CCNA is for Helpdesk, do you agree?

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  • Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
  • Couple of decades ago, if you are CCNA, you can easily get hired as a network Engineer. Now most CCNA ended up being a helpdesk.
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    0:00 - Intro/CCNAs ending up helpdesk
    1:29 - CCNA back in 90s to Mid 2000s
    4:25 - After years of experience in helpdesk
    6:41 - CCNA Preperation back then
    8:20 - Outro / Is Helpdesk job a good idea for CCNA
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  • @TM-ocean
    @TM-ocean Місяць тому +13

    I took a CCNA course in high school during the early 2000s and there was no UA-cam. We didn’t even have Packet Tracer. We had to draw the network on poster board lol

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +2

      Wow! Those are the days where too many opportunities for network engineers. Companies were just starting to build their network infra.

  • @reiserkeiser
    @reiserkeiser Місяць тому +29

    I think CCNA is more of an intermediate cert than ppl acknowledge. The amount you need to know to pass that sucker vs Network+ is quite a bit more.

    • @mrs.review9948
      @mrs.review9948 Місяць тому +1

      I haven’t taken either exams yet. Have you personally taken the exams? I’ve never heard this before that network+ is better?

    • @reiserkeiser
      @reiserkeiser Місяць тому +7

      ​@@mrs.review9948I did not say Network+ is better. Definitely not. My point was the CCNA is a more intermediate cert than Network+ and you need to know more for it. Think you misunderstood.

    • @yurisebastiao1872
      @yurisebastiao1872 Місяць тому +3

      ​@@reiserkeiserfinally someone who actually gets it. 😊

    • @yurisebastiao1872
      @yurisebastiao1872 Місяць тому +12

      Calling CCNA certification meant for helpdesking is crazy beyond absurd 😂

    • @sebastienzarate9408
      @sebastienzarate9408 Місяць тому

      @@yurisebastiao1872 This, CCNA is NOT an entry level cert, its a intermediate cert, its not easy to get compared to the Network+.

  • @fisterhr
    @fisterhr Місяць тому +12

    It's all about experience. If your MSP is a Cisco partner, they'll push for you to get certifications for them to get more Cisco partnerhip perks like discounts and promote you with the silver, gold, platinum partner status (or whatever it is now). I worked at an MSP and they hired at least two CCIES that didn't know jack. It's all about what you have done and how long you have done it. There is no substitute for experience. Btw, when you say helpdesk, I'm assuming you mean NOC techs or engineers too. I think those guys knew more about troubleshooting than the two CCIEs I just mentioned.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +3

      The video is about early stage of a CCNA career.
      IT Helpdesk. Explained here.
      Getting away from helpdesk job aka hell desk
      ua-cam.com/video/jif2NKq4Rtg/v-deo.html

  • @papercliprain3222
    @papercliprain3222 Місяць тому +7

    I’m down for viewing IT as a trade but when you start in a trade you actually make enough to pay the bills. Help desk around here expects certs but pays the same as Walmart. I got my bachelors in IT and just got my ccna and am gonna keep improving my skills till I can get a job that improves my family’s quality of life.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +2

      Thats the spirit. Thanks for sharing!

  • @kingdavidlives
    @kingdavidlives Місяць тому +17

    I'm not getting a CCNA to do helldesk. Period.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +1

      Thanks for sharing. There is another video about helpdesk career. Check this out:
      Helpdesk job is for Losers! Network and Cloud is better
      ua-cam.com/video/0zBcPrywUbM/v-deo.html

    • @malotti2004
      @malotti2004 Місяць тому

      Goodluck!!! 100

    • @yurisebastiao1872
      @yurisebastiao1872 Місяць тому +8

      We're becoming a little delusional here. CCNA was never meant for helpdesk roles. Trust me. A+ is a helpdesk techician cert.

    • @saulalexis1153
      @saulalexis1153 Місяць тому

      @@StyxShowYeah you’re delusional help desk jobs are for losers really? Let me change my UA-cam recommendations list

    • @AnthonyGee-pn5wf
      @AnthonyGee-pn5wf Місяць тому +1

      I've done helldesk & desktop support is a lot more fun. You get to at least walk & if it's at a hospital it's so big that you blend in with all the people walking around. lol

  • @nerdy-zeig7774
    @nerdy-zeig7774 Місяць тому +1

    sir Neil Anderson's CCNA course was the best and it was the only video material I studied over and over again in 5 years along with the official cert guidebook of CCNA from cisco. I am proud to say that I dont have a line of 85 score for every topic in CCNA (IP connectivity, wireless, security, networking, and automation). All of them are line of 90 and yes that's the amount of time and preparation you need to have to almost ace the exam. That's how hard CCNA is as a gateway to become network engineer.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      His CCNA is the highest rated and best selling online. Thanks

  • @user-ih8dq2cx9z
    @user-ih8dq2cx9z Місяць тому +5

    Never in my life would I think I would see Niel Anderson on a youtube interview, and, in a TIjuanas Xolos jersey. Hola Niel :)

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Was also surprised he arrived the studio with a Xolos jersey!

