RE: CCNP/DP Re-cert

From: Sheahan, John (John.Sheahan@priceline.com)
Date: Fri Sep 24 2004 - 13:04:25 GMT-3


Bill,

I am in a similar boat myself. I found out last year that my CCNP/DP needed to be recertified but I had just failed the lab and was still studying to retake that. I got overloaded and took a break.
Now I find myself in the position that my CCNP/DP has expired and my written needs to be passed again before I can attempt the lab. I am wondering whether I should wait for the new version of the written to come out before I study hard for a written that will soon expire?

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Bill Tolentino
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 11:22 AM
To: joshua lauer; Tom Larus; Larry Roberts
Cc: 'Ty'; 'Ccielab@Groupstudy.Com'
Subject: Re: CCNP/DP Re-cert

Guys,
don't take the composite exam lightly. there is a lot of material to re-associate yourselves with and clock goes by fast! after spending a good year studying for the LAB and failing 3 times, I realized my CCNA/ND/NP/DP certs were all about to decertify. i had one month to pass the composite test & needed to retake it twice.
since passing, i felt much relief (forgot how it felt to actually pass a cisco test!). but you will be slightly (if not largely) distracted from you LAB studies by studying for the composite. i have yet to re-gain momentum to start studying for the LAB again. it is true what some have posted here that there are more NP/DP postings out there now, so don't let it expire!!!... it's still a personal goal of mine to pass the lab tho.
 
good luck studying,
bill
 

joshua lauer <jslauer@hotmail.com> wrote:
Tom,

I never even thought about the job search thing, I guess I better keep my
CCNP up to date :)

josh

Josh Lauer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Larus"
To: "Larry Roberts"
Cc: "'Ty'" ; "'Ccielab@Groupstudy.Com'"

Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: CCNP/DP Re-cert

> Yes. Do NOT let CCNP or CCDP expire!!!!! When I recertified CCIE
> recently, my big concern was that I would not pass in time to recertify
> my CCNP. If I had failed, I could have quickly resurrected the CCIE but
> the CCNP would be completely gone. I printed out perhaps a thousand
> pages from CCO, studied really hard and passed, but I was worried that
> it might take me more than one attempt. (I tend to worry too much.)
>
> Larry Roberts makes an excellent point that employers are often looking
> for CCNP or CCDP, and their searches may not even match on CCIE. It
> used to be that many employers knew CCNA but did not know much about CCNP.
>
> Best regards,
> Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014
> Author of the CCIE Warm-Up e-books from www.ipexpert.com
> , and also "Basic
> Cisco Security Exercises for Pix Firewall, IOS Firewall, and Access
> Control
> Server," at http://www.lulu.com/content/59374
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Larry Roberts wrote:
>
>>I just took the NP "composite" exam less than 10 days ago. If you are
>>seriously preparing for the lab, then you should be fine.
>>Im a security track person, and without even touching a book I was able to
>>pass, so I would say hold off on recerting as long as possible and see if
>>you can pass the lab first.
>>
>>I wouldn't however let the NP/DP expire. Only way to get it back is to
>>take
>>all the tests again, which would really suck. Not to mention people who
>>are
>>looking for NP/DP people, and don't realize that an IE is even better.
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Ty
>>Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:42 AM
>>To: Ccielab@Groupstudy.Com
>>Subject: CCNP/DP Re-cert
>>
>>As you all know, I am currently working on the lab, however, my CCNP/DP is
>>to expire in about a month.
>>
>>CCNP expires Oct 24th, CCDP expires in January...
>>
>>As I understand it, Cisco has made it so that if you pass the written,
>>that
>>will now re-cert you on CCNP/DP.
>>
>>I am looking for opinions on this matter, as to take the written again
>>(which I believe would keep me more focused on the lab) as oppsed to just
>>taking the CCNP/DP re-cert. I know the written costs more, but I don't
>>want
>>to factor that into the discussion.
>>
>>I am in a toss up as to wether to re-cert or not, and the main thing that
>>keeps bugging me is that I worked hard to get the CCNP/DP, and do I really
>>want to just let it go.
>>
>>Thanks!!
>>
>>Ty
>>
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> Best regards,
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