From: Sal Nathoo (snathoo2001@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2001 - 21:06:15 GMT-3
Hi Andre,
Check the cisco website. www.cisco.com/ccie
I am pretty sure that you do not have to pay when you
register for the exam, however, you must pay 28 days
before you take the lab.
Thanks,
Saleem
--- "Santos, Andre" <andre.santos@digex.com> wrote:
> WOW
> Congrats
>
> I thought RTP proctors were mean and un-willing to
> help, so I was thinking
> about secluding my exam in Canada. When you register
> for the lab do have to
> pay as soon as you register
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sal Nathoo [mailto:snathoo2001@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 7:44 PM
> To: Mike L. Chase; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Mike Chase, CCIE # 7226 / BROADCOM
> CORP.
>
>
> 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
> > Sr. Network Architect
> > ISG: Information Services Group
> > Broadcom Corporation World Headquarters
> > MailDrop E1159-A
> > 47 Discovery Street, Irvine, California USA 92618
> > OFC=949-585-6057;CELL=949-290-7065;
> FAX=949-585-6590
> > email : mchase@broadcom.com AIM:MikeLChase
> > **Please
> > read:http://www.groupstudy.com/list/posting.html
> >
>
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