本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛) Do you know the market right now?
- Cisco Routing and Switching has become a commodity. Doesn't mean market does not need expert level skills. But it has shrinked dramatically, and keep shrinking.
- Convergence is hot. But if you are pre CCNA now, it is too late. My prediction is in 18-24 months, it will become commodity, if as much as R&S
- Security, cisco is not the single player, and not even the biggest player. PIX/VPN/IDS, what's all it can offer now. Too much to learn from other vendors, and you need to understand the code.
2) Can you predict the market in a longer term?
- very few people can. if I can, i would not have time to go to rolia.net
- having said that, you should try your best to collect information and match your interest and skills, plan ahead never hurts
3) Cisco is just a vendor. We don't want to tie ourselves too much to a single vendor, no matter how big it is now. When you talk about cisco, I assume you want to do something in IT services, more specifically, networking services. In this area, too many people with paper based certification can't find a job. So, my advice, match your experience with the certification level更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
- Cisco Routing and Switching has become a commodity. Doesn't mean market does not need expert level skills. But it has shrinked dramatically, and keep shrinking.
- Convergence is hot. But if you are pre CCNA now, it is too late. My prediction is in 18-24 months, it will become commodity, if as much as R&S
- Security, cisco is not the single player, and not even the biggest player. PIX/VPN/IDS, what's all it can offer now. Too much to learn from other vendors, and you need to understand the code.
2) Can you predict the market in a longer term?
- very few people can. if I can, i would not have time to go to rolia.net
- having said that, you should try your best to collect information and match your interest and skills, plan ahead never hurts
3) Cisco is just a vendor. We don't want to tie ourselves too much to a single vendor, no matter how big it is now. When you talk about cisco, I assume you want to do something in IT services, more specifically, networking services. In this area, too many people with paper based certification can't find a job. So, my advice, match your experience with the certification level更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net