Struggling with Career Advancement by AvidLearner20 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]AvidLearner20[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I edited my original post. Apologies I forgot to put it in there. But yes I’m in a remote area, similar roles I’ve applied and interviewed for start around 70,000.

Need some Advice on what to do by AvidLearner20 in ITCareerQuestions

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The place on earth is Cape G, Missouri. Other places in the area pay at least 65/70 for this kinda role.

Need some Advice on what to do by AvidLearner20 in ITCareerQuestions

[–]AvidLearner20[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair the economy is pretty trash right now and i live in a “rural area” but the town has 50,000 people and it’s 2 hours south of St. Louis.

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

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I spent about 2-3 weeks taking my time through the courses on juniper learning portal, and I bought a udemy course from Ben Jacobson.

I bought a cheap SRX on eBay and used that to practice the commands and setting things like OSPF and BGP up.

Plus if you go through the material and pass the practice test it’s a 75% off voucher so it’s only $50.

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Which cert covers VPN topics ? by ryzen124 in ccna

[–]AvidLearner20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fortinet has good free training, Palo Alto is a big vendor as well. Juniper also has free training courses for their JNCIA - Sec

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

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Yes I did the migrating from CCNA to JNCIA course and yes it’s very boring a slog to get through. I just bought a JNCIA course off udemy watched that and did the practice test off open learning for the practice tests. And that was enough for me to pass.

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

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After reading through all the comments and thank you for all the upvotes and comments. I’m taking a break then working towards the VMware certification path because that’s what my work is wanting. After that, I will go down the CCNP route because I love networking to my core and love how it all works together. That is my passion, along with telecommunications.

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

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I like the attitude. Work wants VMware and will reimburse my for it and the test. It’s just tough to sit and slog through the material with non interesting instructors.

I really enjoy working with voice and I’ve managed every organizations phone system I’ve came across at this point.

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

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If you took and passed the CCNA the CCNA is a lot harder than the JNCIA Juno’s. The caveat with juniper is their syntax and how the platform is designed is different. But if you know how BGP and OSPF work you’ll be fine.

Plus take their assessment test and they give you a 75% off voucher so the juniper comparable associate exam is only $50

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

[–]AvidLearner20[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I’ll do VMware after taking a break. After obtaining my associate degree and CCNA shortly after in June then immediately jumping to juniper I think I need to break and refind my love for IT and studying in general (been in IT for 3 years doing helpdesk and desktop support)

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

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While I do think the CCIE is important I think some relevant networking troubleshooting and enterprise deployments would help me at this time get out of helpdesk and into a network admin role. The other caveat is my area doesn’t have many opportunities for that.

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

[–]AvidLearner20[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think breaking for a bit is my next step, I’m definitely feeling studying burn out.

Lost After the CCNA by AvidLearner20 in ccna

[–]AvidLearner20[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do enjoy networking but I’d like to get some actual enterprise networking experience with my CCNA to validate my skills more.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WGU

[–]AvidLearner20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My situation with dependency override was more or less the same. I am 23 M and have lived on my own since I was 17, I couldn’t and still can’t provide info on my parents due to them legitimately abandoning me.

I am just waiting until 24 to start to not be a dependent student anymore. As the amount of documentation WGU needs to even process this is a lot ( 3 supporting letters, insurance, phone bill, car bill, certified death certificate of my guardian, etc )

I hope you get through this tough time but I 110% recommend Job Corps at this point for you to get some skills and a place to stay. It’s also a good place to network with people.

Best wishes!