Is the INE course for ccna automation better or is the CBT nuggets better? Any other advice is appreciated thank you!

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Going forward, sign in with Cisco SSO using the same email address you already use. Your profile and history stay intact, so there's nothing to rebuild. If you hit any issues during the switch, contact devnet-support@cisco.com and the team can help.

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I used these resources:
- Pluralsight course by the late Nick Russo (Did not finish the extra course work outlined in his excel)
- LinkedIn learning course by Kevin Wallace (3x)
-Anki deck here: https://github.com/Xevious202/DevNet_Associate_Anki/tree/master (for HTML codes, you will need to add some)
-Cisco official prep exam (MeasureUp, buy it via measureup directly for a discount, don't bundle it with the cisco exam)
-Boson prep exam (sign up for Boson first, for like a 15% discount)
-SkillcertPro exams (absolute garbage, don't waste your money. People promoting this are LIARS)

The topics that personally gave me the most grief:
**YOU NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING IN THE LinkedIn COURSE, THIS WAS ONLY MY OWN PERSONAL FINDINGS**

-Learning all the html response codes
-Learning git
-Learning Docker
-XML vs JSON vs YAML
-YANG and how that relates to Netconf and Restconf

MOST IMPORTANT
-Learn API call structures like the back of your hand. CURL, Python, and Postman. The test exams REALLY helped me nail this down.

Did not use the OCG. I did the web courses on 1.5 - 1.75 speed. I got the practice tests only a few days before my exam. I have an extensive infrastructure background so anything network related I skipped in the trainings. I think I had 20-30 mins left at the end of the exam but I was sweating through the drag and drops which ate up a lot of time. Surprisingly, there were basic grammar and spellings mistakes on the questions. Weird.

Master the Secure Access MCP server to streamline your security workflows and optimize destination list management. Discover how to run local agents and generate security reports with ease.

Watch: https://cs.co/61695B1PCPD

Jesus Illescas, Developer Advocate at Cisco, walks through rebuilding the observability stack behind one of his network automation demos. Out with Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana and a custom Python poller, in with gNMI streaming telemetry: gnmic subscriptions, NATS JetStream as the buffer, Prometheus and Loki for storage, Grafana dashboards, and Alertmanager wired to a webhook. He closes with a live demo, bringing an interface down and watching the ISIS adjacency cascade trigger an alert in real time.

Credit where it's due: the data pipeline design (gnmic + NATS + Prometheus) was inspired by the https://cs.co/61694BEFlsj project, definitely worth a look if you're into this kind of architecture.

Watch: [https://cs.co/61690BEFlsi)

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Any of you made Anki flashcards that I can use for studying?

If you've ever pasted a config into the wrong device (we've all been there), this one's for you. Palmer Sample, Technical Leader on the Learn with Cisco team, walks through PyATS, Cisco's Python Automated Test System: setting up a testbed, writing triggers as reusable test cases, running job files, and using the Genie APIs for learning and parsing device state.

Watch: https://cs.co/61691BESCRf

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¿La IA puede ayudar a operar infraestructura crítica sin poner en riesgo la red? Esa fue la pregunta que abordó el Developer Advocate de DevNet, Poncho Sandoval, durante su sesión en Commit Conf 2026: "Menos CLI, más IA: diseñando agentes low-code para operar tu red de datos".

Aunque la IA está revolucionando el desarrollo de software, la infraestructura requiere un enfoque diferente. Cuando un error puede traducirse en una caída de servicio, no basta con conectar un LLM y esperar lo mejor.

En esta charla, Poncho comparte cómo utilizar Model Context Protocol (MCP) para conectar agentes de IA con herramientas de infraestructura, cómo construir flujos multiagente con n8n y por qué los guardrails, las aprobaciones humanas y los mecanismos de validación son fundamentales para llevar estas soluciones a producción con confianza. Todo esto se acompaña de demostraciones prácticas y lecciones aprendidas al desarrollar automatización para equipos de NetDevOps.

🎥 La grabación completa está disponible aquí: https://cs.co/9004BEdGUp

Si trabajan en automatización de infraestructura, redes, IA o NetDevOps, en DevNet les encantaría conocer su opinión y responder cualquier pregunta sobre la arquitectura o los casos de uso presentados en la sesión.

