Starting down the cisco road 2

[mikeyb123]

I'm looking to use the cisco academy courses to gain my certs.

I'm a voice engineer who needs to get into the data arena before I end up just maintaining old phone systems....

Any thoughts on the cisco academy? good, bad or indifferent?

I'm unlikey to get any practical experience with my current company so it looks like the only way to gain the knowledge.

I'd rather understand these things rather than just "boot camping" the certs, not knocking them, but I come across too many people with a qualification in everything but can't do anything....

Cheers in advance

It's not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you.

 

[dogbert2]

As a network academy graduate (CCNA 1-4, CCNP 1-4), I found the knowledge very useful in my understanding of routers, switches, WAN stuff, etc. I would advise anyone who has access to the network academy to utilize this training.

 

[legs123]

i am currently attending a cisco ccna academy. i am in the middle of doing the end of chapter tests for the second semister and enjoying it immensley. i would recomend the academy to any body up for a challenge, as it can get a bit hectic doing a full time job outside of networking etc. i use the offical cisco study guide (ISBN 1-58720-055-4) just to bolster things a bit.
go for it!

 

[mikeyb123]

Nice one, cheers guys...

It's not getting any smarter out there. You have to come to terms with stupidity, and make it work for you.