Will there be a NEW CCNA in 2019? ft. Jeremy Cioara (interview)

About this video

An interview with CBT Nuggets trainer Jeremy, a lifelong technical trainer who says he started teaching in 1998. Much of the conversation is about routine and motivation rather than exam news: Jeremy says he has seven kids, averages between five and six hours of sleep, wakes on his own between 3:45 and 4:15 in the morning, starts with 50 pushups, works roughly a 12-hour day split between CBT Nuggets recording and running a company he built about nine years ago, and keeps Sunday unplanned. He describes habit tools like the Streaks app as a starting aid, not the goal, and says his enthusiasm comes from knowing his purpose is to help other people. On the CCNA questions, he says a revision is heavily rumored and would not surprise him, that Python familiarity will probably be required eventually but not soon, and that SDN and automation will not remove the need to set up routers, switches and wireless manually first. His rule is manual, then automate, then self-service. If a new CCNA is announced mid-study, he advises finishing the current version because, he says, employers do not care which version you hold. He also confirms more certification-free IT Expertise / real-world courses are coming, and closes on his mantra that you love what you know, so learners should obsess, go deep, and find a project they want badly enough to push through the boring parts.

Key takeaways

• Jeremy says he sleeps five to six hours, wakes between 3:45 and 4:15, and starts the day with 50 pushups before a roughly 12-hour workday
• Habit streaks are presented as a way to build self-trust and momentum, but the goal is for the habit to become identity, not app-dependence
• Python and SDN will likely reach the CCNA eventually, but Jeremy says not soon, and automation does not replace learning networking manually first
• If the CCNA is revised while you are studying, keep going on the current version; he says employers care that you have a CCNA, not which version
• His core learning advice is to obsess and go deep, using a desired project as the dangling carrot to get through less fun foundational study

Episode details: published June 10, 2019 · 34:28 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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