Certification and Career Goals for 2020

Started by config t, February 03, 2020, 05:54:29 AM

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config t

February 03, 2020, 05:54:29 AM
A little late start to the thread but here we go into 2020.

For me it is steady as she goes. I'm commited to my current role until at least the end of 2021.

February is dedicated to re-cert of my CCNP so I don't have to mess with it for 3 more years (Moved my test date to this month to give me some more time to study for TSHOOT). I didn't realize how much stuff I forgot until I started looking into it again. I'm glad I didn't go with my gut instinct of going in blind to "see how I do"

Palo Alto. CISSP.
:matrix:

Please don't mistake my experience for intelligence.

Otanx

#1
February 03, 2020, 09:04:55 AM
My third or fourth year I have said I will get the CISSP. Going to have to do it this year, or get a new job. Of course the jobs I want all require CISSP anyway. Other than that just watching what happens with the Cisco stuff.

-Otanx

deanwebb

#2
February 03, 2020, 09:12:33 AM
Is 2020 "The Year of CISSP"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE

I'm more than happy to help out in forming a study/discussion group here. I might wind up getting it.

Meanwhile, I have already renewed my FCSE and will work on FSDE, which is vendor-specific, as the first two initials indicate. I'll probably also help write the test for FSDE, so passing it should be that much easier. :smug:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#3
February 14, 2020, 04:43:02 AM
Azure AZ-103 booked in
Enough CE credits to renew Cisco stripes (already got 40-50 or so....)
Then that'll just about do me until the next re-certification cycle, ugh.

deanwebb

#4
February 14, 2020, 03:58:40 PM
You'll be emeritus one day! You can do it!
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#5
February 15, 2020, 01:15:58 AM Last Edit: February 15, 2020, 01:20:50 AM by wintermute000
Ha ha thanks

To be honest I might maintain active status, at least as long as I'm still in the channel, thanks to continuing education + the new rules which will let me re-cert via a CCNP specialisation.  But googling it now its been bumped up to 120 credits (it was 100 last time round). Meh. At least I have almost 2 years before I need to worry about it.

I've spent 70% of my study time on AWS/Azure over the last 12-18 months

icecream-guy

#6
February 20, 2020, 06:25:07 AM
Just got my AARP credentials yesterday.  :smug:
:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#7
February 20, 2020, 10:27:47 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on February 20, 2020, 06:25:07 AM
Just got my AARP credentials yesterday.  :smug:

I'll get mine in a few years, lol.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

#8
February 24, 2020, 09:38:03 AM
Passed the CISSP exam Friday. Took 90 minutes from parking to leaving. Now waiting on ISC2 to get back to me so I can do the rest of the paperwork.

That exam is exhausting. I was just drained till Saturday afternoon.

-Otanx

deanwebb

#10
February 25, 2020, 03:24:54 PM
Quote from: Otanx on February 24, 2020, 09:38:03 AM
Passed the CISSP exam Friday. Took 90 minutes from parking to leaving. Now waiting on ISC2 to get back to me so I can do the rest of the paperwork.

That exam is exhausting. I was just drained till Saturday afternoon.

-Otanx


:applause:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

config t

#11
February 26, 2020, 04:15:30 AM
Congrats on the pass.

My plans are already blown. I passed TSHOOT and got the recert under the wire - Now it came to light they are paying for CCNP Security so here I am taking the self-paced course for Security Core.

I'm a little sore about the unnecessary exam but I won't complain about the free CCNP courses and exam vouchers.
:matrix:

Please don't mistake my experience for intelligence.

Otanx

#12
February 26, 2020, 10:07:43 AM
Thanks everyone. Got my confirmation from ISC2. Submitted all my supporting documents, and had my wife be my CISSP sponsor. Now four to six weeks for them to review before they grant me the official certification.

Now to figure out what to do for the rest of the year. I peaked too early. I am not really interested in any of the other Cisco exams. Maybe Splunk as we are getting into that pretty heavily. Maybe Arista because we moved to them from Cisco. Maybe Azure as I hear that is coming soon. Maybe I just sit back and be happy I got one this year.

-Otanx

deanwebb

#13
February 26, 2020, 12:53:21 PM
Get your MCP for Windows 10. :problem?:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

wintermute000

#14
February 26, 2020, 02:50:53 PM
Azure. There isn't any arista certifications worth a damn. Or bone up on your ansible and EVPN assuming that's what you use your Aristas for
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