# YAY! I'm a CC-friggin' -NP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192 "2002-11-27T20:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/1 "2002-11-27T20:32:09Z")
- just got out of a Prometric test center, grasping to my chest that wonderful _Examination Score Report_ confirming that I have indeed passed the Cisco Certified Network Professional Foundation 3.0 Exam. Woohoo! This was the final requirement to achieve CCNP certicification. Where lesser minds take this as 3 separate exams (Switching, Remote Access and Building Scalable Cisco Networks), I decided to cut through the red tape and apply my obviously superior intellect to all three at once. Plus it saved me $125 to do so. OK, in full honesty: I was pretty damn sure I’d failed for a while. Some of these questions are really, seriously mean… So when I clicked “Next” after the 102nd and last question, I was all prepared to find out what the “Sorry, better luck next time” screen looks like. :eek: But lo and behold, I’d passed all three subcategories with points to spare. Goes to show that if you don’t know what to do, inspired guessing can save the day. Now to update my resume and throw myself into the jobhunting fray with renewed energy. Anyone in the market for the boxed set of Cisco’s CCNP preparation library ? It works! OK, so the cat barfed on one of the books, but I did wipe it down. Hehe. I’m a happy hedgehog! S. Norman ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/2 "2002-11-27T20:42:31Z")
My brother just renewed his CCNP. What until you try the CCIE exam. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/3 "2002-11-27T20:43:52Z")
And of course, elsewhere, “:O” would have been :eek:, which is what I’d intended. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Venoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c4cdca/32.png) [@Venoma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Venoma)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/4 "2002-11-27T20:48:00Z")
omigawd. Congrats Spiny 🙂 I have friends who’ve tried and failed for the CCNP. I hope to try myself in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/5 "2002-11-27T22:52:40Z")
Duuuuude!! Nice one, man. I bet you’re the only one who took the test on two different continents, huh? Congratulations, I’ll dedicate this here Grolsch can to you and your chances in the job market. Cheers! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2002, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/6 "2002-11-27T23:00:13Z")
fantastic!!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/7 "2002-11-29T16:02:11Z")
Congratulations, **Spiny**! Have a bottle of wine! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/8 "2002-11-29T16:21:43Z")
Congratulations, Spiny! Certification testing can be a real emotional rollercoaster; and that few seconds delay before your final score displays is a killer. ---
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/9 "2002-11-29T20:23:46Z")
WTG Thomas! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2002, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/10 "2002-11-29T23:01:18Z")
What Thomas isn’t telling you is that he left his apartment, took a three hour test, and returned to his lovely wife in just 90 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![tisiphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tisiphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tisiphone)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yay-im-a-cc-friggin-np/139192/11 "2002-11-30T00:28:58Z")
A WHAT?!?!?! I actually have a nodding aquaintance with an actual, honest-to-goodness CCNP? Woah. Way to go, man, marvellously done. I hope to achieve such exalted heights in a couple years. 🙂 How much for the books?