About a month ago, I started the CCIE journey. Since starting my new job, I acquired some other vendor certs and even got the CCNP ENSLD (Design) certification back in May. What has been working for me may not work for everyone but I thought I would share. Mon-Fri - 4am-7am (this varies based on whether I'm working from home or going to a customer site, may be more or less) I also try and squeeze in a few videos/labs during lunch at work. Sat-Sun - 4am-7:45am (before my wife wakes up) 1pm-4:30pm (this is generally the slow time for us during the weekend) I plan to take Narbik's course hopefully in the middle of November with hopes of taking the first attempt in the middle of December. I have this strange desire to be the youngest CCIE ever at my company (youngest guy was 26 when he got his CCIE in Collaboration nearly 10-15 years ago).
The best thing about making the push for the CCIE is that regardless of whether you've sat for the lab yet or not, your knowledge just explodes. When I was studying for my CCIE Sec back in 2018, the contract I was currently on ended and I needed to find a job. I was already knee deep into my CCIE push when I started applying for jobs. I utterly SMOKED tech interviews. The thing I realized the most after my first tech interview while searching was whenever I was asked a question, my answers were coming back to them in the form of me recalling the dozens and dozens of times I had lab'd out that specific area of the technology in question that I wasn't doing anything more than running through config setups and designs that I was completely overloading the interview's questions and still feeling like I wasn't able to get enough information across to the interviewers! I was once told earlier on in my career that there is a difference between a CCNP and a CCNP that has sat for the lab. A CCNP that has sat for the lab and didn't get it is most likely far beyond your average CCNP level engineer. Respect to those guys pass or not. In tech interviews, I always ask CCNP's whether they've sat for the lab or not. It means something to me because I know what they've gone through.
That spreadsheet is exceptional. Great approach and organizational skills there. In regards to the Narbik bootcamp, I think what I'm going to do is first read the EI book by Narbik and do the EVE-NG workbook that was included PRIOR to doing his bootcamp. I need to really drive home the core principles and technologies PRIOR to his bootcamp. I didn't do enough work like this in my first 2 CCIE exam attempts. I Just need to lab, read, lab, read, lab, read.... put in the work.
Congraduate for your achievment, CCIE is a great certificate for your carreer and life, I just begin to study CCNA, then I will study CCNP and CCIE, I wish I will lucky as you.
4 years, 2 failed attempts for the Junipers CCIE equivalent - JNCIE-SP. It's though sometimes, I have to do a breaks from time to time. At this point its like a routine for me. I will keep going until I will get those numbers :). Thanks for your videos, I find them very motivating. I kinda feel that everyone around me passed such expert exam but not me :) :P
Slightly off topic, but did you always have such good retention, or is this something you built up over time? If the later do you have any strategies/tips to share? I feel like when I'm reading a Cisco cert book and taking notes I'm basically re-writing it.
On notes specifically: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-irX_X6gr7rs.html On studying in general: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RtVD8BJ5vHE.html Apologies for the second video. It's like an hour long and I do a lot of rambling.
