Im working as a network designer at Telstra. All we do is create designs for installs of Cisco network equipment, some juniper, fibrolan Mac's, sun, hp and other servers. Big money sort of stuff. Eg, we have just got a work order for the install of a cisco CRS Big Mumma occupying 3 rack units, weighing 700 odd kg and worth several millions of the big ones. Fun stuff
I was tempted to do my CCNA also. I spoke to one of the people that works here and they have suggested that CCNA probably isnt the best thing in the world to waste your time on. If you are going to be doing installs and working with routers and switches the whole time, then yeh.
Im seriously considering doing CCDA instead. Its much cleaner work - you design networks rather than build them physically - food for thought i guess ?
PS - Is it just me, or does my AVATAR not show up anymore ?