Depends on what you want from your career.
by CharlieSpencer
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Generalists or Specialist ...
Don't think of it as a crossroads or a burnt bridge
by Tony Hopkinson
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Quick Response.
Practical experience is something you need, but narrowing your focus will simply limit your opportunities to gain some.
Also ,it may turn out that you are in greener grass mode and the halcyons days of advising some noob that it's not a cup holder will regain their magic.
You deal with users as a network admin / consultant. Your helpdesk skills won't suddenly become irrelevant. Task Management, issue tracking, procudures, back out options, risk assessment, customer relations...
Net Start ...
sort of pales behind that lot.
Generalists or Specialists
I am new to this site and so far its fantastic. I am not a complete newbie to I.T. but i do have a question that perhaps is better placed here. Like the title states, either or, which is better for ones career. I currently hold a CCNA but i can state that I do less networking at my job and more General task such as reinstalls, computer deployments, troubleshooting and slight networking problems. I dont want to lose my CCNA knowledge, my network knowledge but i fear that i will because my job doesnt utlize that aspect of my skill set. Any ideas on what i can do ? Lets say i do more Desktop than Network Eng, lol, which is not bad i suppose.
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