Exactly. I started studying my first MCSE years 8 years ago, found the Networking Essentials core and TCP/IP elective most to my liking, and really always enjoyed palying with and implementing networking related technologies like VPN's and WAN's.

From there I decided I wanted to take the networking further and when down the Cisco cert path.

And if you get in to networking seriously I think it's almost impossible in this day and age not to have one eye on security. It's a requirement of every network design and you will almost always have to do some NAT, traverse firewalls and/or configure encryption etc during anything above basic LAN administration.

So now I find myself with 1 CCSP exam of 5 done, 4 to go because it's the way my career is going and it is what most lifts my frock about my profession.

Maybe CISSP next year...