After you enter an industry like information technology, it can be difficult to upgrade your skills because you will be working so much on mentally-stimulating issues. In that time, you are working all the time and you are becoming dependent on the skills and abilities valued by your employer and your work, regardless of whether these skills and abilities are representative of the changing nature of the industry as a whole. For instance, you may be programming in older, outdated languages in order to maintain older equipment, even if the industry has moved on to a newer, flashier language.
It can be difficult, then, after many years, to change industries or switch job duties. Your skills at that point will be outdated and not as useful anymore. Although programming languages can be picked up relatively quickly, especially if you already know how to code, everything takes time. You may not have the time to give later on.
You can prevent this, and remain a star candidate to HR department everywhere, by upgrading your skills continuously while you work full-time. Earning certifications, especially when they are offered and endorsed by industry leaders, is a good idea to show your work. When it comes to the top quality Cisco, little beats a CCIE certification. Earning your CCIE certification shows that you have a vast wealth of knowledge in your chosen IT track, and can be used to switch jobs, companies, and duties. However, in order to obtain your CCIE certification, you will need to invest in CCIE equipment.
CCIE equipment may not be cheap, but it is valuable. After you are done with it, you can still recover the money you used to purchase the equipment in the first place. In addition, by thinking about your CCIE equipment as an investment, especially one that you will get back, it makes it easier to find the money to purchase in the first place.
CCIE exams are hard because they have to be. The CCIE certification is a top quality certification that usually IT experts study for. The vast majority of IT professionals probably will not even sit the exam, due to the difficulty required. After all, IT workers are well-paid. You have to make a conscious effort to put in another 10-20 hours per week studying, on top of working full-time, for months on end if you want to get your CCIE certification. There is little incentive to do this, unless you are passionate about it. This is great because it lowers the competitive pool, making the certification even more valuable.
The CCIE certification will open up doors for you. This is why purchasing CCIE equipment is so important. The earlier you purchase the equipment, the earlier you can start studying. The earlier you can start studying, the earlier you can write the exam. The earlier you receive your CCIE certification, the less competition you will have from other graduates of the certification program.
Show your industry peers in IT that you are an expert IT professional. You can do this by passing the CCIE exams offered by Cisco. However, in order to do well, you will need to buy used Cisco equipment. You can also sell used Cisco equipment to vendors and individuals after you are done with it. Netcon Solutions in Toronto and the GTA offers CCIE equipment, CCNA equipment and CCNP equipment for purchase. For more information about the CCIE certifications and equipment, please visit us in-store, or at our website today.