Should CCDE certification be the next step after CCIE ?

[Farhan Patel]

Hello Everyone.

Firstly,apologies for introducing something that might not be relevant to this CCDE study group at all.

But I am still giving it a thought whether my next move should be towards CCDE certification or not.

I don't mean to put an end to learning design concepts. But what really is diverting me off the track is that I see a lot of industry focus towards:

- SDN

- Cisco ACI

- VMWare NSX

- Python

Considering these, how do I set my priorities right?

Should I be driving multiple objectives in parallel ?

Would like to hear it out from the experts.

Thanks

&

Regards,

Farhan Patel

[Russ White]

Do you think we can, as an industry, discard failure domains, aggregation, the business intersection with technology, etc.? I don't think we can. So, two things to consider --

First, these pendulum swings always happen. Don't get caught up in them. :-)

Second, having solid coding skills to go with design skills will always be important. The CCDE isn't the entire game, it's one piece of the puzzle. I cover some of this in my series on the degree or the certification on 'net work.

http://ntwrk.guru/the-degree-or-the-certification-first-thoughts/

http://ntwrk.guru/the-degree-or-the-certification-learn-to-see/

http://ntwrk.guru/the-degree-or-the-certification-you-are-not-a-widget/

http://ntwrk.guru/the-degree-or-the-certification-practical-concerns/

And then there's this bit about being "T shaped" --

http://ntwrk.guru/jack-of-all-trades/

My blog is a little different -- it's not technology. I spread my technical writing across Packet Pushers/IPJ/Ericsson Cloud & IP, most of my industry thoughts on Network Computing, and all of my thinking about how to be a good network engineer on 'net work (plus other rants and stuff). I can only keep my sanity by dividing things up into pretty clean "compartments" of writing.

:-)

Russ

[Farhan Patel]

Thank you Russ for your kind feedback.

Regards,

Farhan Patel