Choosing a course and Cisco certification

When my brother was still thinking of what he would be taking up in college, we were giving him advices left and right. From the onset, I kept on telling him to be practical, to choose a course that will surely give him a job in the future. Coming from a middle-class family, a job is very important to us. Thus, being practical comes second nature to us. I was telling him to take up Information Technology for two reasons. First, in every industry and every country, there is an IT job. Unlike a nurse where one can only work in hospitals and other medical facilities, an IT person can work even in a hospital as an IT guy. Second reason: he can even set up his own IT company in the future. I will finance it should he want to set up one.

So he finally decided, with a push from me, to take up IT. I told him that in the future, he can get an Cisco certification and be like our two cousins who are both Cisco certified and are both working for multinational companies and are earning an impressive six-figure salaries.

This is also one of the reasons that my brother decided to take up IT. He is close to our two cousins who are both Cisco certified. They told him how extensive their trainings were and how they really benefited from it. Our two cousins work for different companies. One of them got promoted after getting the certification, now heading his own small group. The other was sent to a sister company to help them set up their IT system there. The latter got a bonus when he passed the certification.

Anyway, if you are interested with getting Cisco certified like my cousins, check out Cisco.com for more information.

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