$75k/yr gross = $800/month splurge $ after expenses

[Barfo]

I donate $800 a month to Kony 2012, leaves me nothing for my hobbies but it's well worth it to save those children.

 

[alkemyst]

I see now, you can do 4 or 5 different CCNA's it looks like after the base one (icnd1&2). Man that CCIE looks tough!

ICND1&2 are the books. The certs would be CCENT and CCNA. CCENT being small networks and CCNA being medium to large.

In reality CCIE has no prereqs...you can jump right into it if wanted.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I've thought of getting CCNA etc but the fact that you have to redo it all after 3 years kinda turns me off. It takes at least 3 years just to get there. I've never been good with tests, I do better at actually doing hands on stuff. When I was in college our course was based on the CCNA curriculum. I would bomb the tests, but do really well on the hands on projects like configuring the routers, switches with routing protocols, trunking etc.. The trunking and vlans was pretty interesting actually, I really enjoyed playing with that.

 

[alkemyst]

CCNA is a six month process not pushing yourself.

I did CCNP in six months plus my CCNA Wireless and I was heavily traveled. That said CCNA's outside the base Route and Switch one are much more easy. They are all multiple choice with no lab component.

If you are doing it re-taking the test is a piece of cake. The idea is you continue you certification tract. Any single test at the CCNP level or another CCNA cert renews your certification for 3 years.

If you don't stay current your certification is worthless anyway.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Is this one of those "my money doesn't go very far after I spend it" threads?

 

[brianmanahan]

Is this one of those "my money doesn't go very far after I spend it" threads?

why dont you read the thread and find out? ಠ_ಠ

*spoiler alert: yes*