That’s great news! I’m glad I could aid you back on track with your journey. You’ll have to forgive me my memory has gaps since it’s been a few months since I reviewed the content Nick produced for Pluralsight. I don’t recall specifics on how the course is layered but I do remember after reviewing other content his is by far my favorite and still most recommended. I’d suggest going to his channel that is linked in the description and finding his video on the spreadsheet he created to follow along with for the ENARSI.

@@ChadEmery no problem at all. Just appreciate the reply! 😁

@@RotiPani75 always! I reached out to Nick personally on Twitter and asked him to help us out with your question. Here is his response “the reason I keep my diagrams higher level is so that they are clean and readable. cramming a network diagram full of individual IPs, subnets and/or masks, interfaces, IGP boundaries, and every other detail is often unhelpful. in my courses, I usually include a smaller zoomed-in picture in the top right corner that adds some of these details based on the context of the current discussion. I also use simple addressing that is intuitive to understand even without explanation. last, I always include complete configurations for every topology I teach, whether that's a full Pluralsight course, a KZfaq video, or a blog post. in summary, there are ample opportunities for viewers to dig deeper into individual details if they think it helps them personally. As a general rule, I keep my topology visualizations higher level because the vast majority of viewers learn better with fewer distractions. My explanations and demonstrations of individual technologies should make low level details like interfaces and address is somewhat irrelevant. If I say “let's ping R7” or “let's check the BGP peer to R4” I'll always follow up with the proper command/explanation. Whether the viewer knows the IPs or interfaces to perform these actions is irrelevant. They just need to follow along with the PROCESS. This is the key to mastery.” I’ll pin his response for others to see.

@@ChadEmery thank you for getting that information for me!

I am. I plan on posting this weekend or next about my journey to the CCIE and then do follow up videos on my progress. Thank you for the support and encouragement!

Thank you so much for the support!

Well congratulations to your co-worker! The CCNA is such a valuable certification for the knowledge that you get from it. Very proud of you for going after it. Thank you for subscribing and hopefully my channel will aid you in some way.

It is an awesome journey and experience. For those following my channel be sure to check out JP's content. He has a great selection of labs posted up and I found them to be beneficial. Thank you JP!

I appreciate the support!

You got this! I am happy that I got my CCNP and will feel the same after my IE. Keep going!

Hard to measure the difficulty between the two because they both are focused on different areas. I’d say the Encor is slightly more difficult based on the amount of topics being so spread out where was ENARSI dives into more detail with certain things. ENARSI was by far more fun to tackle. Hopefully this is helpful to your question. If I could reverse time I likely would have done encore, ensld, then ENARSI.

Thank you!

Yes it would since the ENCORE, and ENARSI combined would result in NP.

Only very briefly. INE is like a fire hose of information and that’s their thing. For some topics I found the white papers to be more helpful. I am using INE though for my CCIE studies.

I couldn’t agree more and thanks for your feedback!

If you’re trying for the CCNP a core exam is required along with a concentration exam. It definitely caries a lot of broad topics but it is relevant information to help you decide what to dive deeper into for the concentration exams.

Once you pass it will be printable from their site. They also mail a hard copy of you ask them too.

I didn’t have any but have heard they may added some.

I can’t speak for the exacts but I would suggest studying up on the areas you found the most difficult and lab certain scenarios around those same areas.

24. I could have done it in 12 but I really wanted to take my time and grasp everything. It's no rush, let it sink in.

OCG paired with the Pluralsight course.

@@ChadEmery Thanks for the breakdown.