The short answer to the question is YES This series is valid and it will be
valid maybe another five years [or more].
Hi guys welcome back to this video is slightly different the video is
different because this is the first time up coming on camera and the reason I had
to record this video is because it's been almost three months since I've been
part of the last video and a lot of people are writing in to me asking when
is the next video coming have I abandoned the series one answer no I
haven't abandoned it I will be coming back I will be recording a new video
very very very soon I understand and I really apologize that it's been almost
five years since I started the series my intention was never to delay the series
but I always knew that this was never my full-time gig it was more like a part-time
gig I started a video and it became viral and a lot of people liked my
content and they kept requesting and I and I started series and its been....
in five years I recorded about 52 or 56 videos.... roughly about 10 videos a year
which is a pity you know it it is actually very slow and a lot people have
I think have got my fair share of criticism for that
I don't do this full-time so it is not easy but there are few things that's
happening in my life which i think is going to help the series i should be
able to complete the series very very soon so one of the main reason i
want to record this video is one i wanted to give you an update a status
update of why our videos are delayed and if we will be coming back so like I said we
will be coming back very very very soon so that's one..... second thing is I keep I
keep getting a lot of questions from a lot of people asking if I will be
completing the series. Yes I will be completing this
so that's another another question again did I keep getting questions like is the
series still valid.....they go see my first video which was recorded in 2013, end of 2013..
so technically 2014 and now it's 2019 so they ask is this series valid after
five years yes it is valid and it is valid because when Cisco changes
the syllabus of CCNA from CCNA version 2 to version 3 OR version 3 to
version 4, 80% of the content tend to remain right so OSPF is going to
be OSPF.... EIGRP is going to be EIGRP these technologies not gonna change there are
all technologies there are new technologies or there are evolving
technologies the technologies that's been used for a very very long time so
if they're teaching you those technologies exist really then those
technologies on there so what if you learn a CCNA if you learn OSPF IH not be
using Maya please go on any video on YouTube even if you do start when your
world video if they talk to ERG RP then it is going to be the same EIGRP now so
technically that question of whether it is valid is wrong because those
technologies are not gonna change unless those technology go away from your
syllabus right so like I kept saying in like right I'm going to tell that again
this series is always going to be valid because let's say from now from version
3 to version 4 change or from version to version 3 that were changed syllabus
changed and I updated whatever the 20% your Cisco changed I updated in the
syllabus on down to the series so now when we go from version 3 diversion for
hopefully next year I will update whatever changes that happens I will be
I will update it into the series so let's say we finish the series before if
let's say the original series before Cisco does that update of version 4 and
let's say we finish the series at day 7 I am giving an example day 70 we
complete the series six months later Cisco updates were CCNA for version 3 -
version 4 we will come back I will add another 10
videos maybe and I will cover the difference of 3 percent of if it all
squads new topic 70 percent I'm gonna have to see the topics into the series
so you'll have day 75 somebody want to obey maybe next 10 more videos that will
update so you can add you're gonna learn view I mean you might have learned few
technology over the course of that the series which is no more in the city in
the syllabus but those technologies are going to change so it's good that you
have knowledge about those technologies and you will have the series and maybe
next year and because some of the videos when I started this series five years
ago I wasn't it was new for me YouTube was a new medium recording was a new
medium order technology no not my cup of tea so a lot of reviews in the first few
I mean first few videos of the series had terrible module because I was
recording it all wrong I thought I would record at maximum so I kept input audio
at maximum a lot of what you got clicked right so I had to speak to a couple of
my friends or audio engineers and this is to clip the audio because you're
reaching a lot of data and now I added quadrat about seven five custody listen
so that all my audio data is captured and then I depression a normalization
whatever that I need to do that I do audio processing later so this is
something that I've had added maybe the last ten videos 20 videos right so what
would change is I would I'm independent this is something that I am not done
just just telling you now I either I would go and change the first few videos
where audio is bad or I might rerecord let's say when I start in a car when I
finish this video of this Co comes up with question 4 I will record a new
video right I might not release the video until I record the entire series
so that gives you what I have this problem
so I will record the entire series and then I will release one by one this is
what was out of planner five years ago when I started this channel I never in
my why does dream think that I would be
recording videos five years later for the same series because I do not have a
plan I just started that video first video I uploaded and then it caught on
people loved the video they started writing to me they asked me to no man
add more videos and then I got converted got converted into a series and five
years later we are here so the two short answer the question is yes this series
is valid and it will be valid maybe another five years time right so this is
something that I have wanted to address and I hope you guys are going to support
me also I keep it on I keep getting another question asking if the series is
enough to pass pass your test for a lot of people if I see anyone
definitely this is more than enough ICD - you would need little more practice
and you some some of you might need to refer a book there are a lot of good
authors I put some links in the description of this video but for a lot
of you this video series should be not and now that we're getting into the real
meat of CCNA OSPF EIGRP i think i will try and put more labs practice labs and
more scenarios on our website you can go to our website and download those labs
and scenarios and practice because CCNA is as much a practically oriented exam
because what stuff of course there is a lot of theory that
we learn we try to learn the technology but you also try you Cisco want you to
learn their command line it's right so CLI is what Cisco is trying to teach
which is in it so practice is the only way you're gonna get profit so down a
packet tracer free back tracer Janus 3 or if you can get access to physical
devices now like it practice when we teach you
something practice you should know these commands
by her right you need to know is if lexicon students you get a question on
on your on your testers speaking about some technology you each know where that
is no in your if you accessing it to come online where is it in the global
config mode is it router self come on so we reach to a level way you know these
by heart you know at least if not by at the entire command because of course in
real life you can always do you know what if auto-completion is there so an
obviously good for the question mark me to tell you but if you know have a basic
idea of the structure and where certain commands and where certain contributions
are done and see what honestly is not expressed it's not CCIE we talking about
CCNA it's a associate level program which means that they don't really
expect you to be an expert they do want you to know everything that is there to
know a lot of things at UCC in a level a lot of things that's there in in your
command line in CA lines of your device you won't even touch because you don't
even know I mean they did Cisco does not expect you to know that and you won't
really need it right of course when you go to CC NP level CC eye level that's a
whole different ballgame you know if you will CCI you need to know everything
about your CLI but access in a level you don't need to so don't worry too much
but practice is important I think I addressed concerns that I have to
address in this video and like I said stay tuned we will be back on very very
very very soon and will leave the series one less you guys again take care and
have a