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# HCIA - Seriously Boost Your Skills With Expert Certification - My 591Lab Review: $72k → $128k in 8 Months
Okay, so back in early 2025, I was a junior IT engineer in Dhaka making $72k. I was basically just doing basic Huawei support. The better jobs all wanted HCIA certs for things like routing, storage, or cloud stuff. Everyone knew Huawei was getting huge in Asia (IDC said so in 2025), but I was stuck because I didn't have the right papers. The HCIA seemed doable-60 questions, 90 minutes, $200-but the official stuff wasn't very practical.
Then I found **591Lab's FREE guide**, like 5,000 words, called "HCIA - Seriously Boost Your Skills With Expert Certification" at [https://591cert.com/hcia/](https://591cert.com/hcia/). It totally changed things-showed the 2025 tracks, salary info, how to study, and stories from other people who'd done it.
## 2025 HCIA Tracks & What the Exam's Really Like
| Track | Exam Code | Pay Bump (Asia) | Jobs/Month |
|----------------------|-----------|-----------------|------------|
| **Routing & Switching** | H12-211 | +45% → $105k | 12,400 |
| **Storage** | H13-611 | **+78%** → $128k | 8,200 |
| **Cloud** | H13-811 | +62% | 9,600 |
| **AI** | H13-321 | +85% | 5,800 |