From: Bryan F (cciebfetzer@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2007 - 13:55:15 ART
Cliffs notes?
Bryan F
On 3/21/07, Darby Weaver <darbyweaver@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well,
>
> I've gotten past two daysa with "the Evil Bastard".
>
> I received a nice compliment yesterday - for a couple
> of issue spotting exercises.
>
> He really kicked me pretty hard on Monday - his labs
> are so... unique and challenging.
>
> He really makes you think, he gives you the
> opportunity to eat your own foot in addition to the
> nasty little tricksssseeesss that he waiting for the
> unwary student.
>
> All the while he watches everything you do... It is
> quite interactive and he does things as you go...
> makes comments on your speed, he has a lab of backbone
> devices that enhance the overall experience...
>
> I gave him a surpise yesterday that came in the form
> of a beautiful young lady with a spectacular voice...
>
> He won't forget the expereince any time soon... Nope
> strike 1 for Darby...
>
> So I took advantage of doing my homework before the
> visit...
>
> However he did introduce me to a form that he said I
> would be begging to sign by the end of the week...
>
> It is an interesteng form and it reads capitulation...
>
> Unlike Caslow or the Brians - Apparently no one has
> ever completed a single lab of his in 8 hours on the
> first try, nor have they passed it obviously...
>
> While some traps seem obvious, others are subtle and
> you must have a keen eye, but that keen eye can cost
> you points... and precious time and yet you cannot
> look away easily since you can feel something
> crawling...
>
>
> Your actual performance is not graded till the last
> day when you receive the Answer Keys for labs...
>
> I started getting sick and am suffering a bad cough,
> the weather here, while nice, is different than
> Orlando and couple with no sleep has left me with a
> painful chest cough, headache, fever and nausia. Not
> the best had to be dealt when one is up against the
> likes of Heinz Ulm...
>
>
> In any event, my failures are my own. I do not yet
> have scores to report, his style took getting used to
> but have slowed me down considerably. Lots of things
> to look at reach for along the way, I suppose - lots
> of pretty... flowers...
>
>
> The fruit is bittersweet sometimes and one cannot
> survive on what has been challenged on before alone...
>
> The man is a genius and he is mean, cruel, calm ,and
> cool, and all at the same time...
>
> He keep picture of those he has tortured before and
> have surrendered and have therefore known defeat...
> at his hands and his labs...
>
> All in all, a refreshing difference than any of his
> competitors...
>
> Yep different...
>
> And even the Brians who have quite a list of CCIE's
> may be hard-presseed to actually account for the
> number of CCIE's Heinz has on his site... over 500...
> and he undoubtedly has the most "1st Time Passers
> overall"...
>
> Many of which are quite simply "FIRST-TIME PASSERS" -
> With over 500 CCIE's to date some of whom you may see
> on other sites (since they either bought a workbook
> from one or more or even taken a class with...) but
> you need to dig a little deeper, how many sought out
> Mr. Heinz...
>
> I ran into one guy before he left the 3-Week Bootcamp
> and I aksed him why he went to Heinz Ulm's Camp and he
> said "My co-workers and friends said there was but one
> place to go to learn what you need to learn to pass
> the CCIE Lab the first time, so here I am"...
>
>
> Heinz does not accept everyone is seems... He likes a
> picture of his victims fresh for and from the
> slaughter... I think it a before and after comparison.
>
> But they leave his camp ready to take on the Lab and
> mostly anything else...
>
> Most sit the lab within a few days of class and others
> not much longer...
>
> The guy has a knack for tearing a person down, making
> them acknowledge their own demons, and finally forging
> a well-made sword capable of not only meeting the
> beast but taking him down in but a flick of the
> wrist... or so it would seem... I'll find out when I
> am ready...
>
> There is no doubt that the sheer magnitutude of work
> coupled by the demand and expectation are simply
> unheard of...
>
> He has a hard time understanding how his competitors
> can even consider a Boot Camp in only 5-days...
>
> His students seem to agree wholeheartedly...
>
> I'm only on day-2 and I am beginning to understand
> myself...
>
> I managed to spot many but not all of not all issues
> today, but I sensed there were a few things that were
> going to trip me up.
>
> My health has failed me today and tonight... I need
> rest and it shows...
>
> The guy sitting to my immediate left is a survivor of
> the 3-Week Camp and is eyes are red and bloodshot and
> the toll on his soul, paid in blood, sweat, and tears
> can be seen in his BLOOD RED EYES and his fiurrowed
> brow...
>
> Heinz does something to you... He transforms you....
> He makes you more than you are or even thought you
> could be...
>
> An interesting transformation to watch as students
> come out of their own cocoon and emerge as
> butterflies...
