The CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is a certification program offered by Cisco that enables you to demonstrate your knowledge of IT fundamentals. Completing the CCNA will allow you to better market yourself in the very competitive IT industry. Under the CCNA as it currently stands, you can specialize in a certain area by following the program that best fits your needs or interests. CCNA currently offers the following paths:

CCNA Cloud
CCNA Collaboration
CCNA Cyber Ops
CCNA Data Center
CCNA Industrial
CCNA Routing and Switching
CCNA Security
CCNA Service Provider
CCNA Wireless
This means that even someone at the associate level can specialize. This is great for expanding knowledge. A potential downside, however, is employers looking for someone at the associate level might not plan on putting these people in these roles right away.

Let's take CCNA Routing and Switching as an example. Right now, you can ease your way in by getting your CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician) certification, which counts halfway toward your CCNA Routing and Switching. This also puts you on a path where you could eventually move on to a CCNP in the same area.

As we mentioned before, the problem with this method comes from what employers are actually looking for at this level. Specializing might be better when you have more experience and find out what role you're better suited for.

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