Is it possible to study Cisco without working as an IT specialist? Do I work as a communicator?

Question

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I work as a communications engineer, is it possible to study Cisco without working with it? I want to learn Cisco and then get a job as an IT nickname, is it worth studying or not?

Answer 1

Yes, you can learn, even if you work as a cook, no one forbids.
To study at CCNA, in principle, just the enikey level is enough, you can improve it there.

Answer 2

master GNS3, and there you can emulate the network and various network problems (there are a lot of laboratory works on the Internet).

Answer 3

Well, the Cisco Networking Academy itself claims that it is possible and necessary. They have a bunch of glossy success stories on their website of all sorts of African housewife girls and former Vietnamese taxi drivers. The first semester of ccna is dedicated to gaining knowledge like "this box is called a switch; and this rope is called a twisted pair".
But!
Already in the second semester, normal studies begin and a lot of troubleshooting practice, and here it will be difficult without work experience. Those. I solve a problem, for example, in 20-30 seconds (because I do this at work every day), and a student from the street (a former lawyer / linguist / housewife) - 20-30 minutes.
But with due perseverance, perseverance, a good memory and some kind of knowledge of the English language, getting a CCNA for a non-IT person is quite realistic. The question is that it will be difficult to work for the first couple of years, without experience.