From: John Matijevic (matijevi@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Aug 01 2003 - 05:38:46 GMT-3
Congradulations Tim!!!,
Sincerely,
Matijevic
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Rinehart" <jjrinehart@hotmail.com>
To: "Snow, Tim" <timothy.snow@eds.com>; "'Akusika Papaa'"
<jmenz24@speakeasy.org>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 12:23 AM
Subject: Re: CCIE #12042. First time!! w00t!
> Nah, we are glad to hear success stories, trust me. I went down in flames
> on my first attempt (December 2002) and I am slated to try again on
> September 4 (after deferring once and getting farmed out a week because of
a
> Cisco departmental meeting).
>
> Hopefully my second attempt with clinch it, because I pay out of pocket
for
> everything, but will get reimbursed for the exam if I pass.
>
> I am thinking of sacrificing a small goat to the router gods to hedge my
> bet. Of couse, I will include the correct incantation, I think it goes
> "show ip interface brief." (lol)
>
> Joe
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Snow, Tim" <timothy.snow@eds.com>
> To: "'Akusika Papaa'" <jmenz24@speakeasy.org>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:54 PM
> Subject: RE: CCIE #12042. First time!! w00t!
>
>
> > Wow. You actually read the whole story? I should apologize now for
> anyone
> > who had to read all that. I guess I was bored and wanted to ramble.
> >
> > I hope someone got something out of it.....
> >
> > Thanks Akusika... Much appreciated...
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Akusika Papaa [mailto:jmenz24@speakeasy.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 11:25 PM
> > To: Snow, Tim; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: CCIE #12042. First time!! w00t!
> >
> >
> > Congratulation. You also rock dude!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> > Snow, Tim
> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 10:46 PM
> > To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
> > Subject: CCIE #12042. First time!! w00t!
> >
> >
> > I apologize for the lenght of this "story" but I was bored and sitting
in
> > the airport with a hangover. Been two years in the making...
> >
> > First off, I'd like to thank myself. Because without me, none of this
> would
> > have been possible. I'll
> > thank the others in the following story....
> >
> >
> > I sit in the Raleigh RDU airport as a CCIE. CCIE #12042 to be exact.
The
> > odd thing is that I haven't
> > seen the email from cisco stating so, yet I've verfified my status on
line
> > and it is true. W00t!!!
> >
> > I walked into the test feeling pretty confident as I know that I've hit
> all
> > the major areas and even
> > did a deep dive into areas that most likely weren't going to be on this
> test
> > but I knew they'd help
> > in my career. That's how I was using the motivation factor of this test,
> to
> > learn as much as I could
> > about routing and routing protocols in general. Not for the test but for
> > myself and my career. I met
> > the requirements of the lab yet I know there is a bunch of stuff that I
> > don't know. Am I proficient in
> > BGP? Yes, enough for cisco to say so. Am I a routing wizard when it
> comes
> > to BGP? Well, Yes *grin*.
> > Enough to be dangerous. That's the point, your being tested on a small
> > portion of that they're gear
> > can do. You just have to be able to do the requirements of that lab. So
> you
> > could take your chances
> > and be really good at certain things and not at others. If you get the
> test
> > that maps well to your
> > studies than your all set.
> >
> > I showed up at building 3 at 0720. Was told that I was late. Guess the
> > other two folks were there at
> > 0715. Hmph. No biggie. Walked in and started my lab at 0730.. Read
the
> > whole thing over once,
> > mentally noting areas that I could be bitten on. At 11:30, the proctor
> > said it was lunch... I was
> > nearing the end. Almost done I thought? Guess so...
> >
> > Went to lunch. I looked over the food. A mexican chicken and rice type
> of
> > dish. I scooped some onto
> > my plate, noting that it looked a little spicy. Had a peice of
chocolate
> > cake as well. Not full, but
> > content. It appears that spicey stuff wasn't sitting well in my
stomach.
> > Ahh well. Lunch ended but
> > I bounced outside for a quick smoke. Came back in and sat down to
finish
> > this beast. Now 12:00
> >
> > 45 minutes later, I felt that I was done..... Time for review #1. 35
> > minutes later (now 1320)
> > Picked up a couple of mistakes that I had made (typos mainly, fixed a
> couple
> > of glitches). I began
> > review #2 and that took another 30 minutes. I thought to myself. I
can't
> > leave at 1400 can I? Went out
> > for a smoke again. I did review #3, that brought me up to 1420. I
> "played
> > around" for a bit.
> > Sat away from the keyboard and read my test, making sure I watched out
for
> > any plays on words that I
> > might have missed. I left at 1500 back to the hotel.
> >
> > Back in the room, I brought up the doc cd and looked over some areas
that
> > were on my test. I got hit
> > with the "did I do that right" Did I set the priority higher or lower on
> > that question? Did it work?"
