CCNP done!

kohr-ah

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

TBickle

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.

Good luck!

kohr-ah

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

Congrats to both you gentlemen, you two must be on top of the world today

mistabrumley89

Congratulations! On to the next one!

bull313

Congrats, guys, on the fruits of your hard work and determination!!! Time for you both to celebrate

Dieg0M

Congrats guys.

Iristheangel

Awesome! You've been pretty amazing lately! New job, shiny new CCNP. Keep kicking butt and taking names!

union122

Congrads

Minary

Well done !

Network_Engineer

Congratz! Will you be pursuing R&S CCIE track?

kohr-ah

##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

Congrats on on the pass!!

Iristheangel

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

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 book have 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

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.

Ivanjam

Congrats @kohr-ah

MrBrian

Congrats on all your hard work and achieving your CCNP!

PCHoldmann

Congrats!