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In newsgroup comp.os.netware.misc, jlcason@pinn.net (James L Cason,
III) wrote:

>In article <4fu10n$d3e@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, jeffr72723@aol.com says...
>>
>>I too am looking into self study.  First off I would like to know if we
>>new CNA \ CNE 
>>students are wasting our time or not.  I would like to here from
>>established CNA\CNE's who are doing well.  I would hate to find out after
>>all the work, that there are no jobs out there for us to do.
>>

I'm feeling much similiar to you.  Some of my friends got certified
early, but most of them telling me that : if you want to got a job via
certification, go to MCSE.. everybody is going to NT..

>Jeff, I have been a CNA for three years with NW 3.11; and have just become 
>a CNI4.  I'm taking the last test today for CNE4.  The most difficult 
>problem for new CNA/CNE is lack of experience.  This usually means taking 
>a fairly low pay position to get experience.  In my case, I had been doing 
>PC based consulting for several years, and had a good background in both 
>electronics and computers.

Hi, Cason,

What's your opinion that a young person, like me, getting the
certification before getting a related job?  I have few choices
concerning this.  My current job is not network, nor computer related,
and i strongly wish to become a computer/network engineer.

Up to now i have been passed 3 tests on CNE4 (technologies/ 4.1 admin/
4.1 adv. admin), even without chances to touch a *real* Netware
server, no matter it is a 2.x, 3.x or 4.1 server.  I found that study
guides are useful for prepareing exams, but the biggest problem, as
you mentioned, is lacking of experience.  I'm very anxious that even I
get a CNE4 certificate, my lack of experience will block me to getting
any job and hence wasted my studing time and money involved.  Does any
company wants to hire paper CNE? 

On the other hand, does every CNE4 have chances to touch, to plan the
entire directory tree of a WAN, or always perform Partitioning and
making Replicas all the time?  I don't think so, so I can justify that
the way I'm doing (getting CNE without job experience), but i'd be
much better off if I can get such experiences.

Other than CNE4, i've started to dig in NT, and learned a little bit
SCO unix.

Can you advise me the way for this situration?  Very thanks at all.

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>As in most things, what you get is very largely dependent on you.  We 
>have students come through that suceed very well, and others that don't.  
>Some of it relates to the fact that some students learn better than 
>others; and some to personal issues.  Gotta' get in there and dig.  I fell 
>for a few "get rich quick" schemes earlier in life; and went back to the 
>old principle of doing a first class job of what I do.

>I am also looking forward to the next few years.  I will probably also 
>certify in NT, and I am currently studying Unix.
>Hope this helps.
>Jim Cason, CNI4, CNA3.


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