From: Nick Shah (nshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 20:53:38 GMT-3
Congrats dude...
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lupi, Guy" <Guy.Lupi@eurekaggn.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 5:35 AM
Subject: CCIE 9275
> 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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