesting jump from scenario to realism you made. All you did here dude with your post was bitch......that was it.....Please make valid points so others can obtain information while persuing their Cisco dreams. That is what I try to bring to the channel
booduh099 1 month ago
Do not let your expectation from your cert to cloud your judgment. If you believe because you have a CCNA than you are entitled a certain pay with no experience……You will be turning down a job in the networking field because you feel the offer is low, and then you might find yourself having a hard time getting another offer. When you have the experience to back it up, than you can play this game.
booduh099 1 month ago
amazing that it is not worth more, when a human resource manager or manager of some kind in the same company could make twice as much with minimal technical competency, and a bachelors in some business field. Eventhough everyone knows that it is alot easier to tell people what needs to be done, instead of being that person who is actually has to figure out how to do it.
leebellows 1 month ago
Where are these pay scale numbers coming from? I make 60k, and I'm only a CABLE TECH. I'm working on CCNA now, and looking at near 80k after I get it. REALITY - MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT WHAT YOU KNOW (WHICH HELPS) BUT IT'S WHO YOU KNOW. Good luck to you sir. I agree with you on one thing - Experience is great .... BUT JUST BECAUSE YOUVE BEEN DOING SOMETHING - DOESNT MEAN YOUVE BEEN DOING IT RIGHT. DALLAS,TEXAS.
aarondeathmoya 1 month ago
@aarondeathmoya Who you know does pay well in some aspects. Being a cable tech and moving into the Networking are way two different things. Networking is not just about what the CCNA teaches you. If I needed a MPLS VPN setup along with BGP traffic manipulation...that is the person I am looking for. I want to person who can do it, not the one who has a cert. I would not have expectations that a CCNA will get you 80k. I would understand that my pay is based on the skills I have + company's need.
booduh099 1 month ago
@booduh099 Well, Mr. booduh as per your comment, in putting my self or others in a business personnel shoes, we don't need to. Why? we as people are raised with the idea that, if we school, train, study and work hard, there are rewards in the other side.. The training involved to get just your CCNA is no easy task. Cisco makes sure of this. and also, to obtain your CCNP you need some experience, such as having a home lab or working in the respected field.
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
You mentioned that you would hire someone with no experience whom just received his/her CCNA 20K-30k are you insane?...The study of job salaries in major cities like NY / LA have recorded the salary base with no experience with a CCNA at 50k.. Also, I work in an Medical enterprise and when i first was hired that was my starting salary.
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc Not only did they understand what I brought to the table, because of Cisco reputation in solid certified techs, but also, because they understood when you reward your employees with at least the minimal required amount that they deserve, the employees pay back with performance and dedication.. But you wouldn't know that, being so concerned with the bottom line...that mentality is so 1980's....
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc If this pattern has been working for you I would advise you to change it up...it would lead to unhappy employees and bad network response..
Go to network management seminars and get a few pointers..It seems to me that you just want to be a boss, that seems he knows everything and feels that he shouldn't reward those who dissever it.. People shouldn't by no means, have to wait 10 years to make 100k. all new employees at my job start with 50 to 55k with no exp...
DavidCarelanyc 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc This might people at your loacation. The world is not governed by your hand. Can you tell me the time stamp where I stated that someone had to wait 10 years to make 100k?
booduh099 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc Please enlightened us on what type of company do you work for or own.
booduh099 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc/////are you saying that you yourself was paid 50k with a CCNA and no experience?
booduh099 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc....So are you saying that once you get your CCNA....You are entitled to a certain pay?
booduh099 1 month ago
@DavidCarelanyc.....So you are saying because someone has a CCNA or CCNA, this person definately has skills and needs to be compensated? This is the way companies hire people today?
booduh099 1 month ago
working for my ccna right now just got my ccent. im makin 37-39 k (depending on bonuses/holiday pay) however, i work 52 hours a week lol but im only with this company for 3 months gona get a raise with ccna
BeastMode08 1 month ago
I'm not a CCNA, NP, IE, and do not have an IT cert. However, I'm making a six figure salary, because my "business owner" trusts my experience in the networking industry. Your thoughts are quite skewed, when it comes to this topic. You're probably a very very small business owner, so I guess I have to take that into consideration.
degreek21 2 months ago
@degreek21 My thought is about progressing in a field and being agressive at advancing your career. Making 6 figures with or without certs is great. How long have you been in the field? If I told you that someone in the filed for only 2 years is making over 100k a year, what would you say? I do not promote that you must have certs to make money. If you want to be a better engineer, than the cert path is the was to go. Money will come. How long in the field before you hit 6 figures? Please answer
booduh099 2 months ago
@degreek21 I, too, made six figures based upon the trust of an supervisor. Things change. Management changed and when I left the company, it was hard for me to convince employers who didn't know me that I was worth that much. They wanted some indication of how much I knew and Cisco certifications are one of the most accepted ways to indicate your level of competence. As booduh099 says - people who have earned the certifications tend to trust the value of the certifications.
scobro100 1 month ago
a ccna with no experience 25k to 30k gtfo help desk make 60k annually
MrAmarcial 2 months ago
Advice: answer the question.
TheBambino0214 2 months ago
03:45... SFPs or XFPs
wheresliz 2 months ago
brilliant
sebastianrojasgomez 2 months ago
Just answer the question already, lol. CCNA with no experience: $25-35,000, CCNA with 2 yrs exp.: 35-40,000, CCNA with 5 yrs. exp.: 45-60,000 a year, CCNA with 10 yrs. exp.: 50-70 per year, CCNA with 10 yrs. and 5 yrs. management exp.: 65-100,000 per year. With no experience just take what you can get and learn for two years and you will be set to make good money.
dynobreath 2 months ago 8
@dynobreath It's like watching a train wreck. I just can't look away.
