From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 27 2008 - 12:41:43 ARST
Jeffery,
Joe is quite right and he reinforces what I said earlier. Don't give up now.
A lot of the hardest miles are behind you now. You have a lot there you can
work with. Fine tune things now and fight the things you are weak on.
Find what you need to get through and then obliterate the test... just like
me later on this year ;)
Regards
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Brunner" <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
To: "'Jeffrey Biggs'" <j.biggs@myactv.net>; "'Cisco certification'"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: Down for the count.....
> Yes sir. I was in exactly your position, Saturday, October 13, 2007.
>
> I was in California having spent the previous Friday in the lab for my
> THIRD
> attempt. I was SURE I passed. Then the email arrived at 6:10am advising me
> my lab results were available online.
>
> I didn't hesitate.
>
> I didn't blink.
>
> I logged into the Cisco site and requested a re-read... A few days later
> hearing re-reads take up to 6 weeks, I scheduled my lab for 4 weeks
> later...
>
>
> You need to find the little more inside you that makes a someone a CCIE.
> Do you need to realize this MAY be the LAST great challenge of your life?
> It is very expensive. It must be hard on your family. But NOTHING compares
> to passing this thing. Since passing 3 months ago, my ONLY inclination is
> getting MORE CCIE's!!!!
>
> You're going to have to find out what you're made of. I recommend you do
> the
> InternetworkExpert workbooks... Brian & Brian really have a teaching style
> that helps you build fast and keep it.
>
> Please stick with it. You never know what life holds for you. My best
> friend
> in the world, my mother, passed away 2 weeks, 1 day after I passed the
> CCIE.
> She lived down the road from you in Baltimore County. I drove up 95 from
> NC
> all night (I got the pass email at 11:30pm). We fought all damn year to
> pass
> that thing... I had breakfast with my family and then got back on the road
> to head home to NYC. I'll never forget the last time I saw her smile it
> was
> over this test.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
> #19366
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Jeffrey Biggs
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 6:54 AM
> To: 'Cisco certification'
> Subject: Down for the count.....
>
> Took the RS Lab for the 3rd time..no go.
>
>
>
> I am getting to the point where all the time and money I am spending is
> out
> weighing the reward here. Not to mention the family sacrifice that my
> wife
> and kids are making to allow me the time to study. The frustration is
> kicking in big time, I lab with Netmaster and IPExpert (this is not a
> knock
> on them, they have been GREAT) but I am just missing something.
>
>
>
> I have no one to study with because I live out in the middle of nowhere in
> Northern Maryland, so I have to rely on what I read or do and have no one
> to
> bounce it off of. I know I have the GS site, but that is not the same as
> having a couple of study partners to work with on a topic over a weekend.
> I
> am beginning to think that the "3 strikes you're out" rule is coming into
> play.
>
>
>
> I am not sure what else to do; is there anyone who can offer some
> assistance
> here? Been in this position and made it? I just have had it with the
> long
> drive down to RTP and back, spending $1500 (hotel cost and lab) for lunch
> and getting pissed off at every return. I put in at least 4+ hours a day
> studying and lab'ing. I have my own rack of equipment that I can access
> from work, so when things are slow there, I am lab'ing.
>
>
>
> Signed.
>
> Frustrated to NO end.
>
> JB
>
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