> >
> > Sat in the room looking over the doc cd, feeling pretty confident
yet
> I
> > looked over in the
> > ashtray and it appears that I had smoked a bunch so obviously I wasn't
as
> > confident as I had thought.
> > Closed the notebook out of anger and clicked on the TV. Boy, it's
amazing
> > what 1 hour of Super Mario
> > Bros will do.
> >
> > Went out looking for a steakhouse.. Not to be found. Went back to the
> hotel
> > to see what kinda food I
> > could find online. Ended up order chinese and a couple (4) beers from
> > downstairs. Food arrived and
> > I had put down a couple of beers already. Feeling better now. I
decided
> > that I need to go out and
> > find myself something to do. I went driving around for a bit, found a
> > sports bar type of place. Parked
> > the car and went in. I'm not sure what time I got in but I do remember
> > calling a Taxi. I won't get
> > into all the details of the night but I had a good time *grin*
> >
> > Woke up at 0920 with a pounding headache. Opened up the laptop, and I
> > noticed 18 new emails (mostly
> > groupstudy) but there was one that jumped out. The heading "Congrats
> > 12042" and it was from Peter at
> > cyscoexpert. I didn't see anything from cisco.com. Hmmmm, I thought.
> I
> > opened up the email from
> > peter and it read something like "Congrats Tim. #12042. We knew you
> could
> > do it".... I quickly
> > went over to the cisco.com verification tool and verified that he was
> > pulling my leg. It's True!!!!
> > I am #12042. I inquired about not receiving an email from cisco. It
> > appears that the email was
> > sent to my home email address. Doh! Looked over that minor detail...
> hehe.
> > I called worked and
> > spoke to a couple co-workers. It was a great feeling!!!
> >
> > The funny this is, I promised myself a new pc if/when I passed this
thing.
> > Funny part was that the
> > night before my test (while waiting for my pizza to arrive) I spoke to a
> > couple friends online and
> > one mentioned a deal online on a new dell pc. Not thinking, I ordered
it.
> > Once the order was placed,
> > I thought, I sure as sh... hope I didn't just jinx myself. HA!
> >
> > Now, for the good stuff. Hope most of you skipped all that story stuff
> and
> > jumped down here.
> >
> > I did a large portion of the commerical labs out there. Good
preparation,
> > mostly for the different
> > types of setups that you may run into. My take on them is as follows.
> >
> > Hello Computers. Not worth the money at all. Same topology, terrible
> > wording, incomplete answers,
> > the first 3 pages of every lab is the EXACT same thing as the lab
> before.
> >
> >
> > Ipexpert. Very good labs. Taught me a bunch. Different topologies
every
> > time, different addressing,
> > kept me on my toes every time. Worth the money.
> >
> > #1 I can't say enough about the guys at Cyscoexpert. Brian, Bahram,
> Peter,
> > et al. You guys ROCK!
> > I went to their class I suppose for a different reason that most. I
went
> > to make sure that I had
> > done and prepared for all the things that I thought would be on there.
> Not
> > to have them teach me the
> > stuff. They showed me tricks to do certain common tasks, as well as
> easier
> > ways to tackle others.
> > The labs I encountered during those days in chi-town were tougher than
> what
> > I went through yesterday.
> > Their techniques are strong, their dedication is unsurpassed, and their
> > willingness to teach in unmatched.
> > I left their class feeling like I was in great shape. I kept focus on
> some
> > other obscure technologies that
> > I didn't want to get bitten by.
> >
> > I also have to say thanks to the guys on #cisco. Chi, you my friend,
> really
> > helped me during those late
> > night study sessions. Although not a partner per say as you had already
> > gotten your number, you helped
> > me drill down and get very granular on certain topics. Thanks bro. The
> rest
> > of the guys, Fudamak, Geoffz,
> > JC, Stu, pete_i, georgeb, Peli, rocky, lewisX, and the rest of the
guys...
> > And girl *Zukee*... Thank you..... Security IE next?
> >
> > Thanks to groupstudy, and Paul in particular for hosting such a great
> forum.
> > One thing, y'all need to stop
> > posting questions to the group when you get back from the lab. Naughty
> > Naughty....
> >
> > To the guys at work. Thanks a bunch to you all to. Sure did help me
keep
> > focus.
> >
> > Thanks to my mom, for being so supportive. She believed in all the
time.
> >
> > To the 10k other ccie's in this fine world, see you at the Security
Lab!
> >
> >
> >
> > Timothy Snow
> > CCIE #12042
> > EDS - Network Operations
> > MS 3B
> > 1075 W. Entrance Drive
> > Auburn Hills, MI 48326
> >
> > * phone: +01-248-754-7900
> > * mailto:timothy.snow@eds.com
> > pager: 888-351-4584
> > www.eds.com
> >
> >
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