ccna + what?

[dreithlon]

I'm currently in a CCNA program, and since everyone and their grandma are CCNA I'll be going for CCNP after.
Since alot of you guys here are probably network admins., what else should I take. I go to an excellent community college that offer intensive(so they say) classes on Novell, Unix/Linux, Win 200 server/prof. I may be able to take them all eventually, but right now only have time for one. Can anyone recommend what in the real world would be the most important to learn?
Thanks

 

[spidey07]

Maybe not the answer you want to hear - but a BS in computer science or EE is the most important. Get the degree and worry about certs later.

 

[dreithlon]

Been thinking that way myself, but at 31 I'm already starting to feel old considering entering an industry full of young people. A degree would make me 35 with no experience.

 

[FFC]

CCIE R&S, CCIE C&S, CCIE Security, JNCIS and JNCIE along with a bucketful of experience, that should keep you in work, but as ever there are no guarentees.

 

[LuckyTaxi]

<< Maybe not the answer you want to hear - but a BS in computer science or EE is the most important. Get the degree and worry about certs later. >>