From: Annu Roopa (annu_roopa@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 24 2004 - 14:05:02 GMT-3
Hello guys,
While we are on this thread can someone post me the link where we can check the status of our CCNP and or CCNA etc...and to find out when is it valid till so we can plan.
Thanks,
Annu
"Sheahan, John" <John.Sheahan@priceline.com> wrote:
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 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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