From: Eric Mwambaji (mwambaji@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 18:14:06 GMT-3
Congratulations Lupi Guy
--- "Lupi, Guy" <Guy.Lupi@eurekaggn.com> wrote:
> Well, here it is, I have been waiting to send this
> email for a long time. I
> got my number in RTP this past Friday, CCIE # 9275.
> It has been a long road
> for me, I started in telecommunications when I was
> in the Navy, this was
> about 8.5 years ago. I got a little exposure to
> networking gear then but it
> mostly involved communications systems. After the
> Navy I worked for Lucent
> for about 6 months where I got more exposure to
> networking equipment with
> different vendors, I found routing so interesting I
> decided that I was going
> to go find a job where I could get exposure. In
> February 2000 I got a job
> at a small ISP in NYC working the helpdesk, and
> every free second I got I
> was on the routers poking around. I was hooked, and
> from that moment on I
> have read every book I could get my hands on. I was
> promoted to junior
> engineer (upgrading IOS, turning up simple customer
> routers etc.) and then
> to full engineer within 6 months, and I started to
> learn BGP, OSPF, and
> other protocols in depth. After getting my CCNP, I
> met a couple of CCIE's
> that were working on a project, and they so
> impressed me with their
> knowledge and comfort level with the equipment that
> I decided that I was
> going to be one. I started studying in August of
> 2001, 9 months non stop,
> every weekend practicing on my newly purchased
> routers, and every day
> reading on the commute to work. When I sat the lab,
> I found it to be
> extremely challenging, I could not believe that I
> was finding it this hard
> after almost 3 years of non stop studying Cisco
> equipment. I am glad I
> waited that 9 months before scheduling the exam,
> because if I had gone any
> earlier I would not have passed. It truly did
> require you to know how the
> protocols interoperate and function, if I hadn't
> then I definitely would
> have failed the routing section.
> I would like to say thank you to Paul for creating
> this list, it was
> fundamental in building the kind of skills and
> knowledge I needed to pass.
> To John Neiberger for helping me with my first dive
> into the old IGRP/OSPF
> redistribution, Manny Gonzalez, Mas Kato, Dan
> Dorton, Howard Berkowitz and
> Priscilla Oppenheimer for their long and detailed
> explanations that expose
> the real world operation of a protocol, not just the
> "here is what you need
> to pass the lab" version. Brian McGahan who
> explained extended access list
> filtering, and Dave Madland. There are so many
> others that have helped me
> to get to this point. If there is anything I
> learned from this experience,
> it is that you never stop learning, and that the
> CCIE's value is in the
> understanding that you gain while studying to pass
> the lab. I have so much
> more I want to learn, and I look forward to having
> an opportunity to do that
> with the exceptional people on this list. Good luck
> to everyone, I hope you
> get the satisfaction of achieving your goals.
>
> Guy H. Lupi
> NOC Engineer
> Eureka GGN
> 39 Broadway, 19th Floor
> NY, NY 10006
>
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