Need advice on my situation
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Topic: Need advice on my situation
Posted by: KenRed
Subject: Need advice on my situation
Date Posted: 19 September 2009 at 11:59am
So I took my CCNA and passed. Now I'm confused. My company does Cisco work, but mainly in the carolinas. I want to do VoIP work, but the president wants me to get more certifications, and then they will let me touch the VoIP work. He told me I needed to learn the basics in order for me to start VoIP.
I understand where he's coming from, but i'm more of a visual and hands on learner I can't sit there and read a book and go take a test. It doesn't work like that with me. I'm trying to decide on the Voice cert. My company hardly does any Full-Blown Call Manager and Unity installations, they mainly do UC500 stuff. I'm trying to figure out which is the better route for a person like me. Most companies want CCVP's instead of a regular CCNA to handle jobs like that.
I know what I want career in voice, but I'm not sure exactly the best cert to go for. I'm not sure if I should do the CCNA:Voice or the CCVP instead. One guy told me I need to beef up on my route and switch experience first. I mean I know basic configurations to get a network up and running, with the help of the GUI and CLI, but I want to get away from the CLI because it really sucks.
I am limited on Cisco experience because our location only deals with Microsoft stuff, and I like Microsoft stuff, but I want more Cisco experience. The only experience I get is in my lab/production network at home. If someone has been in my shoes please give me some good advice.
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Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 19 September 2009 at 8:17pm
The CCVP track doesn't touch on the UC500 at all. On the other hand, the CCNA Voice DOES. If your employer won't let you touch VoIP until you certify, grab the CCNA Voice.
PM me on one of my other sites... you should be able to Google me. ;)
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BosonMichael
MCSE+I, MCSE: Security, MCSE: Messaging, MCDST, MCDBA, MCTS, OCP, CCNP, CCDP, CNE, SCSA, Security+, Linux+, Server+, Network+, A+
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