From: Oliver Grenham (ogrenham@optusnet.com.au)
Date: Wed Oct 06 2004 - 08:07:54 GMT-3
Hi Daniel,
congratulations on passing CCIE. Im sure you will not know what to do with
the free time on your hands now. Im sitting next Tuesday in Sydney.
Ollie.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Sheedy" <dansheedy@gmx.net>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: passed... 3rd times a charm! #13884
> Hi guys,
>
> Just wanted to drop a line and let you all know that I passed on October
4th
> at RTP. I know that I always looked for encouragement to keep going by
> reading the 'success' stories. So, if you are interested, keep reading,
> otherwise... drop it in the recycle bin! :)
>
> After blasting through the CCNA a couple of years ago, I was looking
around
> and asked,... what is the top Cisco cert? CCIE? cool... I'll have that
in a
> year! heh heh... looking back, what a fool...
>
> I started in Australia at Global Knowledge, working through the CCDA,
CCDP,
> CCNP, before sitting the written. Ended up moving countries after finding
a
> nice little Frdulein in Austria, so the studies took a backseat for a
while
> while i got the hang of learning to speak German with the customers....
poor
> things...
>
> I bought a copy of Tom Laurus' prep book, which I found really great, and
> worked my way through that. I didn't have a lab of my own, and the
company
> nearly choked when I told them what a lab would cost, so I ended up buying
all
> my time through CCOnlinelabs. The service I got from Tony was great, and
I
> can really recommend him to any of you without all the gear to practice
on.
>
> I sat the 1st lab in Br|ssels, and missed it by 'that' much. I got the
result
> pretty quick and drank myself into a stupor at the Br|ssels airport on
Wheat
> Beer before getting on the plane back to Vienna... woo.. wicked stuff...
>
> I decided to put in the hard yards and keep going. I knew I needed to
find
> out how to read the labs properly. The stuff is not rocket science... but
> knowing HOW to read the questions is part of the battle I think. I flew
to
> Chicago for a week, and had a full on week with Cyscoexpert, and they
really
> opened my mind as to the little tricks and nuances in questions.
>
> Flew back to Europe... went to Br|ssels one more time... no dice. Man..
was I
> p*ssed! Asked for a rescore and got a few more points, but not enought
for a
> cigar still.
>
> Anyhoo... While waiting for the rescore, I knew the % of getting a pass
where
> like... infinitesimal, so I forked out the cash for some more time with
Tony &
> bought a copy of the Internetworkexperts Lab Book. Man... what evil
minds
> put that thing together? Anyway... That book dragged me kicking and
screaming
> through the length and the breadth of the IOS, and for that I am grateful.
>
> A month before I went for my third time, I took a CheckIt lab from
Netmasters.
> More evil minds... the industry is full of them! I ended up passing it,
but
> found a lot of the areas that I needed work on. So, I concentrated a
little
> more on those areas for the next month, brushing up on the weaker points.
>
> I ended up scheduling for RTP for my third time. I decided I would break
the
> cycle and travel 16 freaking hours to sit the test, at least to be with
some
> people who could speak English. What can I say..? Howard the proctor was
a
> great guy to talk to. Friendly, professional and made you feel at ease.
He
> didn't give any points away, but every question I asked, at least he gave
me
> an answer that at least clarified the situation to me. Maybe I'm a little
> dense that way... :)
>
> I got my results about 9pm the same night, and am glad that finally this
whole
> thing is over... Finally I can have some weekends to myself! heh...
>
> I think there were two things I did wrong, in my whole process. One, I
didnt
> have my own lab. There is nothing like spending lots of hours on your own
> routers at all hours of the day.
>
> Second, I started an MBA about a year ago. Studying at university,
working
> full time, and CCIE studies dont all fit easily into waking hours. :)
>
> Finally... this list was the greatest motivation. The gems of wisdom from
the
> regular contributors, and the occasional flames for amusement. It really
kept
> it alive for me.
>
> So.. thank you one and all for your help.
> I'll drink a beer or three for you!
>
> Cheers
>
> Dan
>
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