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Passed my GCP Associate Cloud Engineer cert today! Was a pretty easy exam and I finished in about 15 minutes with minimal review. Learning kubernetes was super fun! I only had 37 pages of notes for this one instead of like 80 for AWS so I'm definitely learning something  Mostly k8s stuff, not super comprehensive. Link for anyone interested: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Avct7YQ-auOFgYRS9l4SXcLPDJGgBA Big thanks again to the acloudguru course for this.
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The Iron Rose posted:Passed my GCP Associate Cloud Engineer cert today! Was a pretty easy exam and I finished in about 15 minutes with minimal review. Learning kubernetes was super fun! Thank you. I'm due to start this soon
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Feb 4, 2020 19:35
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I got an email from EC-Council that my CEH ECEs dont fulfill the requirement for active status and I have a month to correct it. I’ve apparently entered 0 of the 120 required over a 3 year period, which seems not right since I usually entered CISSP ones pretty regularly, but whatever. Maybe I’m lazy. Anyways, EC is apparently waaaay more loving stringent on their submit/approval than ISC2 and I now need scanned documentation of conferences and poo poo that are long since gone. I can’t even write 120 mini recaps of infosec podcasts if I cared enough to do so like with ISC2. This cert is 100% lapsing.
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Feb 6, 2020 20:13
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Diva Cupcake posted:I got an email from EC-Council that my CEH ECEs dont fulfill the requirement for active status and I have a month to correct it. I’ve apparently entered 0 of the 120 required over a 3 year period, which seems not right since I usually entered CISSP ones pretty regularly, but whatever. Maybe I’m lazy. Hey can you talk a bit about your experience with the CEH exam? Probably will take it in the next 90 days. Got CISSP, that seemed relatively straightforward and easy. Sounds like you have both?
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Feb 6, 2020 21:28
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AlternateAccount posted:Hey can you talk a bit about your experience with the CEH exam? Probably will take it in the next 90 days. Got CISSP, that seemed relatively straightforward and easy. Sounds like you have both? I skimmed the Sybex Study Guide that I got from a Humble Bundle and passed without an issue. I took it as a tune-up for my CISSP.
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Feb 6, 2020 22:16
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Cool, thanks. Yeah, I wouldn't want to pay out of pocket, but if the employer is willing, I might as well. Not sure what other letters to collect at this point. Probably time to find a (different) job.
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Feb 6, 2020 22:40
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Was gearing up to get the CCNA before the test changed. Got my tax return, went to buy the voucher. They stopped selling vouchers for the test January 24th. They're only selling vouchers for the new test. gently caress.
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Feb 7, 2020 00:09
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Oyster posted:Was gearing up to get the CCNA before the test changed. Got my tax return, went to buy the voucher. Can you just register for the exam on the Pearson website?
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Feb 7, 2020 12:04
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guppy posted:Can you just register for the exam on the Pearson website? I had never done that for any of my exams, always gotten the voucher through CompTIA or Cisco. I'm on for the 20th. Thank you so much for mentioning that, I was really down yesterday when I thought I had a much longer way to go.
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Feb 7, 2020 14:49
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Glad it worked out. Break a leg!
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Feb 7, 2020 22:59
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Was seriously about to start working on the new CCNP enterprise but my understanding now is the Core 350-401 ENCOR exam will also count as CCIE written. Yep: The core exam is also the qualifying exam for CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure and CCIE Enterprise Wireless certifications. That alone is enough for me to carefully consider. I'm going to wait until the new exams are released before moving forward on that. CCIE has a reputation for a reason. The lab exam being the big deal but still.
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Feb 7, 2020 23:12
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Cradlpoint is now offering certifications for its devices through its Cradlepoint University website for customers. Pretty basic so far for the 202, but I am finding it useful since I use them every day and was unaware of some of the deeper features. https://cradlepointuniversity.com/ quote:202 Cradlepoint Certified Network Associate (CPCNA) 202 is pretty basic and aimed more towards first level support staff 302 requires a basic understanding of some net+ concepts
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Feb 11, 2020 19:47
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DropsySufferer posted:Was seriously about to start working on the new CCNP enterprise but my understanding now is the Core 350-401 ENCOR exam will also count as CCIE written. Yep: The core exam is also the qualifying exam for CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure and CCIE Enterprise Wireless certifications. That alone is enough for me to carefully consider. I'm going to wait until the new exams are released before moving forward on that. CCIE has a reputation for a reason. The lab exam being the big deal but still. I guess take the CCIE written, a ccnp side cert then prep for the hands on and fail that a few time till you get the ccie?
