From: John Matus (john_matus@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 01 2005 - 19:24:12 GMT-3
now you can change your emial addy to ccie"I"be
>From: "ccie2be" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
>Reply-To: "ccie2be" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
>To: "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: Team Tim slays the dragon
>Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 12:08:05 -0400
>
>Hi guys,
>
>Yesterday, Team Tim went to battle the beast at RTP. For 8 hours the
>battle
>raged and even after the battle ended the outcome was uncertain. The beast
>was armed with several new creative weapons which took their toll in time
>and points. But, in the end, these weapons weren't enough to overcome the
>long preparation and determination of Team Tim.
>
>Once the smoke had cleared, Team Tim stood weary but victorious.
>
>Team Tim includes a large number of people without whom this victory would
>never have been achieved.
>
>First and foremost is my wife Jocie. Without her unwavering support,
>sacrifice, encouragement and confidence in my ultimate success, this
>accomplishment would not have been possible. Little did she realize 3
>years
>ago when we got married what a tortuous, frustrating journey laid ahead.
>But, through it all, she stood fast against the many people who thought she
>was crazy (for marrying me), she was being taken advantage of, etc, etc
>etc.
>Jocie, you are truly magnificent and my love and admiration for you is
>indescribable.
>
>In addition to Jocie, much credit has to go to my parents and in-laws.
>Even
>though they might not fully understand the value of a ccie and question the
>wisdom of investing so much time, effort and money in such a pursuit ( "for
>the same investment, you could have become a doctor"), they continued to
>help me and never gave up hope.
>
>I'd also like to extend my special appreciation to someone who often goes
>underappreciated and unmentioned but who has contributed to the successful
>completion of the ccie for many, many people. Of course, I'm referring to
>Paul Borghese, the creator of Group Study. Because of Paul and Group
>Study,
>I've met loads of great people and learned things I never would have known
>otherwise. Thank you, Paul. Shortly, I'm going to Paypal Paul a small
>contribution to help him cover the cost of running Group Study. I have no
>idea how much running Group Study costs but if every newly minted ccie who
>subscribes to Group Study would send him a small contribution, I'm sure it
>would help him and Group Study considerably.
>
>On the technical side, the list of people that helped me pass the lab is
>considerable. I met Jon Carmichael in the late 90's when we were Cisco
>instructors at GeoTrain. Jon stayed with GeoTrain for many years and
>taught
>every official Cisco class offered while I stayed only a short time before
>going into consulting. After GeoTrain went under leaving Jon unemployed he
>decided to get his ccie. It took him a long time and many attempts. That's
>when I started to appreciate how difficult getting a ccie was going to be.
>Unlike my self, Jon is a high tech geek who loves to explore and experiment
>with all sorts of high tech gizmo's and I can't even remember all the cool
>things he's introduced me to. Thank you, Jon.
>
>Another person I'm deeply indebted to is Jonathan Hays. For those of you
>who have been on GS for a few years, you may remember how much he
>contributed to GS. We first met via GS and then we met in person. Not
>only
>is Jonathan a great network engineer, he's a great guy and he's a patient
>guy. I can't thank him enough for all the hours he's spent with me
>explaining things I couldn't fully understand and get a handle on.
>
>Some of you may also recognize the name Simon Hart from his GS posts. His
>detailed and clearly written posts and examples on QoS and other topics
>unraveled many IOS mysteries. I recommend anyone having trouble with QoS
>check the GS archives for his posts - you'll learn a great deal. Someday,
>when I get to England, I hope to meet Simon in person and have a few beers.
>What a great guy!!!
>
>I also want to thank the GS brain trust - those networking guru's you all
>know so well. First, the Brian's. Their practice lab workbook and
>Solution
>Guide is fantastic. I strongly recommend to anyone hoping to become a ccie
>to get their workbook and do the first 10 labs 2 or 3 times in a row. And,
>then do the rest of them. I was amazed at how much I could forget between
>doing the first lab and the 10th lab. I'll probably discuss this more in a
>later post.
>
>Scott Morris. I have one more question for you. How is it possible for
>your brain to retain such a vast quantity of knowledge? I can understand
>how you can learn so much but how are you able to seemingly not forget any
>of it? Thank you for all your help and patience and generosity with all my
>unending questions.
>
>Andrew Bruce Caslow. Your book, Cisco Certification was a groundbreaker
>when it first came out. Until I read that book, I mistakenly thought I
>understood Frame Relay and many other topics but, not really. Thank you
>also for all your encouragement and guidance.
>
>Bob Sinclair and Marvin Greenlee. You guys are great. I couldn't begin to
>remember all the 3550, QoS, and security questions you guys answered for me
>when my understanding of this stuff was so cloudy. Thanks so much.
>
>There are many others such as Kim Jongsoo, Chris Lewis, Andy Mrozek,
>Kenneth
>Wygand, Mani Poopal, Anthony Sequeira who has written a few great white
>papers on Multicast, to whom I am deeply indebted.
>
>So, truly, this accomplishment was a team effort and all of you deserve
>credit for this.
>
>Thank you, Tim
>
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