Passed CCNA Voice 1000/1000

DexterParkDexterPark Member Posts: 121
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Aced the CCNA Voice exam last Thursday 1000/1000 Full Marks! I have been working in Telecom for four months now, and have used the INE training Video's, Cisco Press Official Cert guide, and the Global Knowledge CIPT1 class my company paid for as well.

I got to say that the Official cert guide is the most entertaining Cisco Press book I have ever read. The Matrix quotes are awesome and if you look REALLY CLOSE you will see examples using Star Wars Characters. Learning IT would flat out suck without Jeremy Cioara.

I guess I am off to lab up for the CCNP Voice. (After a solid month of Diablo 3). :)
My advice to anyone looking to advance their career would be to learn DevOps tools and methodologies. Learn how to write code in languages like Python and JavaScript. Not to be a programmer, but a network automation specialist who can do the job of 10 engineers in 1/3 of the time. Create a GitHub account, download PyCharm, play with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Automation isn't the future, it's here today and the landscape is changing dramatically.
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats. Excellent score.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • wbosherwbosher Member Posts: 422
    Wow!! Well done mate, go and have a drink or three. drunken_smilie.gif
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  • DexterParkDexterPark Member Posts: 121
    Already blew through 5 of my six pack :)
    My advice to anyone looking to advance their career would be to learn DevOps tools and methodologies. Learn how to write code in languages like Python and JavaScript. Not to be a programmer, but a network automation specialist who can do the job of 10 engineers in 1/3 of the time. Create a GitHub account, download PyCharm, play with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Automation isn't the future, it's here today and the landscape is changing dramatically.
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  • wbosherwbosher Member Posts: 422
    Go get some more, six beers ain't anywhere enough for a celebration. icon_lol.gif
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  • MrBrianMrBrian Member Posts: 520
    Congrats DexterPark! Impressive score as well!
    Currently reading: Internet Routing Architectures by Halabi
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  • luberguilarteluberguilarte Member Posts: 112
    Did you find the ccna voice harder that the routing & switching ?
    Thanks
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  • DexterParkDexterPark Member Posts: 121
    I found it to be easier at the CCNA level. Just depends on your amount of exposure. I work out of CUCM & CUC every day and I have just about customized everything on my CME deployment at home. (MoH, Background Images, Ringtones, etc....) Plus I am totally into it now more than I ever was in R/S :)
    My advice to anyone looking to advance their career would be to learn DevOps tools and methodologies. Learn how to write code in languages like Python and JavaScript. Not to be a programmer, but a network automation specialist who can do the job of 10 engineers in 1/3 of the time. Create a GitHub account, download PyCharm, play with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Automation isn't the future, it's here today and the landscape is changing dramatically.
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  • tprice5tprice5 Member Posts: 770
    impressive sir. Hats off to you.
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Congrats!
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
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  • shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    DexterPark wrote: »
    I found it to be easier at the CCNA level. Just depends on your amount of exposure. I work out of CUCM & CUC every day and I have just about customized everything on my CME deployment at home. (MoH, Background Images, Ringtones, etc....) Plus I am totally into it now more than I ever was in R/S :)


    Sounds like we are the same person, I was doing a heavy routing job when I lost my voip job. I took a pay cut just to get back into VOIP. But I loved it so much I went hard core at it. Its great to see others have the same feeling.


    One thing I forgot to add it stay on top of your route/switch game. Even though you do voip, depending on your enviorment its usually easier to use the VOIP engineer to buildout new sites cause they understand the POE, QOS requirements of the LAN.
    Currently Reading

    CUCM SRND 9x/10, UCCX SRND 10x, QOS SRND, SIP Trunking Guide, anything contact center related
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  • DexterParkDexterPark Member Posts: 121
    shodown wrote: »
    Sounds like we are the same person, I was doing a heavy routing job when I lost my voip job. I took a pay cut just to get back into VOIP. But I loved it so much I went hard core at it. Its great to see others have the same feeling.
    One thing I forgot to add it stay on top of your route/switch game. Even though you do voip, depending on your enviorment its usually easier to use the VOIP engineer to buildout new sites cause they understand the POE, QOS requirements of the LAN.

    Agreed, I am wanting to learn more on BGP, IPv6 ,ect.. Also looking to get CCDA, CCDP, CCNP this year. I am thinking of doing CCDA & CCNP Switch, as a primer for the CVOICE exam because of the QOS piece.
    My advice to anyone looking to advance their career would be to learn DevOps tools and methodologies. Learn how to write code in languages like Python and JavaScript. Not to be a programmer, but a network automation specialist who can do the job of 10 engineers in 1/3 of the time. Create a GitHub account, download PyCharm, play with Ansible, Chef, or Puppet. Automation isn't the future, it's here today and the landscape is changing dramatically.
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  • ddcengineerddcengineer Member Posts: 23 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Sweet score! Congrats!!!!

    I'm starting(or resuming, rather) my Voice studies this week.
    Achievements: CCNA Nov 2011 | CCNP Route Jan 2012 | Switch June 2012 | TSHOOT July 2012 CCNP | CCNA Voice Oct
    Projected Timeline: CCNP Voice CVoice Oct | CIPT1 Nov | CIPT2 Dec | TVoice Jan | CApps Feb :cheers:
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  • SomnipotentSomnipotent Member Posts: 384
    Congrats!! I'm working on CCNAV right now myself as a fresh noob to VoIP technologies. The whole series so far has been incredibly cool. I could go without a majority of Jeremy's over the top Matrix references, but all-in-all I'm ordering some 7941/61s, some FXO/FXS ports and I'm ready to lab this up!!
    Reading: Internetworking with TCP/IP: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture (D. Comer)
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