As someone with 3 expert level industry certs, I can confidently say that ccna is worth it. It teaches the fundamentals needed across all domains. I agree with Zoran.
You have to learn networking, period. All this AI and cloud is nothing without networking. CCNA can teach you a few things.. Totally worth it.. I did CCNA twice in my career, and it has helped me as a cybersecurity engineer, storage engineer, Linux engineer, Windows AD engineer and VMware engineer.. I needed networking skills in all of these positions. Now I’m a GS15 Cybersecurity Advisor helping the government. #SignalSoldier
@@thorgodofhammers1556 no, not at all. AI wasn't around when I learned networking 25 years ago. But imagine a bank has a nice chatbot on its website that helps customers. Suddenly, the website goes down--that chatbot is fine, but something is happening with connecting to the website. In a case like this, the chabot (LLM) isn't going to help anybody if I can't connect to it. It would be useless without network connectivity. Do I need to know networking to learn how to create LLMs--NO, not at all. But without networking folks, that chatbot will not serve anyone if they can't connect.
Currently studying fot ccna. I want to work for an isp and vendors and setup networks. Ccnp is next after ccna for me. I want to be a network engineer.
@@mileskt9232 keep at it, my true understanding of networking was during my ccnp journey. I would argue that my ccnp studies were probably more important than my ccie studies as they formed the basis of all my understanding. This is back in the ccnp v2 days (bcmsn, bcran, bscn, cit) and I can confidently say I still rely on that knowledge to this day (20+ years later)
The question is how much percentage of the CCNA knowledge is the network engineer or administrator using in production environment? It is not even up to 10percent
That is not true. In MSP, you cannot use up to 10percent of the CCNA knowledge. There are different department in the ISP and it is impossible for one person to do everything. You can have the design , the implementation, the operation and change control departments.
@idowunmadabuchukwu9500 it is possible, it depends on a lot of fact what position/level you are at in a ISP/MSP. I work for an ISP i do ever from crimping, racking and stacking to provisioning routers and switches, troubleshooting BGP neighborship etc.
Idk what planet you guys live in. But in my last 4 IT jobs I have used 70-80% of what CCNA teaches. The only thing I haven't use is HSRP and some automation. Pretty much everything else is used, ether channel, vlans, ACLs ,dynamic routing, STP, even VTP and DTP knowing what it is and knowing how to disable it...., ARP, static routing , inter vlan routing , ROTS and others.The CCNA is the epicenter of networking. It doesn't teach you everything but it teach you enough to keep business internal network running. The most important thing the CCNA teaches you how to configure Cisco switch, router, L3 switch and how to manage it secure it and configure it... If I had a guy that has net+ and one that has CCNA 10 out 10 times I am hiring the CCNA guy....
Those who speak negatively about the CCNA has never earned the certificate hence they discourage anyone pursuing this certification. CCNA is valuable because I myself got into the industry only with ICND1. I just recently earned the CCNA in Dec 2024 and I'm looking forward for the next role as a Senior Network Engineer. 💯🙏🏽
yeah, i agree. People who says otherwise actually had no idea what they're talking about. I took the AWS Solutions Architect, and now on my journey to get CCNA (i have been working as a network solutions consultant for almost 10 years now) and i can say that it much harder than the AWS SAA. and a lot of my friends from the same batch, had no idea about networking at all..all they know is IP address, firewall, and that's it. Maybe some peple think its not worth it because they've already landed a job as network engineer and whatnot, but for people who have no basic on networking, its really worth a shot. So go and get yourself CCNA certified at least once, when you're dealing with other technology like azure, gcp it would make your life easier as I did during my AWS exam.
For Net Admin, Sys Admin , Infrastructure Admin, Cloud Admin ... CCNA is 100% worth it. Even for help desk or for Cyber Security still worth it. However CCNP is only worth if you are going deep in networking and Cisco.
CCNA will always be worth it. Anyone who says it is not has no clue what they are talking about. Networking is the core of most aspects of tech. And you don't need just the "general" networking knowledge, Net+. You need actual tangible how to skills that branch into dozens of other vendors. If you know how to do it on Cisco you can "do" it on just about any other vendor.
@@franciscodelacruz3406 only if you intend on getting involved in cyber. It can't hurt but you will probably get more benefit in studying aspects of technology that you use in your daily role (or can potentially help in your daily role). If you don't have Palo alto firewalls on your current role, I would suggest looking at something else.
As someone with 3 expert level industry certs, I can confidently say that ccna is worth it. It teaches the fundamentals needed across all domains. I agree with Zoran.
LinkedIn to prove ?
You have to learn networking, period. All this AI and cloud is nothing without networking. CCNA can teach you a few things.. Totally worth it.. I did CCNA twice in my career, and it has helped me as a cybersecurity engineer, storage engineer, Linux engineer, Windows AD engineer and VMware engineer.. I needed networking skills in all of these positions. Now I’m a GS15 Cybersecurity Advisor helping the government. #SignalSoldier
So you are saying that you need networking for AI?
