For the past year or so, I’ve been wanting to take the time to create a blog that would follow and help me to document my studies as I work towards my CCIE R&S certification. Unfortunately, my own procrastination had undone those efforts, and I find myself at a crossroads. I honestly don’t know if I have the desire to continue my CCIE studies, at least at this time, but I want to continue to further my education and knowledge in the tech world.

I’ve been intrigued by the whole concept of Software Defined Networking (SDN) for a while, and I’ve decided that the best thing I can do for myself, at this time, is to start to learn to program in Python, as it seems like that’s the best way to jump into the SDN arena. I haven’t programmed in over 15 years, not since college, and my programming skills are probably minimal at best currently. I’m aiming to use this as a journal of my studies, whether it be SDN related, CCIE related, or anything in the networking world that I find interesting.

~Dustin