At What Age Did You Obtain your CCNP

Just curious with the norm of the people here who have full NPs. I defiantly plan to have mine completed at my current age of 28. This is just a fun little feeler thread. I am just curious as I feel I am seeing more and more younger people with NPs

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ram1101

dover wrote: »

As of next Wednesday - when I pass the IPS exam - 40 for CCNP Security

Yeah, who's old now ^@#$!

IPS how was it? what did u use for the lab?

fiftyo

You people make me feel young again.. I was 18 when I passed ccnp route, and will perhaps obtain the entire thing before 20. But gearing towards my degree(s) now which I think is more important/beneficial for the time being.

Trifidw

22. Should have got it a couple of years ago when I passed BCMSN to renew my CCNA, but lost interest.

triki

got my NP at age 25

chrisone

26 ccna
28 ccnp
30 ccdp

Fatbunny

I'll be 36 in june, and will hopefully have the route exam completed by then, im in revision mode at the moment. Probably be 37 or 38 by the time I complete the NP. I don't have as much time to allocate as I would like.

txraider09

I'm shooting for 26. I'm currently 25.

Corza

Studying now. Hope to have it done by end of year and turn 27 in October.

sacredboy

I earned my CCNA at 26.
Second CCNA (after 1st CCNA expired) was earned at 30.
By the time I earn CCNP (ROUTE already passed) I will be 30.

al3kt.R***

CCSP® & CCNP® both earned @29! The security one took me 2 years of preparation and passing the various needed exams whereas the routing&switching cert I managed to build upon acquired knowledge/confidence and get it finished in a 6month period (not counting the CCNA® exam requirement just the 3 Pro level exams).
Now (@31) it's time for the CCDP®...

Danielh22185

Wow! I am very impressed to see some people getting their NPs in their very early 20s. I wish I had my head focused on what I wanted to do with life at that time

Good for yall!

WiseWun

Looks like the average age is in the early twenties. I'm working on my NP, been busy with school and I've just received my Masters degree which doesn't have an expiration date. Now I'm going full throttle on certs that are relevant to my career.

elderkai

Plan to get it in the current year and I turn 18 in April. Got my NA last Summer at 17.

bermovick

I think I was 38 when I got the CCNA and 40 when I got the CCNP. You people make me feel old.

JustFred

Thinking about getting my NP at 35 or 36. Time will tell

Master Of Puppets

I'm 19 and I'm going to give myself the CCNP as a present for my twentieth birthday(or a little while after that, depends on how much time I have)

And a hundred billion percent - CCNP Security before 21. If I wasn't dealing with so much programming, I probably could have done it faster since I love networking so much.

Geek1969

NP will be at age 44....

PCHoldmann

I was 25.

snokerpoker

CCNA at age 26. I am 27 now and hope to knock out CCNA Security within next couple months.

vinbuck

34 for me. Spent a year and a half getting it - although I'm married with two small children so study time was difficult to come by. If I had been wise enough to get it back in my 20's instead of barhopping, I might be an IE now instead of just starting to study for the written....but such is life

sacredboy

vinbuck wrote: »

34 for me. Spent a year and a half getting it - although I'm married with two small children so study time was difficult to come by. If I had been wise enough to get it back in my 20's instead of barhopping, I might be an IE now instead of just starting to study for the written....but such is life

The same thoughts.

If I started to go further after my 1st CCNA in 2008 I could also be a CCIE now.

lrb

Got my CCNA at 23, CCNP and CCIP at 26, am 27 now

HackedAlias

Got my NP the month before I turned 22.

bharvey92

CCNA aged 21, studying CCNP route currnetly and hoping to be CCNP certified age 22/23

.. Is that young lol?

theodoxa

I'm 31 now and hope to have it by 32. I had originally intended to continue on [after finishing Semester 4 of CCNA] to the CCNP courses in College (I was 19 at the time), but graduated before I could take the courses as each course was only offered once a year.

Dieg0M

24. I think I was at the CCNP level when I was 22 though. It's hard to predict when ill be getting my next cert. Half of the engineers at work don't believe in certs. The other half are CCIE's.

ande0255

Got my CCNA when I was 25, and again not long ago at 28, plan on obtaining the CCNP right around the 29th B-Day depending on how much time I need to invest in training for the new VoIP position I'm starting Monday.

broli720

I would love to get it but at this stage in career (24 years old) I don't think I'll be in a position to use the knowledge. Currently transitioning to more of an IA role so my networking days maybe behind me.

darkerz

22,

I want my CCIE by 24.

jamesp1983

27, and I'm 30 now. I concentrated on degree and MS/CompTIA certs until I was about 26.