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I hear often he goes way too in-depth into subjects and the exam is actually a lot simpler. Is that true?

I’m close to being done with his lecture and I know I’ll be going through it again to solidify my understanding of topics however is the exam simpler than the information he goes over?

How did you find the exam compared to his courses?

I’m studying my ccna and almost done. Working at Ubreakifix in the mean time.
How are people finding these it support jobs at MSP’s and actually getting jobs?

Feel like it’s insanity these days. Basic jobs getting 200 applicants OUTSIDE cities. How is one supposed to get ahead and find these basic ass jobs.

I’m on day 44.
During the first half I had zero issue learning commands, I would do single topic labs of my own as well as the occasional master lab covering all the topics I had learnt.
However now on near the end, I’m doing all these single topics like ssh, Nat, ftp, dhcp, DNS, ACL and so on.
I’ve been doing single topic labs and sometimes every combining a few but there’s way too many commands for these topics.

I’m struggling to fully burn them into my memory, keep having to go back every few lectures to remember how to configure them. Even though they aren’t necessarily complicated, just new and I haven’t used them enough.

And when I do Jeremy’s labs for them again I can usually remember all the commands however that’s because I have his instructions.

And where I try lab a larger lab of my own with some of these topics I take so long because it’s a fuck ton of commands.

So how do I learn them and move on. Right now I’m relearning them every so often so they don’t fade

In this market. Do you think it’ll be possible to get into helpdesk or IT support with this;

1. CCNA
2. Projects (network and helpdesk combined) and labs.
3. Uploading on LinkedIn and connecting
4. Experience at Ubreakifix (how many months or years do you think I’ll need?)
5. Previous career as a mechanical engineer, also with tickets and customer service.

I know ccna is way too advanced for helpdesk and is not even related but I’m hoping that my current job at Ubreakifix will cover the skills I need for helpdesk.

What do you think?

I started Jeremy it labs playlist on May 5th. So last month.
I’m now currently on day 42, just finished SSH.
I have had days off for social occasions, birthdays or celebrations and what not. Family stuff.
However I’ve been grinding a fuck ton, spending most of my hours labbing.
My original exam date was August the 5th and whilst I feel I’ll have my course done by then, I’m worried I’m cutting it close. Especially considering I wasn’t planning on how many days I had off. I asked AI how many days ago was May the 5th and it’s 62. Meaning I had 20 days off not studying. Which sucks.

Like I said I have another 30 days till my scheduled exam and I can always reschedule it if need be.

However I know I can get the remaining 20 days or so left of the course done by then. But I also need time to practice mocks with boson after.

ALSO I’m at the point in the playlist where there’s a bunch of single topics like ssh or acl or whatever. And they all have so many commands to memorise that I want to take more days off so I can catch up on labs to solidify them.

So I’m in a weird place, do I keep pushing through and labbing and then once done with the course I go back and really nail it all down or should I take more breaks between topics and just hammer down labs till I’m confident enough to move on.
Because for me the labs are easy, it’s just having to do them every so often which is the nightmare because the more I move on the more I naturally forget the order of the commands for example. I have the muscle memory but I still go blank.

I also understand that my time frame is probably far shorter than most. Most people are probably studying their CCNA for months, possibly even a year. However due to my recent immigration to the states I’ve had a period of my adult life where I’ve not been able to work due to waiting for SSN and Greencard to come in. So my natural work ethic is to stay busy and that’s what I’ve been doing, studying from 7 am to 6pm (labbing for most)

Play in 24, have way too much energy to not do anything all day lol

The second half of Jeremy it’s labs playlist is just random protocols that we should know but almost all of them have a ton of commands.
Struggling to remember them all. I use ? To help me do the commands but that’s basically me looking at the options I trying to remember wha each ones function is.
I lab often so it helps but there’s so many protocol to lab

CCNA, labs and projects (mix of helpdesk and networking)
Repair shop like Ubreakifix as experience.

Former engineer background too with tickets and customers

CCNA, labs and projects (mix of helpdesk and networking)
Repair shop like Ubreakifix as experience.

Former engineer background too with tickets and customers

So we can’t jump straight into junior network roles because of course it’s competitive and you need experience, same with NOC jobs. So it’s recommended you head down help desk and what not. But those jobs have a huge number of applicants too with degrees as well.

Makes people like me feel I’ll never land even the most basic IT jobs.

