I'll add something to this.
I started off in SAN.
I knew the right person. I walked in and got the job, they stuck me through an 8-week bootcamp and that was that. No certs needed or anything. At 21 years old.
I never had much of an interesting in networking, as I liked the SAN side of my house. But, several of the people that were hired and went through the bootcamp with me expressed an interest in the networking side of the house (my company also sold Cisco), and they were given all the CCNA training and attempts that they wanted.
Storage is too complex and too tied to specific vendors. But if you get your foot in the door with the right vendor, and show the skills to branch into other areas of expertise, many of the high-end vendors will cut a check for whatever the hell it takes to get you CCNA certified.
I started off in SAN.
I knew the right person. I walked in and got the job, they stuck me through an 8-week bootcamp and that was that. No certs needed or anything. At 21 years old.
I never had much of an interesting in networking, as I liked the SAN side of my house. But, several of the people that were hired and went through the bootcamp with me expressed an interest in the networking side of the house (my company also sold Cisco), and they were given all the CCNA training and attempts that they wanted.
Storage is too complex and too tied to specific vendors. But if you get your foot in the door with the right vendor, and show the skills to branch into other areas of expertise, many of the high-end vendors will cut a check for whatever the hell it takes to get you CCNA certified.