Thank you so much and yes, it's here with me everyday and I saw one from maybe 8-9 years ago another CCIE showed me, and it has improved a bit in quality. Thanks again for your support, I truly do appreciate it.
Thank you so much! In hindsight, it was definitely a journey but many memorable moments along the way and just glad I kept going! But again, appreciate the kind words and wishing you all the best in the new year and beyond.
Thank you so much and it was definitely a life long journey and just appreciative of every opportunity along the way. Because that's also what it's about. Though this is a culmination of the hard work, there's no way to tangibly show the sweat equity, hurdles, solutions implemented, great teammates, etc in the journey (which each of us has), but definitely glad to get this one on attempt #3. But thank you so much for the kind words and for your support, means a lot.
Oh wow, that's a big one there and definitely kudos to you for the pursuit and future achievement (as I know you're got this and future blessings on you getting your #). Let me know how it goes and wishing you all the best, and my apologies for the delayed response.
What began with an unboxing became an epic story and message. Andre, your video absolutely captivated us. The team is raving over your success! We wanted to share our warmest congratulations to you, as you near the 1-year anniversary of earning your CCIE Enterprise certification. Truly, that plaque is a reflection of far more than your expertise, but the layers of grit and grind, hours, sacrifice, determination, strength, and focus that you have put in towards this incredible achievement. Thank you for this wonderful video. You did it!!!
@CiscoUtube, I am deeply humbled and incredibly grateful for your kind words. Your message truly resonates with the journey and dedication it took to achieve my CCIE Enterprise certification. Your attentiveness and always giving back the community (even recognizing this tiny video) very often goes unrecognized and I just want to say thanks and let you know that I've seen tremendous growth over the past 20 years and am looking forward to what's to come. From the unboxing to the countless hours of study and practice, your recognition of my efforts means the world to me. As I near the one-year anniversary of earning my CCIE, I reflect on the invaluable support and resources Cisco has provided throughout my journey. Your tools, community, and unwavering commitment to excellence have truly been instrumental in my success. I am proud to be an advocate for Cisco, and I look forward to continuing to share my experiences and insights with others. Thank you once again for your heartfelt congratulations and for being a constant source of inspiration!
I appreciate that, and just keep pecking away at it and you'll have your number one day as well. Apprciate your support and wishing all the best in this new year and beyond.
Truly inspiring my man, thank you for sharing. Your CCIE plague is so clean. Gotta QUESTION for you: I just passed the CCNA in Feb 2024 on my 2nd attempt and I'm debating whether or not to continue the upward path via the CCNP followed by the CCIE. My question is, and this may sound naive, "Did getting your CCNP and then CCIE open endless opportunities and job offers to work with Cisco Enterprise networks?" I've been job hunting for several months now and am seeing tons of Cloud Admin and System Admin job postings and a very small amount of Network Admin/Engineer job postings. Thanks for your time and I'm glad I stumbled upon your video. Be well.
Apologies for the delayed response, but thanks so much for the kind words and your support. To be honest, the Networking world has not changed a lot under the hood and there's been few paradigm shifts. Even when something appears new, it's just abstracting a few layers that used to need to be configured/managed by the administrator, but under the hood it's still there. So the push to cloud is more so organizations adopting the speed to deploying infrastructure and you'll read trading capex for opex, etc., but most companies I've worked for the past 5 years have a hybrid network (on-premise physical hardware and a cloud presence), because they'll still need to support staff that go into the office (switches, firewalls, access points at a minimum usually). My real opinion has always be to just get in somewhere, even if it's help desk or support, and if you know your 2-3- year goal of where you want to be, which sounds like a Network Engineering, it will just be super quick versus someone that just wants to do tech. But that way you're possibly seeing a different side of tech (e.g., the security tickets, server, AD, etc. tickets that you may not see if you waited to land a networking role. Another option is to look at government positions, as there are less candidates for various reasons which makes the competition a little less than the corporate roles. But the seeing "tons of Cloud Admin roles..." again, most networks are hybrid, so you should aspire to know a little bit about the cloud (e.g., AWS Practitioner level knowledge). Getting ready to post a video about what I've done since getting my CCIE and thanks for the inspiration as I do shout you out in the video as well, lol. But not sure if this response helps you or not, but let me know if not and I'll try to respond better.
My apologies for the delayed response, but definitely appreciate your support and the kind words. Yeah, just stay encouraged and focus your path on those technologies/concepts that truly interest you and you can see yourself enjoying for a bit. Once you start and get in, you won't be locked into a job/technology/etc, but you do want to find an area that you'll enjoy doing for a bit and hopefully in your role you will be able to work with and interact with other team members on different teams to see and learn various parts of IT. Stay inspired and wishing you all the best.
Hey Diane, hoping all is well and thank you so much! Hoping things are good for you and the family and wishing you all the best in the New Year. This one did mean a lot, and definitely glad to have it behind me, but always pushing myself for more knowledge!
Thanks for the question, and honestly for me, this was more of a "lifetime achievement" effort, as it definitely would have helped more in 2016-17 during my first two attempts and I think the "superficial" value has changed a bit from the heydays. But I personally will always respect CCIEs and even those that attempt the exam, because of the sacrifice of time, sweat equity, and everything else that comes with it. Since I'm more in the cloud these days, and doing security related things as well, it's not gained/earned me a promotion or anything like that, but again, just something I didn't want to give up on from all the hours I had put in over the years. But again, that's just me personally, but I see how it could open up doors for opportunities for those that achieve it within their organization or elsewhere, just didn't for me.
Thank you so much and definitely takes perseverance sometimes (as this was years in the making). Appreciate the support and kind words, and enjoy your weekend!
Yeah, beautiful country that unfortunately, doesn't get shown outside of matters pertaining to war. I enjoyed my time there and getting speak with the people of your country. Thank you for your support and for sharing you're from Kabul as well.
It’s yours for free (along with the sweat equity of course) but no additional money. You do need to login (they’ll send you a link) and request it (validate address and standard details)