From: Godswill Oletu (oletu@inbox.lv)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2006 - 18:50:19 ART
Jim,
Quitters do not Win and Winners do not Quit!
Yours is a classic story and an inspiration, with that kind of spirit and
determination, your future is in your hands, keep it up.
Godswill Oletu
CCIE #16464(R&S),CCNP,CCDP,CCSP,INFOSEC.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Ferens" <ferensj@mchsi.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:31 PM
Subject: CCIE #16755
> It was a long journey but I finally passed yesterday at RTP. This was my
> 9th attempt at the lab. The last four attempts I felt confident walking
> out only to receive that dreaded email and after logging in to find out I
> had failed again. This last attempt I was much more relaxed and completed
> everything but 2 questions by lunch. After lunch I finished those up, ran
> TCLSH scripts, and rechecked everything. I was completed by 2PM. I almost
> gave up about 3 months ago but now I'm glad I didn't. I started out with
> IPExpert, using their workbook and moved to the NetMasterClass DoIT Labs.
> They were the key factor in helping me get over the hump to pass.
>
> Best advice I can give is stick to it. I'm not the brightest or the
> quickest, but I'm persistent. That is the key. A lot of practice. For the
> last 6 months I've studied 2-3 hours each night and at least 18 hours over
> the weekend. Doing lab after lab, changing up the labs, trying new things,
> knowing the DocCD inside and out. My wife has been wonderful through out
> all of this. That helped the most. (Also having the equipment made a lot
> of difference. Ebay was my friend!!!)
>
> Good luck to everyone still on track and thank you to everyone that has
> contributed to the group. GroupStudy helped in answering a lot of my
> questions and opened my eyes to some things I never would have though of.
>
>
> Jim Ferens , CCIE (R&S) #16755
> Network Engineer
> Tier Technologies, Inc
>
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