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Thank you so much! It was very helpful. I'm looking for some entry net technician, net admin job now, so I'll go Junos first then, after my ccna. I got confused cause if I asked anybody for detailed networking books and certs, people say cisco immediately, not rly as recommended vendor certs, but also detailed general networking resources with application on cisco gear. I agree learning various platforms will benefit me. Thank you for advice, it clarified a lot for me.
Cisco does a decent job at teaching general networking concepts, but most of them are "the Cisco way", which I despise. Juniper is a much more standards-focused vendor vs magical bullshit like Cisco. The downside is that Juniper assumes you know networking already and doesn't do that great of a job at teaching.
Another thing to keep in mind is that Cisco, unfortunately, is still the most prevalent networking vendor. This means the jobs are more plentiful and the skillset is more saturated in the market. Most people are mega fanboys of Cisco and either are too stupid or too ignorant to learn other vendors, which limits their thinking and skillset growth. Cisco is very much a cult.
Get some experience and see what makes you happy, then pursue that knowledge. Ultimately, if you aren't happy with the work then your career will be miserable.
Thank you for all your insight. My dream job is one day to be in a red team, but it's a long term goal. I want to get experience first for few years working with networks and learn as much as I can abt them and enterprise infrastructure. When I started diving deeper into this realm, I started thinking it'd be great to build and manage networks as well, this stuff seems like a pure wizardry sometimes! More I learn, it gets more interesting. This way or another, I have to learn them back and forth. I think multiplatform approach is good. Thx!
You're very welcome. Please, feel free to reach out anytime if you have more questions about networking or the industry. I'm about 9 years in and have a boat load of certs from many vendors.
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Food for thought :)
Thank you!