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How do I become a network engineer?

Do I need to college to become a network engineer?

  • I am interested in becoming a network engineer and quite frankly I do not have the money to attend college.I am pretty good with computers and I am sure I can study and learn enough and practice daily and read to pass certs. I do intent on going to college later for cs but right now it doesn't look so likely. So would that work?

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    Dude, a lot of the network engineers I work with do not hold degrees. And I work for a fortune 200 company where a router going down will cost millions in business every hour it goes down depending on impact. I myself dont have a degree and beat out 200 applicants WITH degrees. Its the skills that pay the bills. College does not give you practical experience (heck even the internship is sometimes summer only! *3 months of experience isnt a lot) A College degree show you are able to learn. I left college my junior year because the classes I took were majority computer programming (Java, C, Scripting) when i was going for a Telecomm major...and this was a STATE UNIVERSITY! They said this is whats needed to get a job. Balony! I didnt learn anything networking related, and the last 2 courses were how to optimize Juniper networks and learn FTP..in my Senior year, yah i don think so. I picked up the books, built a gaming PC and server, bought racks. Took the Cisco exams, the Network+/A+ got an entry elevel and moved up from there in 3 years and now am happy and content with what I do and wow all the "college grads" with the knowledge I did that every engineer SHOULD know. Its a very rewarding job of importance, dont let some shmoe recruiter tell you if you dont go to school you wont get far. My salary beat theres the moment I left and certified 6 months later. My buddy, also a NA, works with a Linux admin that gets 90k salary...No degree but he would spin your head with the Linux he knows. If anythign get an Assosciates in an A.A.S to certidfy with the Cisco stuff and learn to optimize WAN networks.

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You should go to college because you can get paid more with a degree. You probably need to at least go to some Tech Collage and get a Network Engineering Degree. (this is the cheaper option). if you just teach yourself with no degree you probably could get a job. But not having some type of degree will always come back.

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