i got many questions about ccie 1 -in your perspective how many years you should be working as network engineer before taking ccie like how many years is enough iknow its different from person to person but give us a little hint 2 for its salary is it worth the expense when take ccie exam especially if you live in country which has no ccie exam lap so you have to fly to us or uae or india or whatever to take the exam and add to that visa , fly , hotel expense after all that cost is it worth to take it compared to work as ccnp 3- can you talk more about ccie exam lap i hear it 6 hours right 4 if i got my ccie isit easy to find a sponsorship in us 5 why are the most companies ask for ccie R&S not security or collaboration or DC and sorry to bother you
1 - Anyone with the time and financial resources can pass the exam. Even senior engineers 10 years into their career will have zero experience with many of the items on the blueprint. However there are a lot of skills (both technical and soft) that you can't get from a book. If you have a CCIE with no experience you will likely struggle in a CCIE level position. Even having said all that I still can't give a good answer because, as you say, everyone is different. 2 - In the US, salary for the average CCIE is going to be in the $100K - $150K range. Many make more, some make less, but that is the average. There are plenty of other career paths/certifications that pay just as well with much less effort. In fact, from people that I talk to, either: a) They just love networking and the CCIE has long been a goal. b) Their company needs a CCIE and they've been tasked with getting it. 3 - This question can be answered in 2 - 3 minutes on cisco.com. If you want to opperate at the CCIE level you must learn to quickly research first and ask questions second. The test is up to 8 hours. a) Module 1 DESIGN is a maximum of 3 hours. It is very similar to any other computer based test. b) Module 2 DOO is the hands on lab portion. This section is a maximum of 5 hours long. NO TIME may be carried over from DESIGN to DOO. 4 - I'm sorry, I have no knowledge of such things. 5 - I have not seen job postings that require a specific CCIE. Usually they list CCIE and a set of skills. Those skills are almost always cross-domain. Right now I am working on my CCNP Security because every job I've seen that will benefit from my CCIE Enterprise also requires lots of security skills. If a job listing is for a specific CCIE it is often because that company is a Cisco partner and has a requirement for a certain number of employees with specific certifications.
@@jeremiahwolfe Awesome response. #1 is on point. I live in Australia and based on the fact that we are way smaller IT market, years behind the USA, it's so hard to gain experience with many of the items on the blueprint. Also, having a CCIE doesn't means a better job or a salary, it is more a combination of experience and skills. Having a bit of cloud knowledge (Azure, AWS), and cybersecurity (CISSP for some reason is a high regard) with CCNP will get you paid more than CCIE on its own. Or you will not get paid more for having CCIE compared to CCNP. It does mostly come that people tackle CCIE cert because they love networking, CCIE is the goal. One of the reasons why I tacked other certs and CCNP Sec same as yourself. Well in my case before CCIE. In AU most job postings are CCNA, CCNP, CCIE or CCIE cert is desired, but a job is an entry to mid-level, so don't think most HR departments and recruiters have any clues about it.
@@jeremiahwolfe When you say course, are you referring to the bootcamp specifically? That would be nice to have, especially because of nine days of bootcamp is too much information in that time frame.
@@distributederik Narbik has 2 methods of delivering the exact same material. 5 day boot camp with 10-14 hour days. Or a 15 week course with 4 hours each Saturday. It's the exact same material either way.
That’s the most detail about this subject. But please stop saying is not possible to pass on the first attempt. If you say to yourself you gonna fail, so you gonna fail! It’s not just know the technology there’s other things between that you need to learn, psychology, time management,etc.
Every single person I have spoken to (who has taken the current track and NOT CHEATED) says that it is impossible to pass on your first attempt. I wish you better luck than all of us.
@@jeremiahwolfe I know people that passed on first attemp! They took one year studying and then passed, he is not a genius! He just has his method of study. If you work on your anxiety and do your home work I guarantee you gonna pass on first. Brian is 5x CCIE and I don’t think he is a genius. It’s about creating habit. We are creators and we create our reality. If your reality is to fail you gonna fail for sure.
@@bimatube1274 My friend... YOU study... YOU pass on the first attempt (without using a dump) THEN you tell me about how I was wrong. Please do not try to tell me how I'm wrong when you haven't done it yourself. Do do it yourself. Make your own videos. I will watch them, share then, and HAPPILY tell people that you have a better method then me.
@@jeremiahwolfe you don’t understand. I’m not criticizing you, just saying that is possible to pass. I just don’t agree on what you’re saying. Brian is just 5x CCIE, and I don’t think he is a genius. Congratulations on your achievement.
Some scam channel called SPOTO copied this video. They took like 10 sentences out of context and posted it in an AI voice-over video with a click bait title of “how to pass CCIE in 3 months”. You should look up SPOTO and then that title and click the first video. Absolutely disgusting that someone steals content from someone like you and adds a click bait title and then gets more subscribers than a hard working professional like yourself
