Personal and Professional progress and goals

I began this post as a sort of diary or progress tracker for myself, but I think it could be beneficial to others, so I’ve decided to open it up to the public.

It all began with the following video which prompted me to begin tracking my progress with my personal goals, and has since expanded into financial and professional goals.

Original page: Sep 4, 2014
Creating Your Goals

Have a job in Information Security. CCNA Security and CCNP Security passed by December 2015.

Know Your Skills – Focus 80% on these
Good at solving technical problems
Knowledge escalation; Be a point of escalation if required
Ability to recognize an issue and troubleshoot to resolution.
Driven to reach a goal
Documentation and processes

Topics to work on – Focus 20% on these

VPN technologies
QoS implementation and troubleshooting
Have grounding before explaining an issue.
Web hosting technologies
Email troubleshooting

Update: March 2016

Skill Self-Assessment
I continue to learn new technologies and became a point of escalation for knowledge and assistance. I’m driven to recognise an issue and troubleshoot to resolution. I have created detailed documentation to assist others.
I have a solid understanding of VPN technologies using various platforms and understand QoS values and how to troubleshoot and verify implementation. I am still working on grounding myself when going into an issue, however this has progressed as well. Web hosting and email troubleshooting is no longer an issue.

Developing YOUR Career Plan

CCNA R&S – Passed 98% – 2014
CCNA Security – Passed 93% – 2015
CCNP Switch – Passed 84% Oct 2016
CCNP Route – Passed 81% Dec 2018
CCNP T-shoot

Books to read:
Effective Career Investment
Your Investment Portfolio
Networking: Never Eat Alone
Mentorship: Who’s Got Your Back?