Respect

So I am finishing up CCNA2 in the CNA program, and I must say,

I thought I had respect for CCIE's before...

You guys are flipping crazy....

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ColbyG

Wait till you get to the NP. When I started studying for my first Pro exam I thought my head was going to explode.

Ryan82

Yeah, its pretty crazy what a jump it is from the NA to the NP. Its funny though because when I was initially studying for the NA I thought it was crazy how much material was covered in that track.

On a side note, congrats on passing the written Colby.

APA

Ryan82 wrote: »

On a side note, congrats on passing the written Colby.

earweed

Congrats from a non Cisco certified noob. (Might change after I finish WGU)

SephStorm

congrats as well, I think I may go for CCNA after I graduate this course, I just havent decided if I want to do CCENT-CCNA on straight CCNA.

SysAdmin4066

ColbyG wrote: »

Wait till you get to the NP. When I started studying for my first Pro exam I thought my head was going to explode.

My first exam was BSCI, so my head exploded as I read through the first question. Freaking crazy hard!!!

SysAdmin4066

Congrats on the written, man i've been away for a while huh?

Ahriakin

It's all relative. I vividly remember sitting in the parking lot after getting my CCNA and explaining the Cisco roadmap to my wife, how I might go for the professional level and there was this mythical thing called a CCIE but there was no way in hell we'd ever be able to go for it

ColbyG

Ahriakin wrote: »

It's all relative. I vividly remember sitting in the parking lot after getting my CCNA and explaining the Cisco roadmap to my wife, how I might go for the professional level and there was this mythical thing called a CCIE but there was no way in hell we'd ever be able to go for it .

Ha, I did this too! I didn't plan on the CCIE at all, and wasn't sure about the NP. It just kind of happens.

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

keenon

lol, yep.. i failed the NA 2 times in '03 before passing in 05 and soon started the NP the bscmn was the first test i took and was pretty hard in my view

jeanathan

The NP has not felt that difficult, just really time consuming, more so than Microsoft/CompTia by far. I still think the level of familiarity you need with the concepts involved with the IE LAB makes me feel dumb at the NP level.

SysAdmin4066

jeanathan wrote: »

I still think the level of familiarity you need with the concepts involved with the IE LAB makes me feel dumb at the NP level.

Lab, sure. But for the written, as far as I can tell, the NP was a great investment of time and money. I feel like i'm at least familiar with all of the topics thus far and that the NP helped tremendously with that familiarity.