Wow , how did you get a CCNP without any experience? Damn smart. I've work for a year in networks and the only ones i have passed is BCMSN and BSCI , no confidence to take the rest yet.

Anyway , my opinion is , in this field, experiences count. I won't expect anything more than rm2.5k from the employer. But if you are good at marketing yourself , maybe more.

Don't be sad , i have a friend from secondary school who did the same thing and doesn't have a degree but after working in a CC straight after school for 3 years , he is now a System Engineer in HP earning waayyy more than me .

The experience is what people look for

Depends on how much freedom you are given to learn and how much effort you are gonna put into learning.

The CC my friend was working in was rather new so they allowed my friend a choice btw Windows NT or setting up a Unix/System. He suggested the latter even though he didn't know a lot , learnt from scratch hehe.

Do note that even though my friend doesn't have a degree he does have a diploma in comp science( or was it comp engineering ).