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April 22, 2008
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IN THIS ISSUE OF TCPmag.com:
1. Q&A: The Many Faces of Hands-On Experience
2. What's New on TCPmag.com
3. Interesting Employment in Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas
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1. Q&A: The Many Faces of Hands-On Experience
Send your toughest Cisco technical questions to editortcpmag.com
with the subject line "Attn: Scott."
Scott,
I read the college student's question about taking an
interest in
networking, as well as your response, in the "Cisco
Certs on a
Budget" Q&A.
http://tcpmag.com/qanda/article.asp?EditorialsID=397
Here's my problem: I've been A+ certified for years and
wanted to get
more into networking instead of break/fix PC tech. I got my
MCP in
Windows 95 and my MCSE in NT 4.0 through a computer-ed
center and
thought it might open some other doors for me. It hasn't
happened.
When a potential employer sees MCSE on my resume, I'm
immediately
placed at a higher level. The issue with that is I didn't
receive any
hands-on experience for my MCSE. Should I have? When it came
down to
it at interviews, I could answer the basic questions but not
anything
related to actual hands-on experience. So I'm put back down
to a
Level II desktop support/help-desk role because they want
someone
with at least two to five years of experience.
I know that NT is now ancient. I haven't pursued anything
more (i.e.,
Windows Server 2003, etc.) because I don't think it will
benefit me
if I can't even get my foot in the door in a junior role or
as an
intern. My interest is wireless networking. I know this is
basic but
I set up a wireless/wired network with a Linksys router in
my home
and I really like toying with the wireless end. I'm
constantly
learning more about wireless networking and security. Do you
have
any advice about how I can at least get in the door and
begin
getting the practical experience to eventually move up to
the
next level?
-- Grant
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Grant,
Hands-on experience is definitely an important thing that
sets apart
good job candidates. Should you have received hands-on
education at
the education center where you took your MCSE classes? I
would think
so. Almost the entire Microsoft curriculum (at least as far
as I've
heard/seen) involves classroom training with computers and
software
and exercises.
Now, how much hands-on education there is above and beyond
this is
a different story; THAT part often separates one education
center
from the next, or one instructor from the next. But things
like
that may also command a higher training price which steers
away the
budget-conscious folks.
The same dilemma will hold true with networking or wireless
or
security. So, since you mention that you like to set up your
own
network and Linksys router already, why can't you do that
with
Windows systems?
Never underestimate what you can do with your own network!
Your users
are both more demanding and more forgiving than real
enterprise users,
so it's a great way to learn things. The harder part is
likely going
to be in getting the budget to play with things beyond the
lower-end devices.
While you may get SOME wireless experience running your
Linksys
AP/router in your home, it really doesn't present you with
the same
technical issues that an enterprise network would encounter.
So
where do you research things like that? Look for wireless
design
guides. Look at CWNP materials and check out the links on
its Web
site (http://www.cwnp.com). Make
friends with the folks in your
local Cisco office (or those at Aruba Networks or at any
other
company, for that matter) and see what they recommend -- or
even
whether they can arrange something for you out of the
"Demo Depot"
(it's not likely they'd do this for an individual as opposed
to a
company, but the worst they can do is say "no"!).
You may be able to get your hands on some older APs that
still run
IOS but aren't being used any longer. Still good experience
to set
things up! Put multiple APs in your home. Wander around and
see if
you roam between them. Make sure your PC still works.
Do as much as you can to simulate real enterprise networks.
Hands-on
experience comes in many flavors. No, you can't really get
two to
five years of experience doing things like this, but you can
get
some more experience and start to witness things that may
otherwise
be visible only in a real deployment scenario -- which STILL
puts
you above the "no experience" level.
You may also want to pay attention to Cisco over the next
few months
with regard to wireless. There's some stuff that may pique
your
interest, and perhaps give you a new avenue to pursue some
knowledge.
Experience comes from playing with the stuff hands-on,
though. The
more convoluted or complicated the setup you can do, the
better
you'll learn things about the technologies (and the more
frustration
you may feel!). I've hired people who fell short of the
"preferred
experience level" before, based on the knowledge they
presented as
well as the things they did on their own to attempt to gain
experience.
The experience itself is definitely worthwhile, but your
overall
attitude and drive is priceless. Best of luck with whichever
technology you choose to follow!
Hope that helps,
-- Scott
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Uber-Geek, can often
be seen traveling around the world consulting and delivering
CCIE
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Development
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2. What's New on TCPmag.com
NEWS: "Cisco To Open ISR Routers to Third-Party
Apps"
At its Partner Summit 2008 earlier this month, Cisco Systems
Inc.
unveiled its Application eXtension Platform (AXP), a lineup
of
Linux-based ISR modules designed to run third-party
applications.
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NEWS: "Analysis: Cisco's Ambitious New Nexus
Deliverable"
It's been a very busy month for Cisco Systems Inc., which
has recently
launched a new application extension program for its ISR
Routers,
introduced new fixed configuration ISR routers and,
crucially,
unveiled its Nexus 5000 Series, a new lineup of datacenter
class switches.
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