Congragulations Tim!
Yes, once you achieve a milestone, it's not as exciting any more... :-) The
excitement lasts all of 2 days, maybe 3 if you've scored real good. I think
the real excitement comes if you get a better job based on your
certifications, if you get better projects because of your certifications,
if you get a raise because of those certifications. Certifications in
themselves probably aren't the goal - and we always tend to say - what next
?? :-)
I just finished my CCNA. Excited for a couple of days. Now thinking - what
next ? CCDA, CCNP, CCIE.... Checkpoint... :-)
Bharat Suneja
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> I just thought I would drop a quick note to let the group know that I
passed
> CID on Friday gaining me my CCDP.
> I started pursuing this certification earlier this year when I took a new
> job. Now that I have passed, I don't have the excitement that I thought I
> would have. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited and relieved that I am
> past it now. The problem is that I don't have anyone close to share the
> excitement with. My wife was happy for me but she, as well as the rest of
my
> family, doesn't really understand what I have accomplished.
> Does anyone else feel similar?
>
> Anywhoo, here is my path to CCDP.
> I took the CCDP 2.0 path.
> Jan 2000 - Passed BCMSN beta. I studied CLSC course book a little. Not
much
> help for this test. I did have lots of hands on including 29xx and 5500
> switches. Know spanning tree, Cisco multicast, MLS, VTP, ISL etc.
>
> April 2000 - Passed DCN test for CCDA. I studied DCN CD. Not to difficult.
>
> June 2000 - Passed BCSN. I studied the Cisco Press ACRC book. Skip WAN,
IPX
> and AppleTalk stuff. Read Cisco's BGP tutorial on CCO. Just search on "BGP
> TUTORIAL". Know OSPF and EIGRP.
>
> June 2000 - Passed BCRAN. The group said this was the easiest but I
thought
> it was fairly difficult. I used Cisco Press BCRAN book.
>
> July 2000 - Passed CID. This was also difficult. I used the Cisco Press
CID
> book. Study Cisco's ATM product guide.
> Know specs on ATM gear.
>
> I hope to take CIT in August. I may take this class just because the hands
> on will be good practice for CCIE.
>
> Thanks to the group for all of your posts.
>
> Tim Claxton CCDP CCNA
> Systems Design Engineer
> SBC DataComm
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