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Feb 11, 2020 23:40
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Just passed ICND2, which is good because I am burnt the gently caress out on studying Cisco poo poo right now.
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Feb 12, 2020 02:16
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CubanMissile posted:Just passed ICND2, which is good because I am burnt the gently caress out on studying Cisco poo poo right now. I'll be done studying Cisco poo poo by the 24th, with or without my CCNP. It opens too few extra doors at this point over other areas of focus to start over.
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Feb 12, 2020 02:41
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I'm going to keep studying for my CISSP, take a few months off, then go for the new CCNP. Then I want to be done studying forever and just coast for the next 20 years until I retire. Probably wont happen but its a nice dream. Also just slightly related, this is fresh in my mind because I just did my taxes. Certs definitely help you progress in your career. They arent the end all be all but they help. Both in getting you past HR screens, and in giving you a solid study plan to go off to gain more knowledge. Between certs and a a few years of job hopping/contracting/MSP work I've doubled my salary in the last 5 years.
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Feb 12, 2020 14:37
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Certs are great because as a woman I need to demonstrate knowledge above and beyond my male colleagues in order to be taken seriously, and I personally love the way they effectively package up a subject for easyl, well defined learning. Also I've more than doubled my salary in the past four years from starting my career only a bit above minimum wage to making significantly more than that today. Certs help quite a lot!
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Feb 12, 2020 15:08
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My mentor at my last job dropped me a line. He's now a team manager doing GCP dev and k8s admin stuff for a different company, and wants me on his team. I have my Azure associate cert, but I'll need to start from scratch on k8s. What are some good resources for studying up for the kubernetes administrator cert? Getting the cert is not contingent on getting the job, but it'd help get me through some checkpoints, and I'd need to have either a GCP dev or kubernetes admin cert within 90 days of starting. My current job will pay for any cert costs and training material, and I have 1-3 months to get prepped.
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Feb 19, 2020 22:41
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Took the CCNA, was greeted by the proctors with "hello Cisco last-dayer!" First question had 5 parts. Answered the first part, hit next, it asked if I wanted to submit my answers, I said yes. Gasped in horror as I realized I just skipped 4 parts of the question and they don't allow going back. Passed with an 835. Now to get a better job.
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Feb 20, 2020 21:28
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Nice work  My CCNA R&S is going to expire in a year so I need to figure out how the new certs work and what I want to go into. From what I can tell, taking a "technology core exam" or a "professional concentration exam" is now the next step up from the CCNA (Specialist) and renews it, then taking both a core and concentration exam is how to get a CCNP. Unrelated, I'm studying for the CompTIA Project+ and I can't stand all these vocabulary terms and acronyms.
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Feb 20, 2020 22:05
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Actuarial Fables posted:Nice work so to get the CCNP you will need to pass the CCIE written and one of the CCNP booster tests.
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Feb 21, 2020 02:27
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Oyster posted:Took the CCNA, was greeted by the proctors with "hello Cisco last-dayer!" First question had 5 parts. Answered the first part, hit next, it asked if I wanted to submit my answers, I said yes. Gasped in horror as I realized I just skipped 4 parts of the question and they don't allow going back. At place I took my exam this week they had no idea about the changes, and were genuinely confused why there were so many folks taking Cisco exams in the past few weeks. I too passed, which is rad though I did not forget to answer any questions like you. Lord knows I ended up needing all the points I could get, passed with an 882 though.
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Feb 21, 2020 02:39
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Oyster posted:question had 5 parts. Answered the first part, hit next, it asked if I wanted to submit my answers, I said yes. Gasped in horror as I realized I just skipped 4 parts of the question and they don't allow going back. I did this during my ICND1 and ended up with 764/832 as result  oh well. Got the new 200-301 Odom books today so I'm just gonna keep running that marathon. Just doing a skim of the new books it doesn't seem that overwhelming considering what I already know from the 100-105 book and jira stalking our current net admins config rfcs the last couple of months. I'm secure in my current position so I can take my time.I also ran through the Cradlepoint University certs recently and it is really handy if your company implements them and the cloud management tool.
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Is there any good CCNP study material right now, or is it just the official exam guide? The Amazon reviews mention several spelling mistakes and factual errors.
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Feb 24, 2020 22:04
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BadMedic posted:Is there any good CCNP study material right now, or is it just the official exam guide? The Amazon reviews mention several spelling mistakes and factual errors. I used Lammle for the CCNA and his site seems to be updated for the new stuff, but I'm not about to drop the $100 to confirm with a 4 day old CCNA.
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Oyster posted:I used Lammle for the CCNA and his site seems to be updated for the new stuff, but I'm not about to drop the $100 to confirm with a 4 day old CCNA. I don't know, the only info on the CCNP page is the price of their monthly subscription.
