As it has been well documented Cisco is changing the Routing & Switching exam to version 4.0 on the 18th of October 2009, its 4 months away so I should be able to pass before then as I was almost ready for the written late last year.

There are no materials released for the 4.0 blueprint yet  https://cisco.hosted.jivesoftware.com/docs/DOC-4604 but I will be using the 3rd edition of the CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide, the InformIT quick reference sheets, DocCD, and blogging just to keep my thoughts together.

I have booked a date for the written in August which is going to be a busy month with a trip to the Netherlands for har2009,  so time will be tight. If I don’t pass first time which is likely I will just retake a couple of weeks later.

Beta tests for the new written exam will be going on July & August, but I am considering giving it a go just to get a feel so I know what to expect if I get delayed and had to take the 4.0 track, at $50 you cant go wrong.