From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Fri Jul 30 2004 - 12:17:01 GMT-3
Congratulations Koen! I'm glad to see Brian's and my hard work be put
to good use ;) Don't forget to email sales@internetworkexpert.com for
your free IE T-Shirt!
> This is not the end, this is a new beginning. If there is one thing I
> learned by studying is that there is so much more to discover in
> networking.
> The more you know, the more you know about things you don't know.
> LEARN SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY is all what it's about.
Well said.
Congrats!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Koen Peetermans
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 3:37 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: CCIE #13730
>
> Well, I did a copy-paste above since I still have the shivers after
> receiving my result 2 hours ago...
>
> I passed yesterday in Brussels, on my first attempt. I cannot describe
the
> feeling passing gives, words cannot explain it. Any attempt to
describe it
> would be futile.
>
> I am not going to bore all of you with my complete life before CCIE,
so
> here's a short resume: I started as a mainfraime/unix administrator
>10
> years ago, did that for 4 years, worked at Bull for 1 year, mainly
doing
> 3com/cisco networking, did NT management for about 3 years, and
finally, 3
> 1/2 years ago, got back to my love I discovered at Bull, networking,
the
> bits and the bytes stuff I was missing with Microsoft.....
>
> Did the CCNP/CCDP/CCSP tracks, as well as some Checkpoint
certification
> between the bread and the butter that Cisco was....
>
> I still cannot believe that I made it, but I guess that's a normal
> reaction.
>
> Thanks go to the Brians for making a workbook that enabled me to have
a
> structured study method, and scenarios that made me go back to the
books
> quite a lot... Whatever workbook, don't take it as a braindump, it
cannot
> be
> used like that. Learn it to find out the parts where you are not
strong.
>
> Thanks to Scott Morris as well, he's a great guy and he basically
> convinced
> me to keep on pushing about 2 weeks ago, when I had a dip. This IS an
> emotional rollercoaster, ups and downs all the time. Keep on pushing
is
> the
> best advice I can give.
>
> Thanks to Groupstudy as well, for having all those flame-free
> discussions...
>
> And thanks to the Proctor for keeping up with all those stresses
people,
> and
> staying patient, friendly, and very professional.
>
> This is not the end, this is a new beginning. If there is one thing I
> learned by studying is that there is so much more to discover in
> networking.
> The more you know, the more you know about things you don't know.
> LEARN SOMETHING NEW EACH DAY is all what it's about.
>
> I might give myself a treat by finally going for that static internet
IP
> address(es) and that VPN concentrator ;-)
>
> Getting back to my normal work that's a bit more VPN and security
oriented
> next week, after a well-deserved break at a bungalow-park this
weekend,
> leaving in 2 hours.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Koen Peetermans.
>
>
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