Should I go for CCNP Enterprise now or stay with CCNA longer?

[OliverS]

I’m trying to decide if I should pursue the CCNP Enterprise now or just stick with my CCNA for a while longer. My job involves a lot of basic network troubleshooting and configuration, but I’m worried about hitting a ceiling without deeper routing and switching knowledge.

[NoraR]

I did CCNA first, then CCNP Enterprise. The extra depth in routing and switching finally clicked for me, and I could handle things beyond basic troubleshooting. It took longer than I hoped and I had to juggle study with work, but it opened up bigger projects and more autonomy on calls.

[PaulFA]

I’m not sure the bottleneck is the certs. We still had plenty of tickets and a lot of it came down to automation and process, not just knowing routes. I kept chasing practical on the job and paused the cert track for a while.

[JacobEM]

I tried sprinting to the next cert and it burned a bit. Labs were okay, but real outages were where I learned the most. I kept a notebook of failed BGP tests and the occasional misconfig, and that progress felt slow but real.

[Olivia80]

Do you have a specific project or role change in mind that would actually benefit from deeper routing and switching, or is the worry about a ceiling more about how your team works today?