From: Victor Cappuccio (cvictor@protokolgroup.com)
Date: Sun Oct 09 2005 - 00:20:58 GMT-3
Congrats Robert...
Robert Hosford wrote:
> I wanted to let everybody know that my CCIE has been a long time
> coming. It has been a lesson in patience, perseverance, and
> dedication. No single test has been more difficult than the CCIE.
>
>
>
> The problem with the CCIE is not that it is not one test that you take
> when you step into the lab. But rather it is a series of tests that
> can span years. It'll test your bank account (20k+), test
> friendships, your marriage, your endurance, and your belief in
> yourself to achieve this goal. You basically are going to give up your
> life of fun for a long time. And more than likely you will fail the
> first time you do. You will have to ask yourself why do it again? I
> know why I asked myself that several times. You need to ask yourself
> if you can devote a year of your time, over 300 hours of lab time, 20k
> dollars. But then again if I had known how much it was going to cost
> or how long it would take I might not have tried. So maybe ignorance
> is bliss. :)
>
>
>
> So now I am CCIE 14711. And I have a lot of people to thank:
>
> God, the Wife, my family, General Dynamics, Bruce, Val, Bob, Jeff, and
> Gary.
>
>
>
> I cannot say enough about the Net Master crew, except that if you
> want to earn your number, you need to go to them. I know that I
> would not be a CCIE without their help. I would sit in class and go,
> "Hey I didn't know that." They made me think out of the box, they
> helped me hone my skills. I know that when I go to one of Bruce's
> classes, I am getting my money's worth.
>
>
>
> I want to give a special thank you to Bob Sinclair for giving me a tip
> with simple scripts that made my life so much easier. He must've
> added twenty points just because of that tip. I know that went a long
> way in boosting my confidence. In the past I had lost points due to
> unreachable networks. I could ping my entire lab, every interface from
> every router in ten seconds. It found problems in a timely manner so
> that I could correct them and get the points I needed to pass the
> lab. I do not take the lab without following his advice. I could not
> live without the script. I passed the CCIE because of it.
>
>
>
> I want to thank Rack Time Rentals for their great customer service and
> gear. Rack Time Rentals worked great with the NetMaster DoIts. One
> time I worked through a tornado on a doit lab using the Rack Time
> Rental Gear. (Email me for more details on that crazy day) Just plan
> in advance when you can use their gear.
>
>
>
> I want to thank Bruce Caslow for always encouraging me, working with
> me, and for one Outstanding Website. The Checkit, the Showits, The
> Doits, the website has everything. Oh, if you don't buy the Doit labs
> and work through them, then your not serious about getting a CCIE. I
> took the Doits and used the horizontal approach to pass my CCIE. If
> you don't know what that means then get to NMC2.
>
>
>
> When I walk away from a NetMaster class, I still have the ability to
> learn because of his website. It was my homepage during my CCIE
> preparation. I will never forget the day that he pulled up my
> statistics and Bruce was blown away by them. I was putting the hurt
> on his website. Based upon his statistics of my usage, we were able
> to look at how my preparation was going. I love the CCIE roadmap. I
> love the self assessment and the checkit assessment. I love the quiz
> it's. And when I found a mistake on the website or lab, Val fixed it
> very fast. They take comments and suggestions that will help them
> improve. But they're not afraid to tell you that you're not ready.
> That's what love about them, they are honest. The person answering
> the emails is the same person in class. These guys are bunch of
> workaholics and they work just as hard as you do. And in some classes
> I saw them working harder than some of the students. The classes
> which you make of it, you get out of that what you put into it. So
> you better come prepared to work. Bruce, once again, I want to thank
> you for the study group. Because of the study group, I found a new
> way to work in the lab and that probably added ten points.
>
>
>
> I love the NMC2, because the students there are top notch. I learned
> from every single one of them. I sat in one class next to a guy I was
> sure that was going to pass the CCIE lab. He was outstanding in
> class. When Bruce gives us a lab to complete, this guy nailed it. It
> was his first time in class. By some chance we both ended up going to
> the lab together. We both didn't pass that day. But we learned, we
> came back, and we both passed.
>
>
>
> So why am I saying this? Because the Net Master Class is not a brain
> dump. You'll learn a ton of material. But how you approach the test
> is just as important. Bruce gave me a game plan. He told me where I
> was weak. He told me where I was strong. But the way to look at and
> work the lab was the most important thing I talked to him about. In
> my first lab attempt, I let the lab intimidate me. I felt that I knew
> as much as my friends who had passed the CCIE. But the pressure got
> to me and I failed. On my last lab attempt I was confident and I was
> not intimidated by the lab.
>
>
>
> If you're looking to pass the R/S CCIE there's no need to look
> anywhere else. If you have the time, the money, if you have the
> ambition, the heart, the drive, then Bruce Caslow and the Net Master
> team has everything else you'll need a period.
>
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