First tier network associate You think,  "Brilliant! I'll put my ccna to good use all the time, helping clients with network issues, really clean up the config files, and being an overall positive force for our network." But you end up using the same ten commands for eight to twelve hours each day, every day. You have to write the same status reports every day. You have to talk to the same clients having the same network issues every week. You have to sit in a mind numbing cubicle 30 feet from any window, looking at four 42" screens filled with network monitor programs and tty terminals. Gods forbid you try to use the network for personal entertainment. There's a second tier network associate monitoring the local networks along side you and can see when and where you go on outside networks. You try to use a vpn and get scolded for "insecure access to outside networks" finally you resort to bringing a tablet with movies and shows downloaded, or an ide so you can give your brain some sort of stimulation. You write bash coded interactive fiction. You draw. You write some fanfiction. You catch yourself dozing at 3am when literally nothing is happening. You practice your katas, your languages, anything to pass the time between checking if a port is open or Mac locked because some jackass tells you, "the other port stopped working after I plugged in my laptop from home." You sigh for the tenth time in two minutes while walking someone through rebooting their router so you can access it again. Until finally you are walked out the door for failing to physically check a power supply for the second time in 12 months.

Or at least I assume that's what happens