Jason is the founder and CTO of Network to Code and is leading the way in the evolving network automation industry.
After he gave his closing keynote "From the CLI to API and IDE" at #AutoCon3 about the transition from networker to coder, I had to find him and follow up with a few questions.
Jason was kind enough to give me a shoutout in his keynote, and included me on a slide with exclusive company including Ivan Pepelnjak, Kirk Byers, Eric Chou, Rick Donato and the late Nicholas Russo! I hadn’t expected that, and honestly don’t see myself being part of such a distinguished group.
Where would we all be, if it hadn’t been for Cisco’s innovations and ability to upskill an entire generation of network engineers?
Jason has had a long career in network automation dating back to the early 2010s, and talked about how Cisco networking and certification have shaped his professional life and the industry as a whole.
How does it feel to be shouted out in the keynote?
Thanks to Jason Edelman, I got to experience this during #AutoCon3
Because the people who invest in themselves today will shape the future of network automation.
If you feel like you’re on your own in this journey, you’re not. There’s a whole community out here that gets it.
If you’re in a place that doesn’t support that, you’re not alone. And you’ve still got options:
1. Push forward anyway (many of my best students did)
2. Or look for a workplace that actually invests in learning
The truth is, when someone wants to pursue a CCIE-level certification, they’re not just doing it for the title.
→ They’re doing it to solve harder problems.
To automate more. To contribute at a different level.
Over the years, I’ve helped hundreds prepare for Cisco’s toughest certifications. Some are fully backed by their employer who see the value and support their journey.
But sadly, many aren’t.
They pay out of pocket, using evenings and weekends to study.
What kind of workplace doesn’t support their people getting better?
Not every employer supports your growth, and that’s something more engineers are starting to talk about.
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Cisco's automation certifications are being rebranded and updated.
On Feb 3rd the DevNet certifications will get new names and all current certifications will be migrated to CCNA, CCNP and CCIE.
DevNet Associate → CCNA Automation
DevNet Professional → CCNP Automation
DevNet Expert → CCIE Automation
Arrived in Prague for AutoCon 3 - five days of network automation overload 🤩
Right now there is a 2,000€ discount on the all-access bundle. 😲
It's the perfect time to get started, so you can use the on-demand video course to prepare for the live bootcamp in May. Don't miss out!
Did my DevNet Expert bootcamp just come out of the blue with no prior experience as a Cisco instructor or as a network automation practitioner? Spoiler alert:
It certainly did not :-)
Read about my long journey from intern to CCIE instructor at www.devnetexperttraining.com/blogs/devnet...
🎥 High-quality video lessons
📝 Carefully crafted workbook
🖥️ Graded mock labs
👥 Study group
🔒 Private GitLab instance
❓ Quizzes
📚 Documentation
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Rated "Excellent" on Trustpilot
Rack rental included! Choose between 4, 20 or 50 hours per month.
The DevNet Expert journey has never been more accessible.
For just 99 EUR per month, you can now get unlimited access to the top-rated on-demand bootcamp.
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Check out the latest episode of the Network Automation Nerds podcast on Packet Pushers. Eric was so kind to invite as a guest on his show, and we had a good conversation about automation, Cisco DevNet, certifications and continuing education.
packetpushers.net/podcasts/net...
I have also indexed this documentation collection so you can practice the functionality of the search engine. The experience will be similar to what you will see in the practical lab exam module 1 and module 2.
Because the available online documentation has changed over time and drifted from the versions that are one the exam, I have collected archived versions of all the documentation, rendered them as static content and hosted them on Google's worldwide CDN caches.
I am hosting a huge library of archived documentation pages that matches the software versions on the official DevNet Expert Equipement and Software list.
Get access right here: www.devnetexperttraining.com/pages/docume...
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Latency is important for an efficient lab environment. Two new locations added to the DevNet Expert rack rental service: Johannesburg and Berlin. Now we are on 39 locations worldwide.
