Should I finish my CCNA?

[Ricochet J]

Hey guys! I finished my CCNA 1 and 2 and have signed certificates to prove I have finished them. But I also know they are next to useless if I don't have the major top dog certificate telling me i've passed CCNA overall.

Now, i'm not persuing a career in networking at all. In september i'm doing a Mechanical Engineering degree. However, in two weeks time I can enroll to a class for free and finish the CCNA 3 and 4 if I want only to pay for the final CCNA exam.

My question is, although i'm not persuing a career in networking, shall I just finish of my CCNA? Time's not and issue. I'm practically free now until September which gives me enough time to finish it. But i'm lazy so I need some convincing!

Edit: If I have CCNA after my name including MEng does that mean i'd have a bit more earning power over other engineers because I have other qualifications?

And I would also need to renew the CCNA every 2 years if i'm not mistaken?

 

[Ricochet J]

I didn't pay for the course. It was funded by my college who asked me to take it. So I took it. All I have to pay is the final exam.

If people do ask me why I didn't finish it is it not okay to say I had a think and changed my future career?

 

[Ricochet J]

Qualifications are pretty meaningless without practical experience, I have interviewed a few CCIE's who couldn't tell me how to recover a Cisco with a lost password or reset the bootflags (that will teach Cisco for making the practicals less hands on).

HEADRAT

Change the config register to 0x2142 I thinK!

I'm thinking of finishing the CCNA and see if anyone will take me on part time whilst i'm in Uni. Headrat, you said you interview people. I take it you have experience. Will people take me on part time with a full CCNA if i'm in Uni?

 

[Ricochet J]

I was in the same situation as you, I did everything up until the voucher exam (which upon passing gets you money off the final exam). Didn't bother taking the final exam as I blagged my way through it all anyway (alt tabbing to google during the exams). I figured having the qualification wouldn't prove anything and I'd just end up looking like a tit if I was to blag a job based on it

So have you left it out of your CV?

 

[Ricochet J]

Thanks, it's given me something to think about!

I think i'll do it. It'll give me knowledge. I've got something to gain and nothing to loose so might as well!