One of the most wished for certification for me in the networking domain is CWNE. I started my career in Wireless domain back in the year 2010 in Cisco’s Wireless Networking Business Unit in Bangalore. Directly out from college was very enthusiastic about my job and excited to embrace a career in Wireless.
While all other networking domains (Routing & Switching, Security, VOIP….) had enough literature for one to increase the reader’s depth & breadth knowledge, however vendor specific literature during that time was not sufficient enough for one truly qualify as the Wireless Engineer.
Unlike other Networking domains, Wireless is strictly more about standards and protocols and very discrete about propriety technologies. While vendor specific literature available helped me to get the procedural knowledge to operate on a specific vendor’s product line but deep inside I was very disturbed for failing to co-relate the procedures with adequate logic. This is when I started exploring the alternatives and on a blessed day was able to find CWNA book in the shelves of a book store. It was 2011 when I finally started to give proper direction to my studies on Wireless.
Certification was not the real goal for me that time and specifically struggled a lot to grasp the concepts on CWAP. CWNP though remained the primary source of knowledge, I finally made up my mind that to achieve the certifications on same from 2015. Had spent enough time to grasp the concepts from CWNP books and finally gathered all the courage to appear for my first CWNP exam in 2017. I had enough gaps in between my exam to ensure that I had enough from the literature before appearing for the exam.
Finally on 1st April 2020 the day had arrived when I completed all the pre-requisites for CWNE certification and submitted my application.
The beauty of CWNE certification is in the way the programme is developed. Unlike other certifications, which tests a candidate against the parameters defined by certification authority, CWNE programme tests the candidates against their own potential.
Alhumdulillah had been blessed with my first child on 18th March 2020. Getting blessed with the long awaited certification during this time frame will add no limits to my happiness.
With the application currently in queue to be reviewed by CWNE board, eagerly awaiting the results. Will have a separate post shortly after my application status is updated.
