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Hi I'm Paul, a fresh grad with no experience. Altough i passed ccna exam last 2013, i consider myself new to networking and i really dont know what lies ahead of me on this field. Im super excited. Let's gooooo 🙌

what'd ya grad in?  IT, specifically network and security there are a wide variety of career options.  set your goals and get after achieving them.
Welcome aboard.

p.s. if'n ya gots any questions, offer 'em up. will do our best to answer.

Hi sir Dave! Im an ECE graduate and Im introduced to this field in our lecture days in school. Since then, i always find it interesting when talking about networking. Thanks for the advice sir!

Hi I'm Paul, a fresh grad with no experience. Altough i passed ccna exam last 2013, i consider myself new to networking and i really dont know what lies ahead of me on this field. Im super excited. Let's gooooo 🙌

Hello and welcome.  I can share with you my experience.  Doors started creaking open when I got my CCNA, but didn't really open up and welcome me until I had at least my CCNP - highly recommend you knock out the CCNP R&S to give you strong foundation, then figure out where you want to go after that.  As Dean mentioned though, if you don't have a lot of bills to pay and can afford to go with a bit of a lower pay rate, it would really behoove you to take a level 1 or 2 job to get actual working experience.

My career has been kind of weird - I made a jump from not working in the networking field straight into engineering rather than working my way up from an entry job - and at times it really bites me in the arse and drives me nuts because I really have ZERO days of operations experience.  I just didn't have the option to take an entry level job because, well, I have a family and San Diego's cost of living is @#$#ing ridiculous.

Anyway, enough blabbing - welcome again! 

Hi sir and thanks for the reply After getting a job(hopefully), my plan is to save money for trainings and for knocking out the CCNP R&S exams and from there, I'll evaluate which path I'll take. I know the road will not be easy but there is something inside me that tells me that it will be worth it in the end I think I'll go for taking level 1 or 2 job to get actual working experience

Your career has been kind of weird as you said but its inspring though Even though you didnt start from the bottom, you still manage to do it! Thanks for the stories sir! I appreciate it! Cheers! 

Hi I'm Paul, a fresh grad with no experience. Altough i passed ccna exam last 2013, i consider myself new to networking and i really dont know what lies ahead of me on this field. Im super excited. Let's gooooo 🙌

Hello Paul! Where are you living right now? That can affect the kinds of jobs you're offered. Larger cities tend to have more level 1 and level 2 support jobs which would probably be what you want. There will also be a number of small businesses that might want you to be their entire IT department.

Hi sir Dean! Im from Philippines. Right now, I'm considering taking just any IT-related entry-level job that would put me into network engineering field. Because almost all job openings for network engineer here needs year(s) of experience. Would that be ok? Btw, thanks for the reply sir! 

Hi I'm Paul, a fresh grad with no experience. Altough i passed ccna exam last 2013, i consider myself new to networking and i really dont know what lies ahead of me on this field. Im super excited. Let's gooooo 🙌