So I just scheduled an upcoming attempt at the Developing Applications using Cisco Core Platforms and APIs (DEVCOR 350-901) exam. It's coming up quick in two weeks here & I'm starting to do some review / final prep before taking the exam. Why does this matter? Well - I plan on…
So if you've read some of my recent posts - you may have seen that I purchased a NetGear LB 1121 LTE Cellular modem to use for home internet backup. Well - I decided to upgrade! After using the NetGear modem for a while, I started having some issues where…
In a recent post, I walked through setting up a Netgear LTE cellular modem with Google Fi. Might seem random - but I had a plan for this! In trying to ensure I keep a stable internet connection for work, I eventually led myself down the path of buying a…
This week at Twitter, there was a security incident that allowed access to a number of high profile accounts. The end result was a Bitcoin scam, with every account promising to "double any BTC sent" to them. Twitter has come out fairly quickly to say that the incident…
Note: I may receive commissions for purchases made through links in this post. This is to help support my blog and does not have any impact on my recommendations. It's been a crazy couple of months recently. With what began as a temporary lockdown & mandatory work-from-home has now become…
Hey there! First thing’s first – Hope all is well with everyone. The past few months have seen all sorts of craziness going on in the world. I’ve been lucky in the sense that my current job role was already well set up to make an…
Things That Helped One of the big things that helped me was just the experience I had prior to starting on the CCIE. My experience going into the studying likely gave me a huge step up compared to if I tried the exam earlier in my career. If I tried…
In the weeks leading up to the lab exam – I felt very unsure of where I was at. On one side, I felt like I was doing pretty well at most of the practice labs I was working on. But on the other side, I felt like I didn’…