From: Sal Nathoo (snathoo2001@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 20:43:58 GMT-3
Hi Mike,
Wow, Congrats!!
Thanks for the inspiring story.
My date is July 16th in RTP, first attempt.
Just one question. Were you allowed to use notepad.exe
in the lab at RTP?
Thanks,
Saleem
--- "Mike L. Chase" <mchase@broadcom.com> wrote:
> On my 4th attempt, and after 2 years of all
> consuming, unrelenting study, I have passed
> the CCIE exam in RTP about 1 hr ago. :-) My
> previous lab attempts were Feb 2000 (SJC),
> June 2000(SJC), September 2000 (RTP).
>
> Truly insane experience. I hold MCSE, MCNE, and
> other certifications but nothing even
> begins to compare to the CCIE program, which I am
> extremely proud to now be a member of.
>
> Alan is by far THE superior proctor and I've had my
> share; RTP is a great site in general
> to take the test.
>
> So .. the usual question..what did I study to get my
> CCIE ?
>
> Ok, some advice (in this order)
>
> 1. Find a study partner. If you can find someone
> who already knows the ropes, then find
> someone who is as rabid as you are about getting
> certified. Once you start this process,
> you can't stop until you are done or you stand
> little chance of catching back up with the
> new wave of technology; the lab is very up to the
> minute.
>
> 2. It's not how much you read, it's what you read.
> Learn to sort the wheat from the chaff
> quickly. Only 1 in 10 books out there is even worth
> reading. As for me, for nearly a
> year I carried a backpack around with the latest
> book I was reading in it. I read 14,000
> pages cover to cover in 9 months; every spare moment
> was reading.
>
> 3. Not everything on CCO is correct. Use disparate
> sources of information to figure out
> the truth. Nothing beats trying it out in your
> home/work lab first; seeing IS believing.
>
> 4. The ECP1 class was very good; I took it 2 weeks
> ago and Fred Ingham was our instructor
> (he's awesome!). I FINALLY got answers to gnawing
> questions I had that previously went
> unresolved. ECP1 was the glue that put the vast
> array of knowledge together so that it
> made sense. (FYI go with your study partner, I did,
> and it's a HUGE benefit)
>
> 5. The CCBootCamp Labs are good although sometimes I
> wonder what the point of the scenario
> is. Of course, I wondered that very question to
> myself several times in the real lab over
> the last 2 days at some points in the test haha.
>
> 6. Obviously without equipment you won't get far.
> The important thing is that your
> equipment is accessible so that even if it's at work
> you can dial or vpn into it when at
> 2am you get that bug in your brain and wanna try a
> scenario or command out.
>
> 7. Learn to be humorous. It will help pass the
> boring moments waiting to find out if you
> passed each section in the lab, and it's the only
> way to live when under stress. Don't
> get cocky, just kick back and plow onward with the
> attitude that if I pass I pass but if I
> don't pass I am going to learn a whole damn lot.
> Fool you once? Shame on them. Fool you
> twice? Shame on you! Know what I mean?! Learn from
> your mistakes.
>
> 8. All proctors are not evil. Most are .. but not
> all ;-) ALL however have been
> trained exceedingly well in the art of mental
> torture. Most do a great job of "echo
> talking" which means you go up to ask what the heck
> a given section is asking for, and
> they "echo" or repeat the whole paragraph back to
> you, changing little or none of the
> verbage and then stare at you like you're the idiot.
> Expect it, embrace it, get over
> it. View the opportunity to walk up to the
> proctors desk as nothing more than a chance
> to stretch your legs, because essentially that is
> all it will be. :-) Asking
> intelligent questions however might buy you some
> mercy with the proctor since they will
> perhaps grasp that you do, have at least, a decent
> idea about the technologies at hand.
>
> 9. Learn to draw. Draw networks for fun, and
> quickly! Getting your spacing right every
> time on paper PLUS being able to fit a million
> details into it is a GOOD habit. Document
> EVERYTHING down to the Nth degree.
>
> 10. Get a life. You haven't had one since you
> started the CCIE path, so the biggest part
> of passing the CCIE exam is that you finally get
> back in touch with yourself and reality.
> Whew huh ?!
>
> Thanks to all the friends, family, and to Broadcom
> Corporation who fully and
> enthusiastically supported me. And good luck to
> everyone on here; don't give up! If you
> are moving ahead with your knowledge level, then you
> are already achieving.
>
> FYI If you are a CCIE written candidate and want a
> job in San Jose, let me know. We have
> a huge facility up there and need a good network
> guy.
>
> Rgds/
>
> Mike L. Chase, CCIE #7226
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