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Do Cisco certifications still carry any weight? If not, is there another, non-Cisco cert that's worthwhile? I know CCNA etc. used to have value, but it seems mo
by trevithick 3y ago
Do Cisco certifications still carry any weight? If not, is there another, non-Cisco cert that's worthwhile? I know CCNA etc. used to have value, but it seems most certifications in general are pretty worthless anymore.
- candiddevmike 3y agoWhat are you trying to get into/validate?
- b5n 3y agoIME certs are good for two things, novices who lack fundamentals and vendor partnerships (discounts and/or feature access that requires N certified devs/admins/etc.). There's also the case where documentation is poor/nonexistent, but the vendor charges customers for 'training' and all of a sudden useful resources become available. I've always felt it's a weird way to treat _already_ paying customers, but seems common in the networking world.
- acdha 3y agoOne other one: you work in an environment where that is required for some reason. I’ve known people who got certs because their company contracted for a client who paid more or required some fraction of the staff to be certified. If you work in that kind of area, not leaving money on the table is certainly understandable.
- pjmlp 3y agoQuite common in enterprise space not only networking.
- wangman 3y agoI guess the new CNCF Cilium Certified Associate (CCA) is a Cisco certification soon :)
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- mikecoles 3y agoAll certifications are only useful to those coming into the industry. CCIE was once highly regarded, but it's in the same place now, unless some old-time contract has a clause still embedded about a cert being needed.