From: John Conzone (jkconzone@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 18:00:25 GMT-3
Joe, congratulations. I'm 43, and hoping ot gt my CCIE before I'm 53!
Go get 'em!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Martin" <jmartin@gte.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 7:58 PM
Subject: New CCIE
> H e l l o from Sunny San Jose.
>
> I've just arrived back in my hotel after sucessfully completing the CCIE
R/S
> lab.
>
> My brain isn't quite functioning correctly yet, but I wanted to pass along
a
> great deal of thanks to everyone in the group. I have learned so much
from
> each of you. I'll try to continue to lurk and help when I can.
>
> Here's a bit of my story:
>
> I'm 33. Got my first computer when I was 13. 20 years. Wow!!! Fell in
> love with programming. At 17, I got a job teaching college and was
building
> custom IBM compatibles for a friends business. I taught continuing
> education computer classes. Did that for three years to help pay for my
own
> college. By my third year of college I burned out on programming. I'd
> finally come out of my shell and found that I didn't want to sit in a cube
> all day and write code. I then went to work for a small telcom
interconnect
> and learned all about PBXs. Did that for 7 years. I decided to make the
> leap back into "real" computers and data. I went to work for the phone
> company as a field data technician. Did that for 1 1/2 years and then
> became a Sales Engineer. Been doing that for about 3 years now. I've got
> lots of hands on and plenty of different certifications(Cisco, Bay/Nortel,
> Fore/Marconi, etc...). Last year, I decided to work towards my CCIE. I
> also decided to get all the intermediate certifications along the way.
> Starting from last April to November, I did my CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP. In
> January of this year I did my Voice access specialization. In February I
> passed the CCIE written. I've been hitting my engineering lab at work
ever
> since. I did 4 hours a nite every day of the week and 12 hours each day
of
> the weekend since then. Its been 3 1/2 months of hell. My wife has been
> very understanding.
>
> Boy, was that a long rambling paragraph. Hope my highschool english
teacher
> isn't reading this!
>
> Thanks again,
> Joe Martin
> CCIE#5917, and a couple of other things...
>
>
>
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