From: roy bustos (roybustos@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 17:54:48 GMT-3
Congratulations!
Roy Bustos
CCIE 8898
>From: "Kenan Tahsin Hersan" <taso@equant.com.tr>
>Reply-To: "Kenan Tahsin Hersan" <taso@equant.com.tr>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: CCIE#14251
>Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:37:23 +0200
>
>Hi GS!,
>
>It's my turn to write. :) Last Thursday Dec 9th, i passed the beast on my
>third attempt. I was most of the time a silent member of GS but i always
>followed the threads and used GS as a valuable source of my studies.
>
>I wanted to thank all of you for your great support.
>
>My story: I started my studies 2 years ago. Attended CCPrep.com's CCIE
>Bootcamps first. Lou Sr. Rossi and Steve M. Sowell were my teachers at that
>time. That bootcamp was an eye opener and i realised how little knowledge i
>had and i was very slow. Lou and Steve was very bright and knowledgeble
>teachers. Thank you guys, i learned alot from you! They were very courteous
>and even let me to access their labs for couple of months after the
>bootcamp. Lou and me became friends and he even came to Turkey (Istanbul)
>after the bootcamp :). After the bootcamp I decided i needed a workbook and
>chosed Netmasterclass Do-IT workbook. I worked on it with my lab setup in
>company (yes i was lucky :) ) for 6 months and failed on my first try.
>
>I must say, DO-IT Workbook was more than enough for me as a workbook. Real
>challenging labs and very good detailed explanations. Online Show-IT Engine
>was also very good. Seemed like real exam was easy for me after studying
>NMC's *evil* labs :) but i did stupid mistakes and failed. After the first
>failure i had to give a break because of business. But i started studying
>again in Summer 2004 and attended Netmasterclass NMC-2 Bootcamp. I was
>rusty
>after 6 months break but with the help of NMC, i was back on track. That
>bootcamp was also very good for identifying my small mistakes and the
>topics
>i needed to study more. I want to thank Bruce Caslow, Bob Sinclair and
>especially Val Pavlichenko for their magnificent support during and after
>the class. I couldn't do it without their support and encouragement.
>
>I also had the opportunity to take 5 different NMC Check-IT Labs after the
>class. 8 Hour close-to-real lab simulation with the detailed scoring
>showing
>my weaknesses including Detailed explanation of test. It was vital to my
>success. On my second try in October, i didnt know what i did wrong but
>still failed. Probably stupid mistakes and overkill configuration problem.
>:( I even requested a re-read but score didnt change. I immediately
>scheduled my third attempt for December. Between both attempts i only did
>two more Check-ITs and did couple of Do-IT scenarios, that's it. I still
>cannot beleive this but i finally passed!
>
>My recommendations for candidates:
>
>- If it's possible dont take long breaks and dont wait too much between lab
>attempts if you feel you almost got it last time. I did this mistake and it
>cost me couple of months to remember some stuff and to speed up.
>- Dont ask for re-reads. :( Instead go for another try as soon as possible.
>- Try to get a workbook and if you have budget, attend a bootcamp. Buying a
>workbook is vital. I know some people success without going a bootcamp but
>in my case couldn't do without it. Bootcamps are definately speeding up
>learning process and puts you into the right mood.
>- In the exam, try to think questions as simple as possible. Do not think
>into too much detail. Of course you should think about the things that can
>affect others but try to do just what is asked in the question. If you have
>doubts, ask the proctor. Header / Title of the question may also be
>helpful/hintful for you.
>- Try to test and see everything you have done with show and debugs. This
>will slow you but believe me it pays off at the end. On my passing attempt
>i
>tested everything after i configured, because of that i only had 45 minutes
>left when i finish the test. On my second attempt i finished 3 hours
>earlier
>and failed.
>- Colour/Mark the different masks (like /30) on your network map. Pay
>special attention to them. If you forget a /30 and configure it as a /24
>instead, you most likely will fail.
>- Use aliases / house-keeping commands to speed up. Though it is not
>required, i always delete my aliases at the exam end. Just keep your
>notepad
>open until end, add "no" to the lines and copy paste it to routers. :)
>There
>is already a "wr mem" at the end, so by doing this you're also saving your
>configs at the end.
>
>I hope my recommendations will help you guys.
>
>Take care and good luck on your CCIE Journey!
>
>Best Regards,
>K. Tahsin HERSAN
>CCIE #14251
>Professional Services
>Equant Turkey
>
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