Well, if you really want to learn more or understand what you are doing, you do not any certification for that. Just some solid reading, good comprehension skills, and a good tutor/mentor resource to fall back on to validate your learning. For this goal, you do not need a CCIE nor an MIS degree. So seeing, that you have two divergent goals, I will tell you what to do for the CCIE goal.
However, for basic CCIE training, some pretty good books, albeit, a bit dated if you want lab workbooks are Caslow's book, routing TCP/IP Volume 1 by Doyle, and Internet Routing Architectures by Halabi. You will need a touch more for the written. Refer to cisco.com and look up every nook and cranny on the "required to know" list if you want to play it safe. They added quite a bit now. Perusing www.cisco.com is a good start too, as you can learn a lot of Ciscoisms that way. It might be hard to navigate at first, but it is worth it in the long run, not only for the exam, but to be a valuable resource for Cisco technical knowledge. Definitely try to master www.cisco.com/univercd/. While a lot of people claim "if you use the ciscocd resource, you will fail", I felt either they were very slow at finding information or were just really into the rote memorization scheme. Knowing where most of the information is easy once you understand how Cisco categorizes most of the information. Of course, this is only pertinent after you pass the written. I do not see how getting a degree in MIS will help you. I mean, it almost seems like you are going backwards. I am going to assume you have some kind of degree now. If not, perhaps it is remotely worth it, but seeing that you have four years of experience, getting a degree now might have diminishing returns compared to just saving that money for anything else. Of course, getting jobs and what not depends on the quality of the "lead" so to speak. (worth of mouth, vs interview, vs headhunter, etc) And, for you to qualify for some of the lower quality "leads" you will need silly things like a BS since some companies have "no exceptions". The CCIE is a pretty powerful certification, most people who are looking for this, will ignore the lack of a BS/BA degree anyway. Good luck in your journeys! > I have four years of networking experience. I have gone thru the entry level > jobs and made it. I want to continue to learn more about the networking > field. I not interested in getting paper certs. I want to understand what I > am doing. My goal is to go for the CCIE and a degree in MIS. I apprieciate > your advice and welcome any further advice that you can give me on the > subject. -Carroll Kong Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65751&t=65514 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
