CCNP done!
Aced the CCNP TSHOOT. I am done! I do believe if I am needed I will be on the CCIE forum

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TBickle Member Posts: 110
Congrats, Kohr-ah! I also passed my Tshoot exam today. Feels good to finally be done with that beast, doesn't it?
I may be joining you on the IE forum here pretty soon. I'm debating whether or not I should start studying for it despite the change to version 5.
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kohr-ah Member Posts: 1,277
I figure I'd look up the differences and still start on the written then re go over the changed sections
Also congrats! Yes feels amazing.TSHOOT was actually really fun to do. -
ande0255 Banned Posts: 1,178
Congrats to both you gentlemen, you two must be on top of the world today -
mistabrumley89 Member Posts: 356 ■■■□□□□□□□
Congratulations! On to the next one!Goals: WGU BS: IT-Sec (DONE) | CCIE Written: In Progress
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/charlesbrumley -
bull313 Member Posts: 138
Congrats, guys, on the fruits of your hard work and determination!!! Time for you both to celebrate"Follow your dreams. You CAN reach your goals. I'm living proof. Beefcake! BeefCAAAAAAAKKKKE!!!"-Eric Cartman -
Iristheangel Mod Posts: 4,133 Mod
Awesome! You've been pretty amazing lately! New job, shiny new CCNP. Keep kicking butt and taking names! -
kohr-ah Member Posts: 1,277
##edit - update
I would love to get my CCIE. It is a major life goal for me but at the current time there is no way I could pass the lab without getting a more hands on job first.
Being said I think I am going to go for my CCDA then CCDP. I am going to see if I can find a more hands in job then I should be able to start the IE after the v5 changes in June and dedicate my time to it then. Hopefully by that time I will have a more stable hands on job that will help my IE time easier to pursue -
johnwest43 Member Posts: 294
Congrats on on the pass!!CCNP: ROUTE B][COLOR=#ff0000]x[/COLOR][/B , SWITCH B][COLOR=#ff0000]x[/COLOR][/B, TSHOOT [X ] Completed on 2/18/2014 -
Iristheangel Mod Posts: 4,133 Mod
Sounds like a wise decision, Kohr-ah.
I'm working on my CCDP as well. The CCDA was cake and bored me at times with how high-level it was but the CCDP material is pretty awesome and in-depth without getting too far into the weeds on how to configure the concepts.
I would recommend the following for the CCDP:
-INE ARCH Videos (Don't rely on this alone though!)
-CCDP OCG
Do *not* go for the CCDP or CCDA Simplified books. They're written by a different author than the CCNP Simplified series and they lack a lot of detail. I was really disappointed after I took the CCDA test and barely squeaked by. If I wasn't studying data center concepts on my own, I would have failed horribly. It was probably the closest I've ever gotten to failing an exam in the last couple of years. -
kohr-ah Member Posts: 1,277
Iristheangel wrote: »Sounds like a wise decision, Kohr-ah.
I'm working on my CCDP as well. The CCDA was cake and bored me at times with how high-level it was but the CCDP material is pretty awesome and in-depth without getting too far into the weeds on how to configure the concepts.
I would recommend the following for the CCDP:
-INE ARCH Videos (Don't rely on this alone though!)
-CCDP OCG
Do *not* go for the CCDP or CCDA Simplified books. They're written by a different author than the CCNP Simplified series and they lack a lot of detail. I was really disappointed after I took the CCDA test and barely squeaked by. If I wasn't studying data center concepts on my own, I would have failed horribly. It was probably the closest I've ever gotten to failing an exam in the last couple of years.
Thanks for the heads up!
I have the ocg books now. INE I will do after the CCDP bookhave a lot of train time so that'll make it go by faster.
Data Center I'd love to do as ultimately that is my goal but I think you need a NetApp for the data center NP don't you? -
ande0255 Banned Posts: 1,178
Some Data Center specialization certs require the VCP I believe because they run in virtualized environments, but I'm sure any sort of mainstream virtualization would compliment a design certification tremendously. -
MrBrian Member Posts: 520
Congrats on all your hard work and achieving your CCNP!Currently reading: Internet Routing Architectures by Halabi