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I am a newbie and trying to break into the networking field. I plan to give my CCNA and MCSA certification late this year or early next year. I am very interested in networking and plan to pursue my career in this field. However I have some questions:

I am interested in Administrator (type) jobs which have to deal with networking. What is the right approach that I have to take/follow to land in these kind of jobs ?

What are the issues/tasks/challenges do people in these jobs encouter every day?

Apart from having sound knowledge in networking, what other areas do I have to be strong in ?

What are the different job positions do people in this field suitable for ?

Is it really necessary give the MCSA/MCSE exams to get a job in this field ?

Compared to other IT jobs (Java, .Net, etc) how frequent are openings in these jobs ?

Appreciate your help in guiding my career path

thanks

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No offence, but it strikes me …

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That you are more in love with the Job Title than in what the job actually entails. 😉

If you have so little knowledge of what this job involves, why on earth are you dead-set on landing one of these positions?

Perhaps if you were to engage in some technical education, then sit a few exams, you might realise that you don’t like this sort of work. All you seem to have achieved so far, is to fill your head with catch-words – sorry, but there’s more to the job than being able to talk the talk.

Better to try to walk the walk too! 🙂

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