On the evening of October 8th, we gathered for our virtual graduation ceremony to celebrate the recent success of our Full Stack Network Engineer 4-24-2020 cohort. This was truly an exciting moment for everyone as the cohort members completed the Full Stack Network Engineer (FSNE) program having put in their passion and hard work over 22 weeks to achieve success. The cohort began on April 24th 2020, and completed with 41 graduates.

Through the program, students learned exactly what it takes to be an effective and successful Network Engineer in today’s workforce. Having most students starting out with no prior experience, their knowledge was built from ground zero where they learned the fundamentals of networking and progressed all the way to planning, designing, and deploying their own multi-site, enterprise-grade networks by the end of the program. The students from this cohort are now in the job hunting phase. Three graduates have already landed new IT jobs and one earned a promotion from within his company!

What’s the program like?

The FSNE program prepares students for the real-world by rigorously vetting their skills and knowledge over 22 weeks and across multiple checkpoints and milestones which include multiple certifications. The first certification that students must achieve is the Full Stack Network Associate (FSNA) certification from NexGenT. To achieve this students must pass a written exam and also deploy a real network on their own which supports routing, switching, wireless networking, voice over IP, and network security. After achieving the FSNA, students then work on obtaining their Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification from Cisco Systems. The goal is for the students to knock out this certification by the 90-day mark before moving into the advanced training aspect of the program. Upon entering advanced training, students immediately begin learning project management skills and working to design and build their first project. Their first project is a very robust 3-site network deployment with a headquarters and two remote offices. Two more projects are then deployed where a Cisco ASA with remote access SSL VPN solution is deployed, followed by a Colo Data Center deployment for redundancy and additional network services.

After planning, designing, implementing, supporting, and finally closing all three of these projects, the student must pass their final skills qualification and troubleshooting check, in order to achieve their Full Stack Network Professional (FSNP) certification from NexGenT. Throughout the program students also receive career help and have many career-related milestones to accomplish relating to their career plan, resume, and personal branding. After completing all program milestones and capstone projects, the students then move to the job hunting phase where they focus strictly on landing their new job or promotion.

There are currently three other cohorts running who will soon be graduating and celebrating similar success, and our next FSNE cohort launches in October 2020, only a few days from now! To learn more about getting on the path to become a network or systems engineer with robust training, project-based learning, career planning, and real-world skills certification with zero upfront costs, then click here.

Please congratulate our recent graduates!

1. Aaron Bey, FSNA-0176, FSNP-0049, CCNA
2. Aaron Tulluch, FSNA-0137, FSNP-0030
3. Alan Koska, FSNA-0050
4. Amir Sayani, FSNA-0080, FSNP-0043, CCNA
5. Anna Mensah, FSNA-0126, FSNP-0052, CCNA
6. Banyan Wilson, FSNA-0125, FSNP-0061, CCNA
7. Bryant Mejia, FSNA-0082, FSNP-0054
8. Chris Breen, FSNA-0114, FSNP-0032
9. Christian Exume, FSNA-0111, FSNP-0047
10. David Alaga, FSNA-0129, FSNP-0031
11. Dominique Higgins, FSNA-0100, FSNP-0033
12. Hadassah Israel, FSNA-0077, FSNP-0038
13. Harrison Warren, FSNA-0088
14. Jacorey Williams, FSNA-0130
15. Jan-Michael Madrid, FSNA-0124, FSNP-0044
16. Jasmine Dobbs, FSNA-0133, FSNP-0034
17. Jeremy Harris, FSNA-0085, FSNP-0053
18. Josh Champion, FSNA-0084
19. Komo Davis, FSNA-0109, FSNP-0035
20. Kyle Palinkas, FSNA-0101
21. Laurynn Buchanan, FSNA-0128, FSNP-0055
22. Lexus Mendez, FSNA-0104, FSNP-0058
23. Lourdes Cuello, FSNA-0083, FSNP-0039
24. Merrie Mcfadden, FSNA-0074, FSNP-0037
25. Michael Goldman, FSNA-0099, FSNP-0036, CCNA
26. Michelle Lantigua, FSNA-0090, CCNA
27. Mouandjo Louison, FSNA-0079, FSNP-0041
28. Patrick Gales, FSNA-0135, FSNP-0056
29. Patrick Stewart, FSNA-0121, FSNP-0051
30. Peter Burston, FSNA-0081, FSNP-0040
31. Philip Thompson, FSNA-0110
32. Raenard Reid, FSNA-0115, FSNP-0042
33. Rahn Rose, FSNA-0094
34. Rajesh Kadim, FSNA-0151, FSNP-0045
35. Robert Sheehan, FSNA-0089, FSNP-0050
36. Russell Stewart, FSNA-0093
37. Ryan Baldwin, FSNA-0112, FSNP-0060
38. Sergio Huerta, FSNA-0116, FSNP-0057
39. Terrence Johnson, FSNA-0103, FSNP-0059
40. Travis Harrison, FSNA-0120, FSNP-0046
41. Troy Lemire, FSNA-0078, FSNP-0048