  • @Pk223-r1t
    @Pk223-r1t Місяць тому +3

    Anyone who actually has the CCNA knows that it's beyond entry level. Yes, it's billed as such, but by comparison to anything else out there, CCNA is actually more intermediate than entry level. Infact, they used to have a lower cert before the CCNA.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      There is an lower entry level cisco cert. watch it here:
      Entry Level vs CCNA Certs w/ Jeremy McDowell/Jeremy's IT Lab
      ua-cam.com/video/Q8a8YeeV83Y/v-deo.html

  • @JohnCutter317
    @JohnCutter317 Місяць тому +22

    This click bait is nasty work btw lol

  • @malotti2004
    @malotti2004 Місяць тому +5

    I've been CCNA since 2020!! He is not lying!! All I was offered was help desk jobs!! I ended up taking one. Got my AWS SA cloud Architect in Feb and testing out for my CCNP next month in July!! I have to keep going to avoid these help desk offers!!!

    • @AnthonyGee-pn5wf
      @AnthonyGee-pn5wf Місяць тому

      Can you share if you are a new grad with no experience just the certs & degree? Or are you older like you know 40's with 15+ years experience & that's all you're being offered.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Thanks for acknowledging!
      Best of luck on your journey, man. I hope this podcast brings value to your career.

    • @TM-ocean
      @TM-ocean Місяць тому

      That’s insane to me. CCNA is a difficult exam. I got a help desk and then network tech position with no certs.

    • @madayag408
      @madayag408 Місяць тому +2

      I was also a CCNA around 2020 and my first job was L1 NOC. 😮 Thank God he give me this job. I learn a lot.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +1

      @@madayag408you are the best example of a CCNA who have skipped Helpdesk job. Well done!

  • @kaj-nagibe
    @kaj-nagibe Місяць тому +1

    I followed the same path as Neil. I studied Todd Lammle's books and took a CBT nugget course with Emilio as the instructor. This was around 2001-2003, so I didn't have broadband, but DSL was available. Back then, Cisco courses were really expensive, costing thousands of dollars, which wasn't an option for me.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      That time Computer based training and simulation wasn’t popular. But to those people who knew it already exist and used them of cert preparations.
      They were able to grab opportunities and high paying job thru cheap self paced prep course.
      What a beauty!

  • @lxdzii
    @lxdzii Місяць тому +1

    I want to see more of this guy.... host him again!

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +1

      This is 7 part video. Will publish every Friday. Thanks!

  • @NANa-nz2pz
    @NANa-nz2pz 28 днів тому

    Ccna depends on the person who delivers the knowledge.. if the person shares he real life experience youll stand out and get the best offers out there. Generally speaking, the market is about whats make you different

  • @Joeyxyx
    @Joeyxyx Місяць тому +1

    Hindi ka natatakot magsabi ng totoo! Gusto ko yan.

  • @zachfrazier6220
    @zachfrazier6220 27 днів тому +1

    Context is key here. I would assume most people who were becoming a Network Engineer or Admin with CCNA during the times you mentioned had other experience. Everyone now wants to skip help desk and level one work. Those people who became Engineers and Admins spent years whether formally or informally working with technology. That is so different to present day where you have completely non technical people who never did technical things growing up (setting up a lan party, fixing dial up internet etc). Saying CCNA is a help desk cert is misleading and will lead to people making mistakes early in their careers. To anyone reading this please know your time will come. I went from college (which everyone told me was stupid) to help desk for 1 year and now I am a cloud engineer.

    • @zachfrazier6220
      @zachfrazier6220 27 днів тому

      Still love you both. Neil your CCNA course helped me learn networking while I was on the help desk only a couple of years ago. Dean love your certification videos. If you ever want to interview a person newer in their career but has made great progress in 3-4 years let me know 🫡

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  27 днів тому

      CCNA during the time you mentioned had other experiences - No! There was a time that there are too many Network admin/engineer positions and if you invested for a CCNA training. You can easily get a job.
      Now, the situation is different. Too many CCNAs but not enough networking jobs. Thats why other CCNAs ending up as a helpdesk.
      The discussion is for those zero to minimal experience.

