Finished CCNP

Finished TSHOOT on Sunday. Feels good. I procrastinated way too much. Don't be like me!

The Boson ExSim-Max served me well, especially for TSHOOT. Highly recommend for exam preparation.
Reading - CCNP ROUTE/SWITCH simplified. The ROUTE book is good. SWITCH not so much. CLN, TE, other blogs, etc.
Videos - Chris Bryant. Great videos. Overkill for TSHOOT and BGP, but helpful nonetheless.
Labs - Used the official lab manuals, as well as Boson Netsim. I would NOT recommend buying Netsim.

Worth noting, I have 3 years experience in enterprise so most information wasn't new to me. I've already started reading OCG for CCIE. So much for taking a break from studying.

Good luck to everyone studying!

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Comments

f0rgiv3n

Congrats!!

Dakinggamer87

Congrats!!

Master Of Puppets

Congrats

The CCIE road is long and lonely, best of luck!

networker050184

Congrats!

malcybood

Congratulations

Essendon

Congrats on the awesome achievement! Update your signature too!

prtech

Congrats! I wish there were test centers near me that are open on weekends.

FloOz

Awesome job!! Congrats!!

NetworkVeteran

Congratulations! May it help your career.

instant000

Congrats on passing!

prtech wrote: »

I wish there were test centers near me that are open on weekends.

Hah, me too. I usually have to drive an hour plus to the Austin area to test on weekends.

I've even considered opening up a shop that catered to evening and weekend testing, thinking it'd be good for working professionals, and I could probably staff it with college students or something.

jamesp1983

Congrats and good luck on your CCIE journey.