I’m a former engineer that decided to change careers. Close to finishing my CCNA. No degree. No experience. Lab all the time and have projects.
However a hiring manager always lists they want a degree under education and as a result you have all these people with degrees and may or may not already have experience. If not fine but they definitely will have certs, most like something on the same level as CCNA. Although it wouldn’t matter because hiring managers don’t want a CCNA holder for a IT position.

It feels like, I have to go get a degree just so I have a fighting chance to compete against other degree holders for a basic ass IT position.

And people say, “it’s not the degree or cert, it’s the proof of your skills” yeah well I’m sorry but my projects are overlooked.
Plus I seriously doubt the hiring managers go through all those applications. They pick the degree holders and throw away all the other applicants.

I don’t know why but after finishing Jeremy’s it labs, all that information for IPv6 has went right through me. It’s confusing as all hell. I can convert fine, but all that other information. Especially the protocols that replaced ARP. My head is spinning.

Flashcards aren’t gonna be enough to remember it.

Does anyone have a video only that they used that really helped understand all of it?

I’m kinda worried about getting a job. I live outside of LA, closer to Thousand Oaks. And i look at local MSP’s and I feel like it’s so odd, I’m right beside them, yet I can’t work there.
I’ve connected and added notes to the people that work at these companies. Some CEO’s and some hiring managers or works in the positions I’d want. They follow back sometimes but never respond.
And there’s no job listing so it’s not like I can apply.
And when I just do a regular search for jobs on LinkedIn, all the jobs are in LA and have way too many applicants and ask for way too much experience. Or are simply not available because junior roles are just so spares.

I’m only half way through my ccna, day 31.
But when I pass and do a few projects. How do I actually get hired. Or even more so, how do I connect with a company’s that’s not hiring, so I can be hired either way.

To be honest, it feels kind of pointless going into tech in this generation. People can’t get jobs, I know that’s the same for most jobs but seriously. How is one supposed to get a job. Furthermore, how is one supposed to find the job in the first place.

I’m kinda worried about getting a job. I live outside of LA, closer to Thousand Oaks. And i look at local MSP’s and I feel like it’s so odd, I’m right beside them, yet I can’t work there.
I’ve connected and added notes to the people that work at these companies. Some CEO’s and some hiring managers or works in the positions I’d want. They follow back sometimes but never respond.
And there’s no job listing so it’s not like I can apply.
And when I just do a regular search for jobs on LinkedIn, all the jobs are in LA and have way too many applicants and ask for way too much experience. Or are simply not available because junior roles are just so spares.

I’m only half way through my ccna, day 31.
But when I pass and do a few projects. How do I actually get hired. Or even more so, how do I connect with a company’s that’s not hiring, so I can be hired either way.

To be honest, it feels kind of pointless going into tech in this generation. People can’t get jobs, I know that’s the same for most jobs but seriously. How is one supposed to get a job. Furthermore, how is one supposed to find the job in the first place.

With Jeremy it lab, after day 30 do we still get topics that have elections?

There’s been so many topics that involved elections and my brain is getting them all confused at this point.
Really hoping going forward it’s smooth sailing

I use Jeremy it lab.
My problem is I watch a lecture, do the lab and flash cards for the lecture. Even practice by building my own labs by asking Claude for a typology.

But once I’ve moved on by a few lectures, I tend to forget the fine details.
Like sure I can still lab it and I remember most the commands. To an extent I remember how things work concept wise. But I can’t go into huge detail.

For example there’s so many things that have elections and costs and what not. Each having multiple versions. I feel the more I go on, I can lab sure and I can understand what will probably happen in the election process for certain things. But I don’t know all the details to fully remember how it works. Id have to use Claude tell me what to process for something is because I can’t remember the full thing.

Is that normal?? First time going through the lectures. Not fully remembering everything?
Like when I start doing practice exams is that when I though back on those things and fully learn them?

Or should I be taking more than a day on each lecture and getting it wired into my head.

Because like I said, I use flashcards. I lab often and I feel I understand the concepts to things decently. More on certain topics but overall I have an understanding.

EIGRP.
Holy shit, the lecture plus the lab lecture has made my head hurt. For touching on he really does go into loads of detail. 1 hour total of back to back detail.
Surprisingly wildcards are the only thing I remember

Still have to do my own labs for the past few videos to recall commands. Feeling hella overwhelmed

Should I invest in these while taking Jeremy’s course? He recommends them but I hear a lot that I should wait till I’ve completed the course