From: Jim Ervin (eminopapa@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 14:38:00 GMT-3
Hey James,
Didn't I take the lab with you in January? If so,
glad to see you made it in Feb.
--- "James D. Holley, Jr." <jholley@loudoun.com>
wrote:
> Here is a timeline of what I did- back when CCIE was
> a twinkle in my eye. I really didn't consider
> myself a candidate until after September 1999, then
> went for it full time.
>
> Nov 1998 ICRC at ARG - Global Knowledge
> Dec 1998 CMTD at ARS Limited
> Jan 1999 ACRC at ARS Limited
> June 1999 CATM at ARS Limited
> September 1999 CCIE WRITTEN
> Oct 1999 BRS at ARS Limited
> Nov 1999 CIT at Chesapeake
> Dec 1999 OSPF/BGP Workshop at Chesapeake
> Jan 2000 Wichita KS Prep LAb
> Feb 2000 Broadwing, Reston, VA, 2 day prep lab with
> voIP
> Feb 2000, Halifax, Canada, CCIE LAB PASSED
>
> Books:
> -Cisco Certification. Bridges Routers and Switches
> for CCIEs - Andrew
> Bruce Caslow - Prentice Hall
> - Internet Routing Architectures - Bassam Halabi -
> Cisco Press
> - Cisco Doc CD (it has been my best friend during
> the last months...).
> -ICRC Course material
> -ACRC Course material
> -Routing TCP/IP - Jeff Doyle - Cisco Press
> - OSPF Network Design Solution - Tom Thomas - Cisco
> Press
>
> I did not buy a home lab. Yes, I had hands on
> experience. You cannot pass the LAB without it! I
> had the support of a great management team at Sprint
> ENS (Paranet) that gave me the resources to complete
> the ordeal.
>
> I have over 2 years experience with Cisco, and have
> been a consultant with Sprint ENS for over 2 years.
> I have background in Banyan Vines, Novell CNE
> (1995), NT, MCSE(1996), Fore System ATM(1999) (LANE,
> RFC1577-CLIP, RFC1483-Bridged/Routed PVC/SVC). CCNA
> (1998). I never took the Cisco Certifications Exams
> after CCNA because I was 6 months away from the
> CCIE, for me I would rather be just CCNA and then
> CCIE rather than build up to the CCNP and then CCIE.
> I know that you have put in some serious study time
> to get your CCNP. When you get CCNP You can be
> really proud of that! Use your fundamentals from
> that to progress to the next level. The CCIE is
> very obtainable.
>
> Thanks for the kind words.
> James Holley
> CCIE 5648
>
>
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Jim Ervin
CCIE No. 5592
"Life is too short to spend it drinking cheap wine."
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