From: Gabriel.Neagoe@xxxxxx
Date: Thu Aug 23 2001 - 05:13:35 GMT-3
maybe the first step in cisco certification should be CCS (Cisco Certified
Secretary)
anyway, congratulations you're the best!
--- Gabriel Neagoe, GN379-RIPE S&T Romania - Networking solutions consultant Cisco Certified Network Professional Cisco Certified Design Associate Tel (+40-1)-2040300 Mobile (+40)-094372494 Fax (+40-1)-2040381 http://www.snt.ro S&T is The Great Services Company ---> -----Original Message----- > From: Ilya Mazhara [SMTP:willy@aspect.vyatka.ru] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:51 AM > To: Norma Schutt > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: Re: CCIE 8063 > > From secretary to CCIE - good job, Norma! > I'm 7 years in industry and still not... May be 'll start from secretary > ;-) > Congratulation! No metter that they say. > > Norma Schutt wrote: > > > > Ok, my turn, my turn. > > > > I passed today in San Jose on my second attempt. It's strange. I keep > > thinking I'm going to wake up in the morning and find out this is only a > > dream. I think I'm the first female CCIE employed by Schlumberger. > I'll > > find out later when I get back to work. > > > > There were three people from Day 1 who made it to Day 2 in my group. > The > > weird thing is that all three of us got our numbers today. That was > really > > cool. > > > > The only advice I can give to people is to reread your foundational > books > > such as Doyle and Halabi. I got so much more out of reading those again > > the second and third time through. I continued to learn tidbits even > > though I thought I already knew most of it. And practice, practice, > > practice. Be able to configure this stuff in your sleep because you > won't > > have time to figure it out then, yada yada yada. You've heard this all > before. > > > > Don't ever think you can't do this. It can be done. Two years and nine > > months ago I quit my secretarial job because the pay sucked ($27k/yr) to > > change careers and go into the IT field. See, I'd heard about this > thing > > called MCSE that paid about 10 grand more a year as a starting salary > than > > I was currently making. So, I quit my job and went through the > Microsoft > > classes and got my first job on a help desk in May, 1999. In August > three > > months later I got transferred from that help desk position over to the > > Cisco-outsourced helpdesk called the "TAC". But, oh gosh, I gotta learn > > about something called a router that kinda looked like a VCR. Whatever, > > the pay was better and I didn't have to listen to anyone patter on about > > not being able to get their mouse to work. But, none of my new > co-workers > > cared about my shiny new MCSE, all they talked about was this thing > called > > CCIE, which was something you got after you got your CCNA. Little did I > > know at the time where that fork in the road would lead and that I'd > > finally found my niche. > > > > Well it was two years ago this month that I first learned what a router > was > > and how they made a network go. And look at me now. Crying on the > > proctor's shoulder this afternoon sobbing "I've got my life back!" I > > couldn't stop laughing and crying simultaneously. I'm sure they thought > I > > was nuts, but, hey, I didn't care. The stress had me a bit crazy here > at > > the end, anyway. And if anyone doesn't like it, I'm a CCIE and can > kick > > your butt... :-) > > > > So, that's about it. > > > > Norma > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > Schlumberger/Network Solutions > > Norma Schutt, CCIE 8063 > > WAN Element Manager - Cisco > > 5599 San Felipe #400 > > Houston, TX 77056 > > Office: (713) 513-3253 > > Fax: (713) 513-3150 > > Helpdesk 24x7: (713) 513-3180 > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > **Please read:http://www.groupstudy.com/list/posting.html > **Please read:http://www.groupstudy.com/list/posting.html **Please read:http://www.groupstudy.com/list/posting.html
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