u/RoutinePigeon

A couple weeks ago I just started studying for the CCNA. I’m on day 17/60 of Jeremy’s IT Lab. Recently realized the exam expires in Feb 2027. No problem, I thought. I’ll just do two videos per day, finish the course next month, study for a month, then take the exam in October.

Got to subnetting/vlans and oh no. I understand it and can do the problems but it takes me a long time. On top of I’m sure it gets harder and there’s so much stuff to memorize already. Now I’m wondering if 5 months will be enough. I need time to finish the remaining videos, practice in between, then also grind practice exams. I might get Neil Anderson’s Udemy course since it’s on sale for only 15$ now. Just in case I need more after JITL. And I’ve read the Boson Ex Sim is good. Any other advice?

I just graduated with a CS degree and I’ve been applying to entry level IT jobs with no luck. I’ve been studying for the A+ but I decided I’m not going to take it because it’s expensive and the nearest testing date in my area is in october anyways. So I might as well study for a more challenging cert. I’m thinking of doing CCNA since I read it’s “better” than Network+ but I wanted to make sure there isn’t a better certification I could take that would make me more hire-able. For now I mostly just want to get an entry level job and start gaining work experience