From: Tim (ccie2be@nyc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Oct 29 2005 - 03:04:56 GMT-3
Simon,
Congratulations, my friend.
I never doubted this would be your moment of triumph. You deserve it. You
earned it. Now, revel in your accomplishment.
Your contributions to Group Study have been exceptional and the whole GS
community has been elevated by your well thought out and well written posts.
Tim
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simon hart
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:23 PM
To: Group Study
Subject: CCIE #15277 at Brussels Today
Hi all,
Today I travelled to Brussels for my second attempt at the Routing and
Switching CCIE lab. To my delight the exam seemed far less of a mountain to
climb than the last attempt. I felt fairly confident after finishing the
Lab (having said that I felt confident the last time!!).
I sat in the airport sipping on what I felt was a well deserved Pint of
Stella Artois. After the second pint :), the doubts started to creep in -
Did I really put a permit any any on the end of that Deny ACL, Should that
have been a mac ACL, of a VLAN Map, did I use the right RP, did I
advertise the right summary into the Backbone.
By the time I arrived in the UK I was far from the confident guy who left
the lab (somewhat sober) 4 hours earlier.
I got home, and with baited breath, my wife and 3 kids watched me download
my email - and there it was an email from Cisco 'CCIE Lab Score Report'.
Okay, followed the link, IE seemed to take an age to boot up - put in my
Candidate ID, and then forgot when I had taken the written!!! Could not log
in :( Spent around 30 minutes looking for my old written score report,
found it, finally I could log in.
There it was ---- PASS CCIE 15277 ---- I was jumping around the room with
delight, could not contain my excitement.
After what seemed like a good 18 months of reading books, configuring
routers, reading books, configuring routers, reading group study etc etc it
had finally happened, I had got my number.
I truly believe that without everybody who cares to contribute to Group
Study, I would not have had this success, I thank you all. I really do want
to pick out some for special mention
Tim ccie2be (now is!!) - Tim without your probing questions, our long MSN
conversations, and the odd R&S curveball I do not think so much would have
sunk in.
Scott Morris - A true Guru - Scott you knowledge is truly encyclopeadic,
and your contributions well thought out. The dose of humour is always
welcome.
Chris Lewis - Chris your posts and assistance on all things QOS is awesome -
thanks
Bruce Caslow - For picking me up and dusting me down after my first attempt.
Bruce thanks for the NMC library and the overall Lab strategy.
The two Brians - IE workbooks - solid labs that really help after reading
all the theory!! Thanks for responding to Q's when clarity was required.
Gladston - Our regular exchanges on various technologies in the past.
Particularly a clearer understanding of SRTCM - certainly came in handy
today.
Jongsoo Kim - Jongsoo's pre lab checklist was an inspiration. If you have
not seen it check out the archives!!
I also need to thank my wife Andrea and my 3 children for putting up with a
bear with a sore head for most weekends over the last 8 months. No more
'labbing' till Xmas - I promise honey!!
I think that is about it for now, another Stella and off to bed
Simon Hart
CCIE #15277
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