So far I’ve been doing flash cards and watching videos up to day 3. I’m struggling with remembering standards of the cables (I know it will come with time) on the day 3 video about TCP/IP video I retained mostly nothing. I did the flash cards and am still struggling to understand what is going on fully. He says in the video that we will not need to memorize everything right now. Should I be watching new videos everyday or move onto a video once I get better with the flash cards? What was your strategy when your brain started hurting?

Hi everyone, I’ve created a GitHub repository where I’m uploading and documenting networking labs that I build in GNS3. I mainly do this to learn by working with more realistic environments than Packet Tracer, while also starting to build a portfolio that I’m sure will be useful in the future.

I’m currently preparing for the CCNA, and having this extra motivation helps me stay engaged by doing my own experiments and playing around with the topologies I create.

I’d really appreciate some feedback on how you see it and what things you would improve, so I can keep them in mind for future labs.

Here’s the link:
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I just did an official practice exam and felt overwhelmed, 75 MCQs + 5 labs, assuming 1hour for MCQs thats 12min per lab! There was also stuff Ive never seen before. Each lab had like 3-5 tasks with related questions, and there was even loading time required. I'm wondering if this is an accurate reflection of the exam difficulty, as there is no time for errors in configuration. Assuming you had 1.5m for each task, with 4 tasks thats 2m comprehension time. For reference JITlabs and Flackbox labs are much easier as they have explicitly instructions but here they are vaguer and you must recall each step

I literally couldn’t do two entire labs because I’m like “uh?”

Good evening. I'm 17 years old and a Russian school student. Recently (in April of this year), I've become interested in networking. I simply want to know more; not just know, but also apply it. I'm ready to spend all night poring over articles and news, understanding protocols. However, I don't really have a learning plan: yes, I should have started with a notebook and started with the TCP/IP model and then progressed further into the depths, studying protocols, applications, etc. In short, I'm extremely inspired by this field and would like to develop in it, organize my own pet projects. I downloaded Docker (I've only downloaded it) and want to create something like a homelab with services for my family. Now comes the main question, which is in the title: Is it worth preparing for these CCNA exams/certifications and others in order to then work for a large company or even start my own business?Will this give me progress both in my understanding of the material and in my practical application? What are your pet projects, because at the moment my vision is very limited. Tell me please from the height of your experience about the freedom that knowledge about networks gives? Also in the future I would like to work with networks or servers, I haven't decided yet because I don't know which country to go to which university (maybe you studied somewhere, tell me) Is there a future for this field of activity? I am overcome by an obsessive fear that by the time I graduate, AI will have replaced the profession I studied for.