On August 16th I was surprised to learn I actually passed the CCDE Practical. Holy cow! As with all Cisco E-level certs, a pass is a pass – we have no idea if I JUST made it or if I crushed it, but I felt like it would be nice to return the favor so many wonderful folks delivered and write my very own post-mortem. There is a healthy amount of imposter syndrome that creeps in any time I talk about recent events, but I hope that I can share some of what others passed along that influenced my own pursuit. After having the unexpected Pass result from the May 30th CCDE exam for a couple of weeks now, this is as good a time as any to share a little about the journey and what nuggets I found helpful. Continue reading
Tag: CCIE
Hello folks! I am often asked about CCIE Security preparation. As a disclaimer, you should know I took the “Latin” version of the exam with Blueprint version 4 (ISE 1.1, legacy IPS, pre-8.2 ASA code, and absolutely nothing cool like Firepower or AMP), so with the release of version 5, things have certainly become much more relevant. That being said, a lot of the prep resources remain the same. I have started re-using the same base email and scrubbed it for aged-out links (believe it or not I used to have more). I hope this helps someone. Continue reading
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