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So microsoft put it in the neck all the on prem certs essentially. Hope you guys are speeding up your time table.
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Passed my GCP Architect cert this morning!
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Feb 28, 2020 03:16
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Got Sec+ on Thursday, I can start applying to jobs on base now
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What is the logical progression route for security related certs. Both on the job training and certifications? Wondering how it would compare compared to networking.
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Zotix posted:What is the logical progression route for security related certs. Both on the job training and certifications? Just my two cents as I am starting to study for some security certs now. I've had the security+ in the past and consider it worthless as far as useful stuff that I learned, but I know the military requires it for some reason for some jobs. I let mine lapse but I'm going to take it again here soon as practice before my next big exam. After the Security+ CompTIA has the CySA+ that I have seen get some mention. I know next to nothing about this test, but knowing CompTIA I imagine its fairly useless. Next up you can branch out to CISO/manager type certs or more technical certs. There is CISSP as kind of the defacto managerial/CISO cert, then ISC2 has a bunch that focus on particular areas once you're CISSP certified. This is what I am currently studying for. On the technical side there are vendor specific certs CCNA-security for whatever garbage next-gen firewall crap they're trying to push, be aware there last CCNA security test was dumpster fire levels bad. Palo Alto, Fortigate, Juniper, etc all have certs that focus on their products as well. On the vendor agnostic side you have the CEH which I think is generally pretty poorly regarded as a test of memorizing various pentesting tools, but I dont know a ton and could be wrong on that. On the software security side of things I dont think there are any certs available but would be happy to be proven wrong.
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I just moved to Portland, OR after living in the bay area and working as a Network Admin for an ISP for the last decade. Holy poo poo, I should have been getting certs. I would have thought my almost decade working at an ISP and then decade before of desktop support would have the jobs raining from heaven for me. Turns out probably no one even looks at my resume since I've never bothered to get a CCNA or such since I already had a job at the time. At least the tests are only 300 or something cuz gently caress.
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BaseballPCHiker posted:Just my two cents as I am starting to study for some security certs now. CCNA security is dead,
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Anybody ever take the Apple Certified Support Professional exam? Someone at the pickup game of soccer I play every week works for an MSP and said of all things, this was a big value add for his resume. I can definitely see how it could be given that full Mac environments are around, but it's easier to just say "I have this cert" then try to work it in to a resume or interview.
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skooma512 posted:Anybody ever take the Apple Certified Support Professional exam? I took it about 10 years ago. If it hasn't changed, it's exceptionally basic.
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The Iron Rose posted:Passed my GCP Associate Cloud Engineer cert today! Was a pretty easy exam and I finished in about 15 minutes with minimal review. Learning kubernetes was super fun! Thanks for this! Just popped in here to ask what experience people have with the GCP Cloud Engineer and Architect certs and training. I’m trying to decide the best way to use my training budget and leaning towards these since my company is very gung ho about google cloud right now. Will take a look at the acloudguru courses and see if they look like a good option!
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Kazinsal posted:By filing "touched a firewall on the helpdesk" under "security experience" This is from a page ago, but it can't be emphasized enough. A friend of mine put down his experience managing a Burger King and they were fine with it since he broke it down by what security domains he gained experience in. Passed my GSTRT last week and did well enough to get an invite to the GIAC advisory board. I've already got a CISSP, so next up is CISM, I think.
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The Iron Rose posted:Passed my GCP Associate Cloud Engineer cert today! Was a pretty easy exam and I finished in about 15 minutes with minimal review. Learning kubernetes was super fun! Where does that GCP Associate cert falls vs doing CKA? Taking AWS SA associate tomorrow and I've put most of my time into Linux Academy (mostly for the labs) and Udemy courses - Stephane Maarek is a top notch teacher and the Jon Bonso practice tests are supposedly harder than the real thing Anyways, will also look through your AWS notes! Thanks 
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air- posted:Where does that GCP Associate cert falls vs doing CKA? Yep you should do great. The Linux Academy labs were great, and I actually only passed one of the Bonso practice tests (the others were anywhere from 40-60% and passed this. The practice tests questions were very similar to what was on the actual exam for me.
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air- posted:Where does that GCP Associate cert falls vs doing CKA? Good luck! here's the most up to date version of my AWS notes: https://1drv.ms/w/s!Avct7YQ-auOFgYNXMsgwb4LvGb_1hg?e=0wrba2 Knowing your main services at a high level is enough to pass SA Associate. It wasn't a super hard exam other than the dozens of different services you need to know.
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