Who’s got the Funk?
Posted by Aragoen Celtdra on 12th May 2008
I’ve been on a bit of a funk lately. I’ve almost abandoned all attempts to update my blog for almost two months. But I feel kinda guilty not updating. So I am.
I’m still studying for the CCNA and I can’t wait until I get it out of the way. I’ve just been thinking a lot lately about my approach towards this whole certification thing. I mean, yeah, it would be nice to have all those initials on my resume but ideally, I’d like those certifications to come as a validation of what I’m great at and not merely what I studied for, passed, and have forgotten. ‘naw what I mean? But for the past month I’ve been studying and getting ready for the test but I don’t feel like I’m learning enough to be able to apply them in the real world. I’m focusing so much on learning the theory that I haven’t had time to “lab up” what I learned. Seriously, my lab equipment has been sitting next to my computer untouched for a whole month and some. I’m just not getting all the hours into practicing the commands.
Don’t get me wrong. I feel like I know a whole of a lot more than I did 5 months ago. But I just don’t know enough yet to be able to put them into real world solutions. I guess I’m just really anxious to get a new job focusing more on networking technologies, specifically working on Cisco products. Working in IT for the past years has given me a lot of opportunities to broaden my knowledge of technology. But that’s just the problem – my knowledge is too broad and not deep enough. I feel like the best way to do it is to specialize – learn a specific branch of technology and really know it to the point of being an expert on it (I chose Cisco). I’m trying to break out of the “jack of all trades, master of none” mold that has become the bane of any aspiring engineer.
Wish me luck!
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