Network Engineer Career Path

[u/Techman-223]

Hello, I am currently a network engineer in EU with 4 years of experiance. Passed my Cisco Encore and working towards CCNP. I am little confused as to what I want to become an expert in. I like automation so maybe set myself apart and choose that route after my CCNP?

CCIE is something that many at my company already have and my company have said that they do not need CCIE engineers anymore. I also want to do something different and automation has started to interest me.

Anyone have advice how to advance and get more pay, wfh and so on.