>
> I have three days to go - it is 3:49 am here in Denver
> and I am starting to get sick, so I need to stop and
> sleep now and let the medicines take their effect as I
> try to heal before I go to get carved up more...
>
> The guy next to me mumbles almost incoherently about
> "The Dirty Bastard" and Heinz only smiles and sinks
> back in his chair easily satisfied by his work....and
> his latest tormented victim...
>
>
> I do believe he customizes things a bit... as you go
> through his maze... He might as well be called the
> Minotaur...
>
> Today I caught one "issue" and he quickly offered
> another - seemingly same, I feinted and easily
> defended my reasoning for not choosing the option he
> readily offered... He smiled as he agreed with my
> line of reasoning... He complimented me on another
> issue that I found - naturally he challenged my line
> of thought... I defended it genuinely and he offered
> me a compliment citing his entire class from the week
> before had not considered what I had...
>
> Next there was a matter of spotting an entire
> slaughterhouse of "issues" - It think I spotted them
> all - carefully defended each and everyone and offered
> other secondary or tertiary ways to do them if the
> first one or two techniques should fail scutiny...
> Cause you know he asked...
>
> He liked this... but the clock was ticking...
>
> I did find two ways to do two other tasks, he slid my
> carefully worded blades aside with a quick and sure
> parry.... and said he would note those options and
> would rule them out on future labs...
>
> The guy is good, witty, accomplished, and quite
> striking...
>
> He challenges you over lunch to test how your mental
> facilities are holding up or if your senses have
> dulled.... again very personal very detailed... he
> never misses an opportunity to poke you and prod you
> and check your gums to see if they are bleeding... He
> sniffs for weaknesses relentlessly and being tired or
> exhausted is simply not exusable... The man does not
> stop... You are in his house and he owns the house;
> lock, stock, and barrel...
>
> The man just does not relent... If he even thinks you
> slack he asks you what you did and why... over and
> over...one thing after another... if you miss a
> keyword in an ACL.... if you pause... if you use the
> question mark... he asks why and if you don't know he
> easily suggest the CCO and only the CCO...
> Awesome...!!!!
>
>
>
> Excellent one-on-one tutelege and advisement - such
> interactivity are rare... and none have I yet to
> experience are this intent or so genuine...
>
> The man has one attention and it is his students...
> never does his phone ring, his site is secret he gives
> it only to students who are immediately attending
> class...
>
> For the time you are with him, he owns you and you
> know it... Each day he sizes you up, cuts you down
> and chides on what you did, did not do, or could do
> better...
>
> He is truly masterful in the art of instruction...
>
> His classes are priced fairly and competitively -
> $8000.00 for 3-weeks or just $2800.00 for one week
> such as a week of mock labs...
>
> He has one and two week options, but strongly
> recommends that serious students take the 3-week if
> they can manage it any way possible...
>
> For the three week students they also get another week
> of rack access...
>
> $10,800.00 will buy you 5 Weeks of Heinzware.... And
> apparently IF you survive the experience you will get
> a T-shirt as well...
>
> 4 Weeks instructor lead - ok instructor over your
> shoulder watching everything you do and every move you
> make.... and taunting you to make you ask yourself
> why, what for, what are you going to accomlish by your
> moves in this evil game of Cat and Mouse...
>
> I've just never seen such attention... no
> distractions...
>
> Just you... the rack.... and the Evil Bastard watching
> over your screen... in cruel delight...
>
> Everything one might expect from a CCIE #1561...
>
> When he took his students to meet Jeff Doyle in
> person... the student said that Heinz told them... he
> did not have time to be concerned with such "HIGH
> NUMBERED" CCIE's... jokingly... but the truth
> palpatable... Heinz is a legend and if you ever meet
> his and encounter his instruction you'd know why...
>
> Not many instructors today can boast the success of
> Heinz.... there is a reason...
>
> He is a one stop shop. Others can be end-to-end....
> but their students sometimes find their way into his
> classes and when they do they pass the lab... and it
> inevitably is... THE END for them... I have yet to
> find a person who needed other instruction AFTER they
> attnded Heinz and those that cite him will tell you
> plainly... Heinz is the "WHY".
>
> Each and every time... there's simply no other
> answer...
>
> Others barely have time to give you... Heinz takes
> everything from you... but he gives you time and
> attention... and he remembers... everyone and
> everything, what they did, their style and
> character... He's an elephant with his memory...
>
> And yet... so humble and down to earth...
>
> It not only feels and tastes like one-on-one
> instruction.... simply take it for what it is...
> ONE-ON-ONE instruction...
>
> Who can even compete with that... others can try but
> let's be honest - tutelege of this caliber is really
> the end of the rainbow...
>
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