From: Thomas Larus (tlarus@cox.net)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2003 - 11:53:16 GMT-3
Congratulations!!!!
Why in the world would colleagues at work make fun of you for buying
equipment on ebay? How dumb can they be? Or did they simply feel
threatened by someone who dared to reach for the CCIE?
Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014
Author of CCIE Warm-Up: Advice and Learning Labs
http://www.ipexpert.com/products_services/product.asp?sku=ip7777
tlarus@ipexpert.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. Pickard" <nettable_walker@comcast.net>
To: "Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:49 PM
Subject: CCIE# 12388
> I took & passed the R/S lab on Wednesday in San Jose'.
> It was my first attempt.
> The lab is a "beast" I have been meaning to tackle for several years but
> the usual obligations of a full time job & family + teaching part time @
> N.I.U. kept me from getting there until now.
>
> I paid for the whole thing out of my own pocket & have never had a Cisco
> class. (I did have some Nortel training in 1999 & completed the Nortel
> Network Certified Support Expert)
> When I passed the CCNA 37 months ago the CCIE seems like an impossible
> dream!
>
>
> I would highly recommend Doyle, Caslow, & Parkhurst (both the BGP & OSPF
> config guides) as well as buying used equipment & practicing @ home.
> Some of the stupid's I used to work with made fun of me because I bought
my
> own hardware on ebay.
> I have not heard of any of them passing the lab - in fact, some of them
are
> now selling real estate.
>
> Richard L. Pickard
> CCIE# 12388
>
> //
>
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