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Hello,

My name is Charles and I am on a journey to become a network engineer. I just made a career change into IT and am working in a NOC for an ISP. I'm learning so much and wanted a place where I could put what I am learning and kind of use as living notes. My goal is to use this to discuss things I am learning as I go through the new CCNP from Cisco and any other certifications I choose to pursue. I'll blog as I have time and hopefully this will help others.


-Charles

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