From: joshua lauer (jslauer@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 22 2004 - 11:20:46 GMT-3
I have to say this makes the CCIE seem attainable!
Joshua Lauer
----- Original Message -----
From: "Swaroop Potdar" <swarooppotdar@hotmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Cc: <anthony.hoyle@eds.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:13 AM
Subject: RE: I finally Made it: CCIE # 13948
> Absoultely amazing !!!
>
> Yours is a true dedication story!!! towards CISCO.
>
> We are following suit...sooner or later...
>
> ALL THE BEST!!
>
>>From: "Walker, James - Is" <JWALKER2@PARTNERS.ORG>
>>Reply-To: "Walker, James - Is" <JWALKER2@PARTNERS.ORG>
>>To: "'Hoyle, Anthony (AL)'" <ALHoyle@dow.com>,
>>"'ccielab@groupstudy.com'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>>CC: "'anthony.hoyle@eds.com'" <anthony.hoyle@eds.com>
>>Subject: RE: I finally Made it: CCIE # 13948
>>Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:24:23 -0400
>>
>>CONGRAZ!!!!!
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
>>Hoyle, Anthony (AL)
>>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:30 AM
>>To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
>>Cc: 'anthony.hoyle@eds.com'
>>Subject: I finally Made it: CCIE # 13948
>>
>>
>>Whew!!!! What a nightmare. I just passed the lab this past Monday in
>>RTP.
>>This was my fifth attempt. On my fourth attempt, I missed it by
>>1% I even asked for a re-score, and still missed it by .5%. I won't go
>>into
>>details about what happened, we have all seen the e-mails in the past,
>>same
>>story...almost. It seemed impossible, very difficult, but I came out on
>>top. I
>>too, was expecting to get that e-mail, and see the fail, and start
>>wondering
>>in bewilderment about what I barely missed, but not this time. Great does
>>not
>>explain the feeling. How I made to RTP..well that have to tell you about:
>>
>>I am from Rochester Hills, MI (Near Detroit) , and was flying out of
>>Lansing.
>>The flight was from Lansing to Chicago, and from Chicago to Pittsburgh,
>>then
>>from Pittsburgh to Raleigh, NC. Well, of course United overbooked most of
>>the
>>flights. When we landed in Chicago, the plane going to Pittsburgh
>>was boarding (what?) I couldn't believe it. SO we missed the flight, now
>>were
>>standby (worse than coming in 3rd place in a contest) We barely caught a
>>flight
>>to Pittsburgh. Now...we are in Pittsburgh, and all of the flights going
>>to
>>Raleigh,NC are overbooked by at least 11 people (mind you it is almost 9pm
>>at
>>night)
>>I was almost at the point of breaking down (given the fact we are still 11
>>hours
>>away from Raleigh, and it is not looking good) We (me and my wife)
>>managed to
>>get two seats
>>going to Charlotte, NC (as close as United could get us and because two
>>other
>>people missed their flight). We get to Charlotte...but oh -by the way
>>Charlotte
>>is 3 hours away from NC. Soooo..
>>we hitch hiked to Raleigh (since all my credit cards were maxed (from
>>taking the
>>lab a few times this year and who knows what else) and made it there at
>>about
>>2am.
>>We arrived at the Wingate at 2am. I had to wake right back up at 6:30am,
>>and
>>go take the lab at 7:15am. There goes that whole "get a good night's rest
>>before the lab"
>>plan out the window. I almost decided back in Pittsburgh to just go home
>>and
>>call it a day. But I kept going -very happy now :) After going through
>>that
>>experience, if Cisco even considers having a remote CCIE lab, I will rally
>>and
>>picket outside of CISCO /w
>>big signs -hee hee hee hee :)
>>
>>I said to myself: If I didn't pass this time, I was going to change
>>careers. I
>>kept questioning myself, what's wrong with me? Maybe this isn't for me?
>>The CCIE is attainable (obviously from all of the talent on this list) but
>>you
>>have to have perseverance and dedication.
>>
>>What's next?..well I haven't seen my wife and kids (like I should) for the
>>past
>>two plus years..I also just got this new X-Box game yesterday called
>>burnout 3 (wow that game is awesome). & I m' catching up on a few movies.
>>I
>>can't help it though....now I'm reading the Cisco call manager
>>Fundamentals and Troubleshooting Cisco IP telephony. I went through all
>>of the
>>AVVID classes at CISCO last year..but that didn't do me too much justice..
>>I am so use to staying up all night and studying, and on the rack, I don't
>>know
>>what to do now?
>>
>>Oh yeah, I just want to chime in about that thread we were all reading a
>>while
>>back, about the guy forgetting his CCIE number. HA! I would probably
>>forget me SSN or, even my home phone number, before my CCIE number. That
>>was an
>>interesting thread though :)
>>
>>
>>Thank you group study for letting me participate in this list, and all of
>>the
>>great comments from everyone who answers questions all of the time
>>(Scott Morris and Brian that sticks out in my head), as well as all of the
>>other
>>great contributors on this list. I'm here now :) *
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>
>>Anthony Hoyle, CCIE #13948
>>EDS
>>Infrastructure Specialist
>>anthony.hoyle@eds.com
>>
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