I could make a plan and set goals… learn… and take the exam.Īnd it WORKED! I set a date… I planned the plan with work and life also in mind… and I executed the plan. That is when I noticed that one of the books (the over 700 pages one) happened to also be the “Official Wireshark Certified Network Analyst Study Guide”. Two years later i still hadn’t made the time and I was still at the surface with Wireshark. I loved Wireshark and knew that my on the job learning of it was barely scraping at the surface of what it could do and how it could help me with troubleshooting. You see, back in 2010 I had bought a few books about Wireshark by Laura Chappel and told myself I would make the time to learn Wireshark better. I realized I could use them to my advantage to help me organize my learning by making goals and signing up for certs. heck even in girl scouts when there was always that one girl who wanted to try to get every possible girl scout badge. In every area certifications exist they can get a bad rep. And yes… when I was younger I was, admittedly, one of those people who looked down on people I viewed as “cert collectors”.

People also get so judgemental of others for “collecting” them.

Of course “value” typically means for many what can the cert “do” for you once you have it. The other day Daniel Dib () asked me an interview question.

Is wireshark certification worth it