@@thorgodofhammers1556 no, not at all. AI wasn't around when I learned networking 25 years ago. But imagine a bank has a nice chatbot on its website that helps customers. Suddenly, the website goes down--that chatbot is fine, but something is happening with connecting to the website. In a case like this, the chabot (LLM) isn't going to help anybody if I can't connect to it. It would be useless without network connectivity. Do I need to know networking to learn how to create LLMs--NO, not at all. But without networking folks, that chatbot will not serve anyone if they can't connect.
@fatherhood4629 ty for that explanation
Currently studying fot ccna. I want to work for an isp and vendors and setup networks. Ccnp is next after ccna for me. I want to be a network engineer.
@@mileskt9232 keep at it, my true understanding of networking was during my ccnp journey. I would argue that my ccnp studies were probably more important than my ccie studies as they formed the basis of all my understanding. This is back in the ccnp v2 days (bcmsn, bcran, bscn, cit) and I can confidently say I still rely on that knowledge to this day (20+ years later)
CCNA will never disappear !! I still rocking my fundamental skills from 2016 CCENT, CCNA.
The question is how much percentage of the CCNA knowledge is the network engineer or administrator using in production environment? It is not even up to 10percent
If you work for an ISP or WISP you will use almost 90percent of CCNA knowledge if you configure other vendors.
That is not true. In MSP, you cannot use up to 10percent of the CCNA knowledge. There are different department in the ISP and it is impossible for one person to do everything. You can have the design , the implementation, the operation and change control departments.
That's why I believe the Network+ is enough
@idowunmadabuchukwu9500 it is possible, it depends on a lot of fact what position/level you are at in a ISP/MSP. I work for an ISP i do ever from crimping, racking and stacking to provisioning routers and switches, troubleshooting BGP neighborship etc.
Idk what planet you guys live in. But in my last 4 IT jobs I have used 70-80% of what CCNA teaches. The only thing I haven't use is HSRP and some automation. Pretty much everything else is used, ether channel, vlans, ACLs ,dynamic routing, STP, even VTP and DTP knowing what it is and knowing how to disable it...., ARP, static routing , inter vlan routing , ROTS and others.The CCNA is the epicenter of networking. It doesn't teach you everything but it teach you enough to keep business internal network running. The most important thing the CCNA teaches you how to configure Cisco switch, router, L3 switch and how to manage it secure it and configure it...
If I had a guy that has net+ and one that has CCNA 10 out 10 times I am hiring the CCNA guy....
Those who speak negatively about the CCNA has never earned the certificate hence they discourage anyone pursuing this certification. CCNA is valuable because I myself got into the industry only with ICND1. I just recently earned the CCNA in Dec 2024 and I'm looking forward for the next role as a Senior Network Engineer. 💯🙏🏽
yeah, i agree. People who says otherwise actually had no idea what they're talking about. I took the AWS Solutions Architect, and now on my journey to get CCNA (i have been working as a network solutions consultant for almost 10 years now) and i can say that it much harder than the AWS SAA. and a lot of my friends from the same batch, had no idea about networking at all..all they know is IP address, firewall, and that's it. Maybe some peple think its not worth it because they've already landed a job as network engineer and whatnot, but for people who have no basic on networking, its really worth a shot. So go and get yourself CCNA certified at least once, when you're dealing with other technology like azure, gcp it would make your life easier as I did during my AWS exam.
For Net Admin, Sys Admin , Infrastructure Admin, Cloud Admin ... CCNA is 100% worth it. Even for help desk or for Cyber Security still worth it.
However CCNP is only worth if you are going deep in networking and Cisco.
Is it enough to break into any entry level networking roles?
CCNA is enough, Net+ is not
it will get you interviews BUT CCNA is not enough these days when you are in production or operations. you have to learn almost everything.
It's important if you want to get into IT and forever will be. It helps for cloud, AI, cybersecurity, etc. etc. That said. Getting a job is hard.
CCNA will always be worth it. Anyone who says it is not has no clue what they are talking about.
Networking is the core of most aspects of tech. And you don't need just the "general" networking knowledge, Net+. You need actual tangible how to skills that branch into dozens of other vendors.
If you know how to do it on Cisco you can "do" it on just about any other vendor.
If I have my ccna and the F5-CA BIG-IP, would it be good to get the pcnsa also or not necessary?
@@franciscodelacruz3406 only if you intend on getting involved in cyber. It can't hurt but you will probably get more benefit in studying aspects of technology that you use in your daily role (or can potentially help in your daily role). If you don't have Palo alto firewalls on your current role, I would suggest looking at something else.
Its not that hard tbh, especially if you already did Network+
For me the CCNA was useless, boy is it a popular reddit post.
Useless because you work at Taco Bell
No.
No, is not worth