Re: Advice on 2nd Cert

Jason,
IMO if you are in enterprise networking area and plan to stay there, go for the Sec one. If you are (or want to move) into SP area, go for SP one.
Either way there is a catch. If you don't have a good real-life experience by the time you get your second cert, ppl may find it hard to believe you are expert level. Studies by it's own do not make folks experts, even after passing the lab. One has to have an experience to back it all up. Just my opinion though :-)

Cheers
A.

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On 17/09/2010, at 3:35 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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