From: Vince Fortunato (vfortunato@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jun 30 1999 - 00:59:51 GMT-3
John:
I noticed you work for CCCI, which is in Maryland. Any reason why you chose
San Jose over RTP (the closer of the two)?
Thanks,
Vince
John Galt Kupec wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I'm happy to announce that I passed the CCIE lab in San Jose this
> last Thursday. I kept pretty detailed notes on costs and my study
> time and some of you might be interested. I officially started
> on this path right after the first of this year. I took the written
> test in February, first try at lab in April, passed in June. I wasn't
> working during most of this time (voluntarily!), so I was able to
> spend more hours per day on this than most working stiffs. Also,
> I have a BSEE and about 4-5 years working with Cisco routers and
> switches so I have a decent background.
>
> Hours reading books & docs: 198
> Hours in lab: 462
> Total hours of preparation: 659 (about 116 days @ 5.7 hours/day on avg.)
> Equipment used: (1 2501, 2 2502, 2 2503, 1 2509, 1 4000)
> Total costs (books, equip., travel, misc., etc.): $15,000
> Courses taken (previous years): ACRC, CIT, CATM
>
> Most referenced books:
>
> Doyle's TCP/IP routing
> Caslow's CCIE book
> Thomas' OSPF book
> Slattery/Burton Cisco IP Routing
> I should have done more than skim through Halabi's book...
>
> I also bought the practice labs from CCIEbootcamp. I found them
> useful. They have some mistakes and are a little out of date (IMHO).
>
> I would like to thank all the contributors to this list- I got a
> lot of good scoop from you guys.
>
> Good luck
>
> --
> John Galt Kupec email: jkupec@ccci.com
> Chesapeake Computer Consultants, Inc. http://www.ccci.com
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