# compTIA +network **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 17, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/comptia-network/42000 "2008-01-17T12:20:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/comptia-network/42000/11 "2008-01-17T22:33:18Z")
certs depend on what you are looking to do. i have been working in networking for the last 3 years so when I got out of school i was able to go right into working. my company is paying me to get certified through their partner vendor since as a business partner we get benefits and awards for having everyone be a certain level of certification. things like if you are certified, you get automatic escalation of help tickets about products to avoid the simple level 1 troubleshooting talk. again, i would never pay for these since its very vendor specific but it is nice to build up on your resume in the future. some places do ask for a type of cert before they look at you to prove what you know. it is a standard since anyone can say they have “networking expierence” so it might be good to know. i would save your time and money and take a higher level one such as CCNA since “Cisco” is a buzz word in the industry. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/comptia-network/42000)._