From: mani poopal (mani_ccie@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Sep 02 2005 - 14:25:53 GMT-3
Tim,
Congradulations. You are a wonderful contributer to this group. What is your proud CCIE#.
Mani
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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.
Id 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, Im referring to Paul Borghese, the creator of Group Study. Because of Paul and Group Study, Ive met loads of great people and learned things I never would have known otherwise. Thank you, Paul. Shortly, Im 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, Im 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 90s 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. Thats 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 gizmos and I cant even remember all the cool things hes introduced me to. Thank you, Jon.
Another person Im 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, hes a great guy and hes a patient guy. I cant thank him enough for all the hours hes spent with me explaining things I couldnt 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 youll 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 gurus you all know so well. First, the Brians. 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. Ill 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 couldnt 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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