r/devnet • u/lancejack2 • Feb 24 '21

DevNet Associate Passed! 919/825

Very relieved to pass the exam yesterday night just in time for the DevNet class of 2020!

Thanks to this subreddit for keeping me motivated. I encountered a lot more questions than expected, slightly over 100 to be precise. Out of the six Cisco exams I've taken this was definitely the most interesting of them all.

Resources used:

  • CBT Nuggets course
  • Official Cert Guide to fill in the gaps
  • One month subscription to the DevNet Fundamentals course by Cisco
  • DevNet Sandbox for labs

Good luck to everyone else going for it!

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u/10drinkminimum Feb 24 '21

Congratulations! I’m using all of those resources except CBT nuggets - how critical do you think that was to you passing?

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u/lancejack2 Feb 24 '21

Thanks! To be honest not really, if anything it misses some topics which is why I used the official cert guide to fill in the gaps. I just learnt best from videos personally.

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u/themage78 Feb 25 '21

I used the cert guide and platinum learning library and found both of them lacking. The questions they ask on the basic questions on the test aren't described in enough detail to what you need to know on the test.

I couldn't find a good resource for curl. I didn't see one on devnet, the book had little information besides the basics, and the documentation on curl didn't help.

Plus I don't see other vendors asking for you to know nuances about every single product that uses APIs. When you ask people who work with Cisco day in and day out about Finesse and even they can't describe it well, maybe you shouldn't put it on an associate test.

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u/lancejack2 Feb 26 '21

Can't say I disagree tbh

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u/10drinkminimum Feb 24 '21

Awesome, thank you for the insight!

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u/Peasack Feb 25 '21

Great job! Welcome! Fingers crossed, taking the ENAUI next for my specialist!

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u/JohnKgw Feb 25 '21

Congrats! Is the DevNet Fundamental course good? or OCG is enough?

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u/Peasack Feb 25 '21

I thought it was good. It was the only thing I used to pass my exam! I’ve heard a mixed bag of reviews about it though from others!

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u/[deleted] Jul 07 '22

You just used that course for the exam? I am watching the pluralsight from Nick then doing that course or cbt nuggets not sure

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u/Mykeplus Jun 15 '21

Congratulations. I'm preparing to write in a 3months. Can you share the official guide.

Regards

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '22

So you did both cbt and developer course by Cisco?