Hey all. I hope the mods will allow this post to stay as I am looking for advice from Network Engineers/Professionals, and the ITCareerQuestions sub is not very active.
For those of you who have been in the industry for a number of years - what type of advice would you give to your younger self when you were first starting out?
I've just completed my first year in a NOC and got my CCNA R/S, AWS SA, and SANS GSEC certification. To be honest I'm not a super ambitious person and my ultimate goal is a kind of comfy local government or K12 gig that pays 70k and affords a good work/life balance (time is more important to me than money).
My current manager has been a great mentor and he would like me to get the CCNP R/S and another SANS certification this upcoming year.
Are there any technologies specifically I should be focusing on? I feel like I am getting pulled into the security stuff, although I'm not sure I'd like to make a career in security. Any other advice on how I can make the best of myself in the next few years? There is so much to learn, so many different avenues to go down... I'd like to have more focus and really set myself up for success when I'm ready for the next career step in ~2 years.
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