I agree with Chuck... I'll take good advice from anywhere I can get it....
This goes back to :
"where go you get your good judgment?"
"I get my good judgment from good experience!"
"And where do you get your good experience?"
"From bad judgment!"
I tend to like the Cisco Press books more for the certification series than
the others. First, Cisco is putting their name on the books - Granted,
Cisco Press is another publishing company and they are out to make money.
However I have to believe that when a Cisco Press book says CCNP/CCDP, it
follows the actual Cisco course material more closely, at least that is my
experience from reading the books then taking the exams.
Remember, there are many ways to do something... but there is also the
"Cisco way" - not to say that the Cisco way is always right, or even wrong,
but when they make a statement in a class, it should be that way for the
exam. Like the difference between a pilot and a prototype... I come from an
electronics engineering background... I think Cisco has the terms reversed
in their texts... But when it comes to the exam... its the Cisco Way.
There are many authors out there, of which I am one. I was a contributing
author to a book in a CCNP series. My certification doesn't mean that I am
an expert, and by no means does my Cisco certification qualify me to teach.
The sign of a good author or instructor is how well they are able to present
the material... Yes, they have to know the material, and this is through
experience. However, my experience doesn't provide me with any more insight
to the Cisco exams than the person reading the book other than I have taken
the exam and passed. I make statements relating to the exam blueprint, and
those statements are related to my education and my experience.... keeping
in mind, that my answer may not be the Cisco answer -
Ed
Edward A. Moss
CCNP-VA, CCDP, CNE
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