From: Nick Shah (nshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu May 23 2002 - 03:16:41 GMT-3
Congrats.
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Kilpatrick" <mjkilpat@yahoo.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:36 PM
Subject: CCIE #9335
> Passed yesterday at RTP. I was kind of reluctant to send this email
because
> the last several months have been very humbling for me, however I feel
> obligated to give back to this list.... so here we go:
> - the lunch was not worth $1250, but the opportunity to fail it once was
> - I really liked the books from Doyle and Halabi
> - but after reading those three books cover-cover, I found Caslow's book
> didn't have much to add
> - everything you need to know is on CCO, however this list helped me
> understand the nuts and bolts of particular features
> - my wife wants me to mention how nice she was to me through all this...
> - Bought both Hutnik/Satterlee books... "Practice Kit" was great because
> of the detailed explanations... "Study Guide" didn't do much for me.
> - I did not attend any formal training
> - for the past six months, I have had 24x7 VPN access from home to a
> 10-router pod with Cat5, Cat29, ATM and 2 real ISDN circuits
> - I did not need formal training
> - debug is really cool
> - Practice labs are best when they include final config's and
explanations
> - Fatkid is underpaid
> - During my first lab, I was so excited when they told me I could run to
> my car and get my colored pens
> - my teenage kids are already over it
> - Took my written test for free w/o studying at Networkers 2001, and
> that's what got this ball rolling. 12 months ago, I would have never
> dreamed...
> - I know realize just how much I do not know.
>
> Thanks Paul.
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