Hi Zoran,
--- Zoran Brakus zoran.brakus@angel-telecom.com wrote:
I have access to some routers in my company, but not in a manner useful for practicing (i.e. building CCNP labs).
Try finding online labs. For a dozen of dollars per hour, you get access to a whole bunch of gear, with practical tasks and excercises. I used to use fatkid.com back in 1999, for training with some technology that I couldn't access, but that site seems like shut down.
besides, the job market for network specialists is not as good as it was in 1999-2000. Have a search at jobs.ch - most demanded are software developers in banking sector, storage engineers, system architects.
In networking sector, knowledge of network management software, network monitoring principles, ability to operate open source software on a UNIX platform are of higher demand than just networking engineers knowing nothing but routers and switches.
and good luck in your career development :)
stan