aaronwdejong.net: A blog about life in IT with mental health.
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aaronwdejong.net
A Blog for Life in IT with Mental Health Starting my Journey I am starting my new journey today to go back into IT as I have overcome most of my mental health issues that were plaguing me before. I am starting my journey back into IT with the knowledge that I can be the…
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Pursuing and Conquering the CISSP
Passing the CCNA I have passed the CCNA 200-301 v1.1 exam on the first try. The experience that I had taking the CCNA put my mental health in focus. Needing more time pushed my anxiety a little bit to the wall and I almost didn’t finish the test. With the hands on portion of the…
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Goals for 2025
Computer Networking Goals With my main goal of getting the CCNA in 2024, I am looking forward to passing it or using my voucher for a retake by January 5th, 2025. This goal is the main one to pass this coming year, in 2025, if I haven’t cleared it on December 19th. I am also…
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2025 Plans for Certifications
CCNA I’ve rescheduled the CCNA first attempt to the 19th of December. I will be going to a testing center for this and have another attempt with my voucher if needed. There are some things that I have been working on as far as my CCNA knowledge. The CCNA certification is something that I have…
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Article and Changes to Focus
Article I recently wrote an article on Certifications for Network Defense that is on LinkedIn. You can get this by going to the following link. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7265046664401285120/ This is a refinement of the previous blog post that I did on the same subject. The article provides more information about my background and interests in IT. I…
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Working on Network Security
Network Security I am going to be studying more for a Network Security specialization which I want to develop over time. This would be for things like the Network Security Engineer role. Doing Network Security has to be gradual for me over time. I’m thinking that the way that I am doing certifications needs to…
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Certifications for Network Defense
Certifications Having been studying Network Defense I am building a list of certifications that I could take. These certifications are the CompTIA Security+, the CCNA, the PCCET, PCNSA, and the PCNSE from Palo Alto. Some others include the Cybersecurity Associate and Cybersecurity Professional CBRCOR exams. For CCNP Security, there are the SCOR and SNCF exams…
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Musings on Life
CCNA I am studying for the CCNA and have scheduled the first attempt on November 19th, 2024. Being confident about the topics on the exam has helped control some of my anxiety regarding the CCNA. The exam that I passed before was the CCNA Routing and Switching. This exam has changed quite a lot in…
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Working on the CCIE
Plans for the CCIE I have chosen to study for the CCIE: Enterprise Infrastructure. This is one of my goals on my career path. I will be taking some other certifications in order to get the knowledge necessary to pass this Expert certification from Cisco. Planning on doing it between 3 and 5 years out…
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Network Security Engineer
Thought Process I have been thinking about where I want my career to go to in the future. There should be a way to go about accomplishing my ultimate goal. The goal is to become a CTO, CIO or CISO by the time that I am 51, which is the average age of a CTO.…
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Cisco Certifications to Work On
CCNA Exam v1.1 Studying for the CCNA 200-301 v1.1 exam and will be ready in about 2 months in November. There are significant study materials for this exam along with some new material in there as well. For the exam I will be using vouchers with a retake option which is something that I have…
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