Congrats Timothy!
I have a question or two about the DA/DP track vice the CA/CP track.
It seems to me that CCDA is a useful, yet seemingly quick and dirty
certification to obtain. The groundwork for it - at first glance at least -
looks like a bit of a departure from that involved with the CCNA Routing &
Switching curricula.
So I was considering going after CCNA and CCDA in order to put a bit more
depth and breadth into my system/product knowledge and certifications, then
proceeding to CCNP .
It doesn't seem though, to make much sense to go after CCDP as well, because
of the apparent overlap between the CCNP and CCDP certification paths.
Is this a reasonable set of assumptions? Does anyone see any value [other
than intellectual curiosity, etc.] in obtaining concurrent DP / NP certs?
Are the two paths, beyond a certain point of expertise or career
specialization, mutually exclusive in any way? Highly complementary? Mildly
so?
Comments/Feedback greatly appreciated!
Drew M. Mooney
Systems Integrator
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-----Original Message-----
From: CLAXTON, TIMOTHY A. (AIT)
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Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 8:27 PM
To: 'Group Study'
Subject: Passed CCDP
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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