From: Casassa, Nathan (ncasassa@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2001 - 16:38:04 GMT-3
I hate when people say this, but I must do it: "you da man!!"
-----Original Message-----
From: Maness, Drew [mailto:drew.maness@veritect.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:29 PM
To: 'Steve Clubb'; 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: RE: CCIE #6780
Great Job Steve!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Clubb [mailto:sclubb@cattech.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 11:07 AM
To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: CCIE #6780
I finally did it!
My lab was Tuesday and Wednesday and I passed on my third attempt. I was
very solid throughout. I felt confident for the first time going in. I
concentrated on being calm and working what I knew. The last 2 times I
looked like a deer caught in head lights. The first day, around 1, I
started to panic, but I realized I was more than halfway through and still
had 4 hours left. I finished around 3 and checked and rechecked my work. I
reread the objectives. I found a lot of mistakes - some typos and some
misconfigurations.
The second day was a little more shaky, but I finished what I knew, calmed
down, reread the requirements, and went through it again. I completed
everything I knew. I didn't waste too much time on something that I didn't
know. Then I spent the rest of my time trying to complete the one task not
completed. I still didn't figure out how to complete the objective but I
was in good position because everything else was completed.
The wait between phase II and troubleshooting was a killer. I kept thinking
about the requirements and wondered if I did them correctly. Later I was
told I could go on to troubleshooting and finished the lab in good time. I
was told I only needed a certain number of points to pass, so when I
competed troubleshooting, I realized that my mind was playing tricks on me
during my wait. Things were configured the way I knew they should be.
Point is, for me, when I panic, my mind freezes. When I stayed calm, or
walked away when I started to panic, things would be clear to me.
I finished early. I tested everything that I could think of successfully.
Over and over. Finally I couldn't wait any longer and told the Proctor that
I was done. As soon as I received a congradulations from the Proctor and a
yellow sticky with 6780 written on it, I gratefully thanked the Proctor and
booked!
I can't say enough about members of this group study. In my preparation, in
almost every phase of the lab there was something that I overcame through
the help or suggestions of some of the members here. I thank you for all
your help. The largest obsticles were overcome through your help.
There have been many here before who have said what needs to be done to
prepare. I won't repeat it. It's the same thing. Key for me was the
hundreds of hours of lab time, the ECP1 class by Caslow, and the help of
members from this group study.
Thanks and Good Luck,
Steven Clubb
Network Engineer
<http://www.cattech.com/>
Phone:
408.341.1722
Cell:
408.568.8854
FAX:
408.341.1720
sclubb@cattech.com <mailto:sclubb@cattech.com>
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