Is it worth pursuing CCNA?

Hi I have done BCA and MCSE and currently pursuing MCA as well. I would like to ask is it worth pursuing CCNA at this point of time because many of my friends and known persons have told me that a fresher can only make around 6-8K per month. So is it a right decision going for CCNA. I have got good experience in torubleshooting issues with Win XP and Win Vista. Which would be a better option in terms of monetary gains and brand recognition - Software Development or Networking.

Dear You have done MCSE and want to do some more

You asked about CCNA

MCSE is a LAN technology and CCNA is WAN Technology

In LAN you Learn how to handle a Computer

But In WAN you will learn how to handle the Router of Cisco.

If you are in networks your 2ND step should be ccna towards advanced network and its very easy to study ccna.

MCSE is harder to learn than CCNA

Just few commands and you are playing with routers.

You have to make a decision what you want to do and what is more worth ful for you.

Depends on what you want to do.

CCNA is the first step towards a CCNP. As someone who works of networks everyday, if you want to set up a network larger than a small office, a CCNP is very valuable skillset to have.

The actual certification may not get you much, but if you put the work into it, the rewards in knowledge wil pay off.

In my opinion knolwedge of computers and networks trumps just knowledge of computers when troubleshooting issue. I've been in enough meetings with people who are trying to trobleshoot why a client-server app doesn't work, and don't know jack about networks, decide that everything that isn't obviously a computer issue is indoubtably network related.

If you know both ends, you can be the person who walks in an finds the problem the first time.

yes. you can do it.

If you have money why not get all those certs it will pump you up. But just always remember, study it hard so you dont waste the money.

Go open source