The Big Picture: Understanding Cisco Certification

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In this video, Jeremy Cioara explains the pyramid of Cisco’s certifications pre-2020 and how to approach different certifications. Although Cisco certifications have changed, this video still provides context for navigating the skills that Cisco certifies and how to reach the right level and niche of expertise.

A journey to the summit of a mountain begins with a single step, and mastery of your niche in IT begins at the bottom of the Cisco pyramid. Visualize how to eventually earn the expert-level CCIE in your IT area of speciality by breaking down which professional-level CCNP you’ll have to earn beforehand — and how the CCNA and CCENT programs used to funnel upward. Sure, the Cisco certification program has changed since the publication of this video, but it remains one of the most trusted certifying programs in IT. CCENT certifications are now retired altogether, and the CCNAs were merged into one, plus some CCNPs have been combined as well, but even after those changes, this video covers the conceptual lanes that exist in the Cisco certification program.

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