  • @user-hm1bh2iu4k
    @user-hm1bh2iu4k Місяць тому +1

    should the kids do CCIE then cause you started networking in 1900s and it's just not the same anymore right.

  • @joshuabreeden8720
    @joshuabreeden8720 Місяць тому

    When it comes to certs theres things you need to know and things you need to do a job certs help certify that your aware but what you have to do is likely minimal compared to the subject you cover as i see it

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      True in many cases but If you are customer facing and when you are talking about design. You have to know alot of stuff even beyond certifications.

  • @bulcub
    @bulcub Місяць тому +11

    and ur talking about helpdesk in GENERAL!! which you will never have access to the INFRASTRUCTURE!! like cisco unless againg ur company is looking for the next SNOWDON! There is a HUGE difference between regular helpdesk and cisco helpdesk so dude don't lop windows helpdesk with cisco helpdesk or vmware helpdesk!!!

  • @technologyisyours6907
    @technologyisyours6907 Місяць тому

    his has really great teaching skill #Neil i have take your CCNA Couse on Udemy 😊

  • @nightwing09x
    @nightwing09x Місяць тому +2

    I have CCNA and I have been stuck on helpdesk for 3 years

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Thanks for sharing. Stay tuned for more videos from this podcast session.

    • @mistersaints4482
      @mistersaints4482 Місяць тому +2

      Thats What I don't want. To have all these Certs and get stuck on help desk.

    • @hugejackedman3447
      @hugejackedman3447 Місяць тому

      I live in Phoenix. Just did a "indeed" search and found
      "IT Systems Analyst (Network)" in Chandler (about 15-30min from PHX)
      They ask if you have a valid driver license, experience in networks, a bachelor degree, and a Network+ cert. So with s little as a net+ your resume will already be in the "for further review" pile! lol
      Another one for "Arizona Water Company" just mentons a highschool diploma or GED and windows experience for a Net Admin spot.
      Now granted none of these are guaranteed and you could get to the interview and find out something a bit different, but I say all this to say location might play a bigger role than we know. I know a girl that has 7 years IT experience and her last position was on the business side of IT in Oregon. She lost that job and was doing Lyft for over a year. I recently sent her a link for a job with the state of AZ and initially got rejected BUT a month later they called her and asked if she still wanted the job, interviewed her and the following week she got it.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +1

      I do agree. It all depends on the location. But in Asia - India, Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia etc. The competition for newbies and fresh grads is quite tough. Most people are ending up in helpdesk

    • @hugejackedman3447
      @hugejackedman3447 Місяць тому

      @@StyxShow I am almost positive that's because of the lack of available positions rather than the certification itself. Am I right?
      Even in the UK the situation being reported isn't too dissimilar. The more experienced people are either stepping down or returning to the field taking up the lower level positions so sometimes the newbies and grads can't even get into helpdesk! lol
      Certs can't really help if a gazillion people have one but the jobs simply aren't there. And it can only repeat when people start going for different certs.

  • @kagisogaelesiwe1805
    @kagisogaelesiwe1805 Місяць тому +3

    Sorry but I don't share your sentiments. I'm a senior network engineer with only ccna and only working on my ccnp encore now

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Have you watch the video?

    • @gussi123
      @gussi123 Місяць тому

      Same

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      @@gussi123​​⁠ Hmmm whats interesting is Dean’s previous videos are about “Avoid Helpdesk” (regardless of certs) and people disagreeing with him.
      When he talks about helpdesk as their 1st IT role still many people disagrees.

  • @josephjefferson6368
    @josephjefferson6368 Місяць тому

    With the change that is coming to CCNA, with the incluson of A.I. and the cloud, this should increase its value. If not, the CCNA certification will be in trouble.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Hmmm.. recruiters and HR (even hiring managers) who filters candidate resume have no idea of the coverage of CCNA. I dont think there will any difference..at least in the next 5 yrs.

    • @everon727
      @everon727 Місяць тому

      It's only an introduction, just like automation, which is currently in the CCNA.
      You don't go in depth into automation. It's only enough that if it gets brought up at work, you won't be out of the loop. The same will be for AI and cloud

    • @josephjefferson6368
      @josephjefferson6368 Місяць тому

      @@everon727 I understand. But it is an addition to the CCNA exam.

  • @Joeyxyx
    @Joeyxyx Місяць тому +3

    Be a winner like Dean not loser like a Helpdesk Agent! ❤

  • @kieranwardale6212
    @kieranwardale6212 Місяць тому

    Its the same thing that happened witht he rest of the world. People who had degrees had a leg up so everyon wanted to get a degree. Now a degree is necessary for a lot of fields. Replace degrees for certs and thats the it field now. A+ may as well be a highschool diploma.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Wonder why many people not getting the point of the discussion. (See other people comments)

  • @ljavierg18
    @ljavierg18 Місяць тому +1

    Xolos!!

