Passed 640-802 today!

I decided to take composite to avoid the very detailed questions. I felt very confident going in and was very happy to have passed!

Just purchased Cisco's offical self study guide for BCMSN and will start next week.

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mikej412

Congratulations!!

Good Luck with your continued studies

-- after you spend an appropriate amount of time celebrating

Satcom

cant wait for my day to come.

Bl8ckr0uter

bdwill wrote: »

I decided to take composite to avoid the very detailed questions. I felt very confident going in and was very happy to have passed!

Just purchased Cisco's offical self study guide for BCMSN and will start next week.

Great Job. I hope I can say the same on the 15th

cerberos

Congratulations...

blackninja

Congrats

PremierCisco

Congrats on the pass.
Is it true that you get your CCENT cert aswell as CCNA cert. I heard that you get both if you pass the 640 - 802 exam?

Best of luck with your CCNP quest.

Regards

Eamonn

blucas

Gratz

Lets see if I can say the same, 13/07 going for CCENT.

captobvious

PremierCisco wrote: »

Congrats on the pass.
Is it true that you get your CCENT cert aswell as CCNA cert. I heard that you get both if you pass the 640 - 802 exam?

Best of luck with your CCNP quest.

Regards

Eamonn

bdwill - Congrats!

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blackninja

PremierCisco wrote: »

Is it true that you get your CCENT cert aswell as CCNA cert. I heard that you get both if you pass the 640 - 802 exam?

No, you don't get the CCENT if you have passed the CCNA single exam.

Slowhand

Congratulations on the pass, and good luck with those CCNP studies.

Cal_0808

Congrats!!

I passed today too!!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on the forums, you've all been a massive help!

mikej412

Cal_0808 wrote: »

I passed today too!!

Congratulations!!

Dubuku57

Nice one Congrats!!!

Satcom

Cal_0808 wrote: »

Congrats!!

I passed today too!!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone on the forums, you've all been a massive help!

........... back to the books for me

creamy_stew

Good man!

Best of luck with the BCMSN!

/creamy

CGN_Spec

Good Job!!!

NightShade03

Congrats

petedude

PremierCisco wrote: »

Is it true that you get your CCENT cert as well as CCNA cert. I heard that you get both if you pass the 640 - 802 exam?

As others have answered, no, but. . .

That's not to say you can't earn both with a similar route.

Taking the ICND1 and THEN the composite earns you both. Yes, it's more expensive to go that route than to take ICND2 as the second exam, but taking the ICND1 gets your feet wet and gets you a cert en route.

mikej412

petedude wrote: »

Taking the ICND1 and THEN the composite earns you both.

We had someone here recently -- who didn't mind spending even more money -- do it that way. The ICND1 for the CCENT. And then the CCNA exam for the CCNA.

I think the CCNA exam does have more questions than the ICND2 exam, but they have to use up a bunch of them asking the "easy ICND1 stuff" -- so the CCNA exam may actually be "easier" than the ICND2 exam. And since the ICND2 stuff builds on what you learned while studying for the ICND1 exam, you shouldn't really forget anything important from the ICND1 exam topics that are in the composite CCNA exam topics.

If you don't need (or want) the CCENT "resume candy" then the 640-802 single CCNA exam is a good option.

djhss68

Putting CCENT alongside CCNA on your resume is redundant....and stupid. No offense.

mikej412

djhss68 wrote: »

stupid

Actually, stupid is some of those job listing created by some HR wonk -- ones like "Entry Level Helpdesk @ $7/hr -- MCP, MCSA, MCSE, MCA, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE, and CCA required."

As I just posted in another thread

mikej412 wrote: »

Once you have the CCNA, the CCENT isn't as important -- but you never know what HR will consider important when you apply for a job. While the CCNA IS better than the CCENT, HR may have a listing requiring an MCSA and CCENT and ignore your resume if you didn't have the CCENT (and have it listed).

mikej412 wrote: »

Someone without a lot of job experience to fill up their resume may want the CCENT Certification just to take up another line on their resume.

A noob may want and need that CCENT on their resume..... but other experienced people can probably get away with out it (or without listing it).

The only Cisco Specialization I list on my "main resume" is the Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist -- that's the only one that isn't "represented" by either my CCVP or CCSP. Plus that's also the one certification that has gotten me the most calls & emails from headhunters. And my "programmer resume" doesn't mention any of my Cisco certifications at all. And none of my resumes has ever mentioned any Hardware or Microsoft Server skills.....

djhss68

Different resume for every different line of work. You've got your bases covered, I'll give you that.

rsutton

Congrats bdwill, what did you use to prepare for the exam?

petedude

djhss68 wrote: »

Putting CCENT alongside CCNA on your resume is redundant....and stupid. No offense.

Admittedly, I missed mentioning that. If you go the ICND1/Composite route, drop that CCENT when you're done.

It's also a more expensive route, but may be worth it for some.

incasmin

congrats. dude!

Please tell us, how hard was the CCNA exam, how many questions, which area of the curriculum was more used?

Thanks!

djmaya

Congrats on the pass. I am all set to go take the 640-802 on Friday @ 1:00. How long did you study for the exam?

7255carl

congrats