From: marc van hoof (mvh@marcvanhoof.com)
Date: Sun Sep 05 2004 - 02:45:48 GMT-3
Eric,
Growing up, I got two pieces of advice from my mother...
The first was to try everything once, except incest and folk dancing. This
one doesn't really apply here.
The second was to never argue with children or idiots. This one is
completely relevant.
Don't let someone's insecurity ruin your mood - you should feel on top of
the world for passing !!
All the best,
-marc.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Eric Hoffman
> Sent: Saturday, 4 September 2004 11:21 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: CCIE # 13843
>
> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the wishes Diego. Everybody else thank you for the individual
> emails.
>
> My intent was to let everybody know how I felt, about the decisions I
> made,
> as I prepared. I know I had a lot of questions about where to go, what I
> should do, and how I should go about choosing books. Some other questions
> included what items do I need for my rack, where to go when I was
> studying.
> I spent my own money to obtain this certification, which made every
> decision
> a little more stressful.
>
> If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't change a thing. I am very
> proud of the decisions that I made, and the fact that I went to sit the
> lab
> multiple times. No regrets!
>
> When it came to choosing a bootcamp, I paid very special attention to the
> following:
> 1) people that went to multiple bootcamps, and never obtained their number
> 2) people that went to multiple bootcamps, and obtained their number
> 3) stayed away from direct or indirect advertisements from people that
> worked/owned a bootcamp
>
> Anytime I saw a thread tooting their own horn about how great their
> organizations bootcamp was, or why I should choose their firm over others,
> I
> immediately crossed them off my list. I am a strong believer in listening
> to people who have "been there, done that", and not sales fud.....
>
> John, I am very disapointed in your informercial. Yesterday was one of
> the
> happiest days of my life. I read the first part of the post, became very
> disapointed, and deleted it. I didn't want to read the rest of it, didn't
> want to reply either... I wanted to ignore it and help anybody else who
> might have a question about the methods I used to pass. After seeing what
> others wrote I felt it necessary. Based on your post alone, I would not
> choose your firm.
>
> Please keep in mind that I am posting this to help your firm in the
> future,
> this is not meant to be hurtful in any way:
>
> >Do not post commercial advertisements concerning some product you are
> >trying to sell to the list >members. If you would like to offer the list
> >members a discount for your product, please contact
> > >cisco-owner@groupstudy.com for further instructions.
>
> Even thought it was not a direct advertisement, it was pretty darn close.
> The reason that I wouldn't choose your firm, was based on your indirect
> advertisement. I give you credit for being creative. Please don't see my
> comments as being negative or hurtful in nature, they are meant to be
> genuine.
>
> So, keeping that in mind, I am hoping that this thread will die.
>
> Best of luck to everyone,
> Eric
> CCIE #13843
>
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