The CCIE Journey

A transparent, chronological log — study notes, lab configs, wins and failures

Exam Domain Progress

Network Programmability (Python) 70%

Automation Techniques (Ansible/Nornir) 20%

YANG / NETCONF / RESTCONF 10%

DevOps (Docker/K8s/Git) 5%

Cloud Native (Terraform) 0%

Journey Posts

June 30, 2026

Halfway Through My CCIE Automation Prep, I Wondered If I'd Picked the Worst Possible Time to Study Automation

Somewhere in the middle of studying for CCIE Automation, AI exploded and I started wondering if I was learning a...

February 01, 2025

Netmiko Deep Dive: SSH Automation for Network Engineers

Netmiko is the go-to Python library for SSH-based network device automation. This deep dive covers connection handling, error management, multi-vendor...