From: M S (michaelgstout@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2007 - 18:38:18 ART
I am very sure this gentleman has a wealth of knowleged in all of the
areas onthe blue print. I've seen people turn into CCIEs and their depth
of knowedge is remarkable.
Congradulatins James.
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From: James Russell <osuphd2b@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: James Russell <osuphd2b@yahoo.com>
To: Gustavo Novais <gustavo.novais@novabase.pt>
CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: CCIE #18397; Cliffs notes included
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 11:07:07 -0700 (PDT)
This is very true. I am short on "real world" experience compared to
most CCIEs. But like I said in the last email regarding study
methodology, it's important to know thyself. That said, I recognize
my relative lack of experience, and I keep that in mind. Experience
can truly only come with time, IMO. I'm just going to have to keep
working hard and gaining experience wherever I can. You can pass the
CCIE in a year or whatever, but you are not necessarily an
"expert". So I'll just keep busting my ass, and maybe some day I
will be a true expert. That's not to say I don't feel "worthy" of
being a CCIE. I feel like I earned it just as much as the next
guy. I still have plenty to learn about networking. I plan on
getting my CCIP and CCIE SP next.
For me, life is a never-ending classroom. School's never out for
summer.
Gustavo Novais <gustavo.novais@novabase.pt> wrote:
Hi James,
Congrats on your achievement. I do not want to seem offensive, please
face this as a constructive criticism.
My suggestion to you, as of now, is to try to get that hands-on
experience that you've admitted to not have. Bear in mind, that
people
are going to look at you as a CCIE, thinking that you will be able to
solve all of their problems, or answer all of their questions. Of
course
that is not true, because no one knows everything, but that's not how
non-tech people see it. As it is said here lots of times, face your
exam
passing as the beginning of the journey, and be humble, learn with
the
more experienced, and don't think that passing the exam is the hard
part
of being a CCIE.
Good luck
Gustavo Novais
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
Gary Duncanson
Sent: domingo, 8 de Julho de 2007 17:40
To: James Russell
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: CCIE #18397; Cliffs notes included
James,
Good job. Nice and methodical and one year of unremitting hard
work. It
can
be done.
Regards
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Russell"
To:
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: CCIE #18397; Cliffs notes included
> Ultra-short version: Passed R&S on 1st try at RTP. Woot!
>
> Short version: Passed R&S on 1st try at RTP. Thanks to (in no
particular
> order) my pregnant wife for being so understanding, The Brians,
Scott
> Morris, Narbik, those of you who took time to answer my unicast
questions,
> and everyone who posts on GS.
>
> Long version: Wow, I'm still shaking! I started my journey in
June
of
> last year. I had no Cisco experience at all, but I started the
CCNA.
Got
> that on July 19th. Got hired as a network engineer and got my CCNP
in
> October. Started on the written in Jan of this year and passed on
Feb
> 3rd. Then I started on the lab. I used a well-known vendor's
workbook,
> and the following books:
>
> Routing TCP/IP Vols I and II
> Internet Routing Architectures
> Wendell Odom's QoS Exam Cert Guide
> BCMSN Exam Cert Guide
> The DocCD (duh!)
>
> My study routine usually consisted of renting 11 hours of rack time
every
> Saturday, and doing one of the labs 2 times. I would then spend
the
next
> week reviewing the lab and configuring any confusing parts on my
mini-lab
> at work. As the weeks progressed, I would take some labs and do
them
all
> in Windows notepad. No tabs or question marks to help. I also
read
the
> complete command references several times for all routing
protocols,
> QoS, frame relay, IP applications, IP addressing, switching, etc
etc.
> Anything I couldn't understand, I labbed it up until I did
understand
it.
>
> Ok, now for the lab itself. While doing the lab, and after
completing
it,
> I was kind of confused about the whole thing. Either the test was
pretty
> straightforward and I had passed, or I was completely missing stuff
and I
> failed miserably. My initial feeling was that it was pretty
> straightforward. By lunch, I had read and at least attempted to
configure
> every single question on the lab. There were 3 or 4 that I had to
skip
> and come back to, though. After lunch, I went back and did those,
which
> took about an hour. I checked the whole thing and found a few
errors.
> Checked it all again, and found 1 or 2 errors. Checked it all
AGAIN
and
> found nothing that looked wrong. By this time there was about 45
minutes
> left in the lab.
>
> People say time management is key, and they are right. In my case,
it
was
> make sure you slow down and triple-check everything. In other
cases,
it
> might be to not spend too much time on 1 problem. The proctors
were
very
> nice and helpful. They even asked me about one of my tattoos!
>
> Well, that's it. I'm going to eat some lunch!
>
> James Russell Jr.
> CCIE #18397
>
>
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