What would be the difference in job roles between CCNA/CCNP certification vs. a Masters in Computer Networks?

Hi, CCNA and CCNP, these are global certifications of Cisco. These certifications are professional certifications which would establish a person as knowing Networking skill professional and well adopted anywhere in world. Since, I have been industry for long I have seen companies give priority to Cisco certified candidates compare to Masters in Computer Network in order to job. Also, something to be considered any global certification has its own value and standard which applies for everyone whereas Masters in Networking depends on university to university and standard might be different. You will find hardly any Networking professionals who have done Master in Networking but not done any certification. Now, if I will compare between CCNA and CCNP now in regards to roles then CCNA can help someone to get into IT networking as L1 support, Support desk or even basic troubleshooting. Whereas CCNP is more of Designing, L3 support, Core networking troubleshooting or sometime network architecture.

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Hi Dear, In my opinion, if you pass CCNA you have a good chance of becoming a field technician, say you have a good score in engineering degree and have none of these certifications, you can still end up as a programmer in good companies. These certifications are good to have, CCIE being one of the toughest and ranks higher in this ladder will even make you a designer for major networks that are the backbone of the internet. It is not necessary to acquire these certifications if you want to be a programmer (it is good to have them though). If you want to design a network, troubleshoot network, act as a consultant in a networking company, it is must to have these.

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In my opinion, if you pass CCNA, you have a good chance of becoming a field technician, say you have a good score in engineering degree and have none of these certifications, you can still end up as a programmer in good companies. These certifications are good to have, CCIE being one of the toughest and ranks higher in this ladder will even make you a designer for major networks that are the backbone of the internet. It is not necessary to acquire these certifications if you want to be a programmer (it is good to have them though). If you want to design a network, troubleshoot network, act as a consultant in a networking company, it is must to have these.

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