From: Sara Li (saralilin@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 01:52:29 GMT-3
Congradulations! what a great 'quote'.
>From: "P. Korkowski" >Reply-To: "P. Korkowski" >To: >Subject: CCIE
Number 10696 in RTP (long) >Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 21:20:54 -0600 > >Well,
it's finally my turn to write the coveted e-mail to the group. I >finally
passed in RTP on my 4th attempt, and feel like a huge weight is >now off
of my shoulders. > >2 years and 10 months ago, I walked into the local
Junior College for >the CCNA academy, not even knowing what a router was
or even did. When >I asked about becoming a CCIE in the class, I was told
that I could not >do it, as the instructor had tried and couldn't do it
(couldn't pass the >written), and that if he couldn't do it, nobody else
can. > > It took me 6 months to get my CCNP, and another 3 months to pass
>the CCIE written. It took me almost 2 years to finally pass the lab.
>However, in all of the trials and frustrations, I am still extremely
>proud of what I have done. > > Now that I am off of my soapbox, I want
to pass out >encouragement to all of the rest of the candidates who are
trying, and >try to offer my meager advice. Read every Cisco Press book
you can find >with Command Reference as it's subject (i.e. OSPF Command
Reference >Guide, BGP-4 Command Reference Guide), and read all of the
recommended >books like Halabi and Doyle. > > If you have someone you
know that is a CCIE or works for Cisco, >don't be afraid to ask
questions. I was fortunate in that two people >that I used worked for
Cisco and both had double CCIEs that I could ask >questions of. Through
it all, they have become very close friends of >mine, and wanted very
much to help me succeed. Not everybody has a >resource like this, but if
you have someone that knows a lot about >Cisco, ASK THEM, EVEN IF THEY
ARE YOUR CUSTOMER. YOU CAN'T BE AN EXPERT >IN EVERYTHING!!!! > > Finally,
if you get a chance to build a home lab, start making >your own
scenarios. I had several labs that I would modify using X.25 >and
back-to-back Async routing, so I could implement dialer profiles, >EIGRP
Bandwidth-percent commands, and so on. Think outside the box when
>studying. > > I have a very wonderful wife and supporting employer who
were >wonderful throughout my CCIE quest, and would not have ever done it
>without them. I failed my CCIE lab attempt a month ago in San Jose, and
>came back swearing that I was done and would never try again. That was
>when both my wife and boss handed me a little quote, and did not say
>anything. I then reprinted this quote, and put it everywhere I could.
>The quote is below, for some of you that need some inspiration. > >As
for the instructor, first thing in the morning I am going to take >great
pleasure in going into his classroom with my e-mail from Cisco, >and tell
him in front of the class to never tell a student that they >can't do
something. Good luck to all of you, and I wish you the very >best. >
>Paul Korkowski, CCIE # 10696 > >"Many of life's failures are people who
>did not realize how close they were to >success when they gave up." > -
Thomas A. Edison
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