Sunday, January 13, 2008

JNCIP, CCNP, or CCIP

My professional career and certification must go on its path. Towards this year, i have set up my goal: JNCIP, CCNP, or CCIP. Since i already achieved CCNA (expired in April 2009) and JNCIS (expired in January 2009), all of them are visible for me.
Its still in option. Now let us see brief description including my condition to choose which exam to be taken.

JNCIP
Its my favourite certification to be pursued. I must achieve into this level whenever i got the chance. JNCIP is prestigious for me since i like Juniper router.
Strength:
My company use Juniper as part of their solution. Even Juniper is not the first option anymore(as router), Juniper J20 is still the first option. So learning and developent in Juniper competency is still highly supported. Besides, i am familiar with this router (M/T).
Weakness:
JNCIP is a lab exam so paticipants should come to authorized lab (usually Juniper representative) in particular area. Its schedule alredy announced and participants can choose his/her desired lab. I saw the schedule. I was looking for schedule in Singapore and unfortunately, iw will be conducted on February. You know, Singapore is the closest lab exam location and there's no visa needed if you want to come there. The problem is, how should i get there: with company support or by my own. Besides, my preparation. My boss said its OK to get company support but you must pass the exam. Hmmm...

CCNP
Strength:
If i choose to take CCNP career exam, i dont need to go overseas. I can learn and do hands on since some of our customers are using Cisco. Besides, my new colleague are Cisco-experienced. I also have some friends who pursue same career path in Cisco. It seems that i have no difficulties for source material.
Weakness:
Cisco competency is not developed in my company so i have to learn it by myself. But that's no problem. The problem is the career path itself. CCNP challenges more field area than i ever had before in my career experience. It offers not only routing and switching but also voice and other part of telco business. I think i have to study harder even source material is not a problem.

CCIP
Strength:
CCIP offers same strength aspect with CCNP. Hence, its more specific to service provider area only. I think i dont have to learn much new concept to take this exam rather than CCNP do. CCIP field competency area are BSCI & BCMSN, QoS, and BGP-MPLS. It seems more interesting for me.
Weakness:
I dont see any obstacle to take this exam besides my intensive practice of its CLI.

So, in conclusion, its more visible for me to choose CCIP as my 2008 career goal. I will ignore CCNP. For JNCIP, i have plan to renew my JNCIS before January 2009 as the pre-requisite certification to take JNCIP in 2009.

Guys, wish me luck.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oit2, sebaiknya gak perlu CCNP/CCIP, go straight to CCIE aja kalo memang mao ngambil Cisco way :) requirement CCIE itu kan CCNA ajah...



just my 2 rp

Anonymous said...

Boss...

Gue dulu pernah minta untuk support ambil CCNA, tapi waktu taun 2006 lalu. Komentar Boss gue gini : Oke gue support, tapi mesti lulus. Kalo gak lulus, loe harus make kostum hawaii selama sebulan penuh.

Loe tau kan kostum hawaii yang pake renda-renda sebagai rok nya dan juga hiasan kepala dari daun atau ranting ?

I dare you Bro !