TheEdgemerian 1 month ago
dude just answer the damn question already
scottChapman25 3 months ago
The question is how much other experience do you have? I have known a lot of experienced Desktop support and systems Administrators. Some of them are not approachable. Some of them have the God personaility disorder. if you are of the above persuasion I will fire you immediately.Do you have any business accuman? Do you have any other experience besides being a glorified desktop machine builder?If you do not I suggest you learn from someone who has those skills.
NetNinja01 3 months ago
(comment limits are short) If you choose to use cheap unskilled labor, then it's just like making electronics with cheap unreliable electronic components. Your customers will tire of your crappy service, and you will loose business. Labor is just as much an investment as anything else. Google pays the big bucks, and guess what? They roll out creativity like its nothing and because of that they make BANK.
xamboozi 3 months ago
I'm spending 40k on a bachelors and another 5k on certs. From one business man to the next, I'd like to make that back. It was a reasonable decision to get into IT, with the demand the way it is. It was a reasonable investment in education. And I believe it's reasonable to earn 50-90k with that education. (Yes, I understand the value of work experience) If you don't scoop me up, there are plenty of others that will gladly pay for my knowledge. It's your choice to use cheap unskilled labor.
xamboozi 3 months ago
@xamboozi that is where the mind state takes me. And my education is an investment. My return on investment from 4k on Certs (more now since I am working on my next) has increased my base pay. Now 40k will not give me the increase in pay as the 4k did. But the 40k for a BA (which I will be paying a lot more than that) will open more doors for me. So both has their benefits. But paying back $400 a month in student loans.......I will have to increase my base pay to handle these payments.
booduh099 3 months ago
@booduh099 Once my base pay has increases, than I will finish my BA and then my plan will be complete. I will never have to worry about looking for work again. That is beauty of my education investmet plan
booduh099 3 months ago
@xamboozi I got a job making $65k/yr after 1 month of getting my CCNA with no experience as a jr. network engineer. Then 6 months later, got my CCNP and got a job making $82k/yr. Then while working at that company for a year, I obtained my CCSP/CCNP Security cert and now have a job making $105k/yr. Oh and I forgot to mention, I don't even have my B.S./B.A. degree. I only have a A.S. degree + my certs and make more than people I know with their B.S./B.A. and Master's. So Cisco certs are worth it!
shiftee7 2 months ago 3
@shiftee7 Finally, someone has indicated what their hard work as brought them. Awesome success story. Would you say your Cert was worth every sec and every penny?
booduh099 2 months ago
@booduh099 Yes indeed!! It took what I thought was a dead end general IT career and resurrected it. Before I got into Cisco, I was a Senior Network Technician making $50k/yr and that was the MAX I could make at the company and other companies weren't willing to pay me to much more. Once I got my first Cisco cert, the opportunities started flying at me left and right. Companies are now begging me to take a job as oppose to the way it use to be...me almost begging them for a job.
shiftee7 2 months ago
@shiftee7 yes IT is one of those careers that with certs it can pass by a degree , especially cisco certs , are you doing strictly IP now (ISP) Enterprise environment ?
hvcool 2 months ago
@shiftee7 These numbers actually made my day. What city is this if you dont mind me asking? I'm thinking about moving to Columbus. There is a lot of opportunity there in IT.
xamboozi 1 month ago
Full (min) wage is nothing to bragg about, but is a iittle better than $1.50 an hour less.
But, sure, business, employers have many costs to see to and we must consider the total. An emp. who doesn't understand this surely, I think, won't make a good emp. I prefer contracting though; not permanent, salaried, ... employment. Contracting is often less secure, but provides more personal choices, flexibility, whatever. Doing ok and want to take 2 months off? It's possible with contracts.
mikecorbeil 3 months ago
You speak in general terms, if not over-generalised. I brought more to employers than they compensated me for, and when it was due to working over 40hrs a week, that was my choice and no one was around while I worked after 5pm until 9pm. I was yelled at for weeks by a project leader because of working more than he wanted me to. And I worked as a farm hand a couple of seasons at $1.50 an hour less than min. wage, while the farmer's year-round emps who did no more than I did got full (min) wage
mikecorbeil 3 months ago
Dude you are right but seriously could sum up your point in 30 seconds?Just a suggestion but NOT disagreeing
joelfazal 4 months ago
@joelfazal 30 seconds do not make thing come across. Listen to The Simpsons..... That tree is a part of all, a part of us all, a part of us all. If you are not sure what I am talking about, watch the Simpson's lemon tree episode. None of my videos will ever be 30 seconds. Life is not 30 seconds. Cisco is not 30 secoonds. I hear where you are coming from, but all my videos are long for a reason.
booduh099 4 months ago
i didnt really learn anything from this...
capsitan 5 months ago
@capsitan You didn't learn anything from this? Where you actually listening or where you dazed while viewing?
booduh099 5 months ago
@Netw200 what is lame about a guy who posts his life lessons for free? Not explaining yourself in an adult manner is lame.
MrFraziernd 5 months ago
You are lamer .
Shame that 70% of IT is like you . LAME
netw200 7 months ago
@netw200 Where are you in your IT career? Me, I am doing well and moving up every day. I realize one thing about people. Those who have time to rag on others, 1) have way too much time on their hands and 2) never have their own stuff in order. It is a shame that 70% of IT are me? And what would that be? I am all ears.....waiting for your reply. Try to make it professional if you can since it seems you are already walking down the path of insults without point of views or facts.
booduh099 7 months ago 4
@booduh099 Shame on you for making more money than me. I think that's what he meant ;)
Good advice for those willing to listen.
videogeek27 6 months ago
Thank you kingpin!
takatakboy 8 months ago
Thank-you : )
loganINTJ 9 months ago
great vid.
ReBornRogue 10 months ago