I can’t believe it has been 4 years since I obtained my CCIE. As time goes by and the industry keeps evolving, it is slowly becoming a fond memory. However every 2 years, I face a fork in the road, to renew or not to renew? So let’s begin by asking, should you renew? Well, personally I renewed the last two times because I am still heavily involved in the Cisco ecosystem. In addition, I have also considered joining a…
Background Another year, another CiscoLive in Melbourne. This is third time lucky for me. When i joined Cisco, I dreamt of attending CiscoLive. To my surprise, it was not open to everyone and as a staff member, I had to perform duties to get my golden ticket. So in 2016, I presented a breakout session. In 2017, I attended as a customer and this year I ran the automation demo at the DNA hero stand. In this blog post, I…
Most weeks, I am involved in the discussions of CCIE’s relevance in today’s industry. In this post, I would like to highlight some of my thoughts. Pre CCIE When I first joined Cisco, it was a dream to obtain my CCIE. There were many stories of the hardship to obtain your digits and some engineers still could not achieve this status after many years. The CCIEs that I did come across seem to be in a league of their own….