  • @Creativetouchshegss
    @Creativetouchshegss Місяць тому +6

    I know you wanna get views which is good, there’s a lot of competition in the industry now but don’t downplay people’s skills and hardwork, CCNA is not a cold drink certification.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Have you watched the video and read the comments? Many people can relate. Its not for everyone though.

  • @vee4410
    @vee4410 Місяць тому

    CCNA is not an easy cert, in our country alot of network engineers don't even have a CCNA. It all comes down to knowledge and skill. Same if you were on helpdesk, you get some guys that just go with the flow and others that actually demonstrate they are more capable of other stuff.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Hmmm thats interesting. Some countries have too many CCNA. And they demote CCNA and CCNP holders due to scarcity.

  • @yurisebastiao1872
    @yurisebastiao1872 Місяць тому

    That's what happens when you have smoked an enormous amount of weed without even minding of the possible outcomes ahead of you.

  • @willgreat8384
    @willgreat8384 Місяць тому +16

    I feel like all these dudes ever do is try to discourage you , I feel like the ccst is help desk not a ccna … ccna has so much for you to know and learn , And it’s being updated to add cloud and Ai and Network cloud management how in the Hell Is this a help desk Cert ???

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +3

      I expect you haven’t watched the video? Please watch! And tell if the discussion is about discouraging people.
      How the hell is CCNA a helpdesk cert? Read the comments! Many people share their frustration and experience.

    • @willgreat8384
      @willgreat8384 Місяць тому

      @@StyxShow bruh don’t reply to me if your just gonna delete my comments when I speak

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +2

      @willgreat8384 when did I delete your message?

    • @chadwicktyrone8894
      @chadwicktyrone8894 24 дні тому +1

      I think if you end on help desk after CCNA then that may be the individual’s fault. I understand in desperation you take a position but you should be able to sell yourself to get a higher position than that 🤔

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  24 дні тому +1

      @@chadwicktyrone8894 that was the discussion about. We aren’t discouraging people. Its just reality for many.

  • @hectorsanchez3695
    @hectorsanchez3695 Місяць тому

    i never see a help desk job doing cisco stuff

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +1

      Please watch the video in full

  • @chamroeunpharumkh6638
    @chamroeunpharumkh6638 Місяць тому

    Agreed, CCNA is easy to passed with dump questions&answer

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Not related to the discussion man. Please watch the video in full.

  • @carsonjamesiv2512
    @carsonjamesiv2512 Місяць тому

    Lammle books did NOT help me Pass The CCNA. But, I had obtained The CCNA, ANYWAY, I DIDNOT GET HIRED IN TEC☹️😡🤬🤬💩💩

  • @JohnCutter317
    @JohnCutter317 Місяць тому +5

    This is false in the real working world. Ccna is higher than every other buzz word cert as far as chance to get an actual job. You start out junior or helpdesk regardless of degree or certification. Then you move up.. network admin and jr network admin is more than possible with ccna. Title doesnt mayter get your 6 months of experience and get promoted

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      @@JohnCutter317 ​​⁠ Hmmm whats interesting is Dean’s previous videos are about “Avoid Helpdesk” (regardless of certs) and people disagreeing with him.
      When he talks about helpdesk as their 1st IT role still many people disagrees.

  • @jaden85643
    @jaden85643 Місяць тому

    CCNA is not help desk 😅 what are you talking about it's easily net admin and not good enough to be a engineer

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому +1

      The title is not a statement its a discussion. Watch the video in full man.

  • @venkateshmccoon6460
    @venkateshmccoon6460 Місяць тому

    Just because you're a CCIE right ...

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Regardless of my cert. There are many companies requiring Helpdesk position with CCNA cert.
      Freshgrads and new to the industry would take the position as getting Netwrok Enginring/Admin position is quite difficult.
      Many people agree with this. Check out the comments.

    • @venkateshmccoon6460
      @venkateshmccoon6460 Місяць тому

      @@StyxShowThat's minority but based on research, majority of the companies see CCNA as an Engineering Cert because of the amount of concepts you have to grasp in order to pass the exam. That's why one of the requirements for the Engineering level is atleast the CCNA.

    • @StyxShow
      @StyxShow  Місяць тому

      Everyone knows CCNA is for network engineers/admin roles. You don’t need to do a research. Watch the video to understand the discussion.

  • @user-wp3pc9ky4l
    @user-wp3pc9ky4l Місяць тому

    Lmao