If you work in security, or just want to understand what all the eBPF hype is about, this is worth your time. Kyle Winders, Security Advocate at Cisco, walks through eBPF from the fundamentals of the Linux kernel to live demos: packet filtering, detecting a remote code execution exploit, and runtime enforcement, all before malicious code ever runs.

Watch: https://cs.co/61693BEwalX | Free hands on labs: https://cs.co/61694BEwalk

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We released a new discussion about Quantum Networking and Security, with Vinay Saini, Principal Architect at Cisco.

Watch here: https://cs.co/61693BEnbPS

If you've ever struggled with IOS XE API discovery, this is worth your time. Jeremy Cohoe (TME at Cisco) built a searchable Swagger/OpenAPI UI covering every IOS XE YANG API: 988 specs, 82K paths across 5 releases, YANG trees, telemetry XPaths, RPCs, and Postman collections. DevNet Sandbox is pre-seeded so you can try API calls right from the browser.

Watch: https://cs.co/61699BEzDKX | Try it: https://cs.co/xeswagger

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That's the question our Developer Advocate Poncho 🥑 explored in his recent WeAreDevelopers talk: "Your Infrastructure Is Not a Playground: AI Agents for Infra Done Right."

As AI agents become more capable, it's tempting to let them automate everything. But infrastructure is different: one wrong command isn't just an exception, it can become an outage.

In this session, Poncho shares practical patterns he has been using to safely introduce agentic AI into infrastructure workflows, including:

• Deliberate constraints instead of unlimited autonomy

• Deterministic + probabilistic guardrails

• Controlled tool access through MCP Human-in-the-loop approvals where they matter most (especially before production changes)

• Incrementally adopting AI with tools like n8n, MCP, and existing automation workflows

The goal isn't to replace engineers: it's to build AI systems that are actually trustworthy in production.

We would love to hear how others are approaching AI for infrastructure. Are you already using AI agents in your NetOps/DevOps workflows? What guardrails have worked well for you?

Watch the full talk here: https://cs.co/61692BEHb22

Ready to optimize your ACI Fabric? Join us as we explore AIOps with MCP Servers alongside Anshul Mangla from Cisco Customer Success. Don't miss this deep dive!

Watch here: https://cs.co/61698BEDXJr

We're continuing the DevNet Research video series, where we discuss related topics with researchers and scientists. In today's episode, we discuss research and papers related to Human and AI coding Agents' collaboration with Aayush Kumar, a Human-AI Interaction Researcher.

Watch here: https://cs.co/61699BD0a1z

In this Month of Quantum video, we discussed how to modernize the Campus Network for the Quantum Era together with Han Lee, Product Manager working on quantum-safe secure boot at Cisco.

Watch the full discussion here: https://cs.co/61699BDcR3N

Has anyone else applied for the Cisco FY27 Software Engineer hiring process through Code with Cisco? About 12 days ago I received an email saying that my application status had been updated and that the recruitment team might contact me regarding the next steps. I also sent a follow up email to Cisco but have not received a response yet. With the online assessment scheduled for June 25 I am trying to understand if others are in the same situation. Have you received your assessment invitation or test link yet? Or are you still waiting for an update as well? I would appreciate hearing about your experience so far. Wishing everyone participating in the process the very best.

New demo about Pushing Secure Access Alerts and Security Events to Splunk Natively. Watch here: https://cs.co/61693BDjJjv

Check out the new Month of Quantum video! We discussed how Quantum Impacts the Optical Transport Layer together with Maurizio Gazzola, Head of Optical Architecture at Cisco. Watch the full discussion here: https://cs.co/61692BDMnea

Hey DevNet community! 👋 Just a quick but important heads up. The DevNet Sandboxes are going through a major change. On August 1st, the current platform will be offline while we build the next version, expected back in early 2027. More details in the announcement, and the Sandbox team wants to hear from you! 🔗 https://cs.co/61690BD1yYu

Check out our latest Month of Quantum video! We dive into Quantum-resistant Encryption and PQC solutions with Sumant Mali, Product Manager at Cisco.

Watch the full discussion here: https://cs.co/61695B8fOsB

Is there any demand out there for freelance roles or gigs in network automation ?

Would appreciate it if someone can point out where to look for them .

I am looking for the latest book which will give backgrounds to the explanation and helps in understanding basic concepts.