From: Carlos Trujillo (carlos.trujillo.jimenez@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 24 2008 - 13:21:39 ART
Congrats Lars!.
2008/3/24, Lars Christensen <perseusdk@gmail.com>:
>
> Hi GS
>
>
>
> Finally after my third try, I passed the R&S on Friday the 14th of March
> in
> Brussels.
>
>
>
> My journey started some five years ago, when I decided to strive for a
> CCIE
> before my 30th birthday. My CCNA was passed without any particular study,
> since I had been working part-time with Cisco based networks for some time
> then (from 1999 - 2003 I worked with the largest dorm network in Denmark),
> but after failing the first test for BSCI for the CCNP, I gave it a break.
> I
> also at the same time got a new full-time job as a network engineer at a
> Danish ISP. Because of that, I didn't have the same amount of time to
> fulfil
> my quest for the CCIE.
>
>
>
> In the spring of 2005 I participated in a contest held by Cisco Press with
> the grand price of 12 vouchers for Cisco based tests at VUE or Prometric,
> all valid for 12 months. Suddenly I had a time limit of one year to
> complete
> 12 exams. Because of that, I gave the whole quest for the CCIE a large
> burst
> of energy. Within that 12 month period, I completed my CCNP and most of
> CCIP
> (still missing MPLS, Do'h!!). I also had some tries left for CCIE written
> R&S and I passed the written after a few attempts in June 2006.
>
>
>
> I then took a roughly 6 month break from the studies, partly to relax a
> bit,
> but also because of increased work load on the job. I the spring 2007 I
> started to look for some boot camps, preferred in Denmark. During the
> summer
> I trained a lot using various online labs, mostly IPExpert and their labs.
> I
> signed up with Global Knowledge and in October and November 2007 I
> attended
> two weeks of boot camp in Oslo, Norway.
>
>
>
> On December 13 2007 I did my first try in RTP, but failed miserably. I
> didn't expect to pass, but I hoped. I did another try in January in
> Brussels. I was quite sure I passed even tough I didn't complete 3
> questions. When I saw my score report, I went completely stunned. I didn't
> receive any points for the security part. I didn't understand this,
> because
> I believed I did a configuration of OSPF authentication and SSH
> integration
> completely and it worked. During the next week or so, I was unsure whether
> I
> should demand a reread or not. The 14 days expired and I didn't demand any
> reread.
>
>
>
> I decided to wait some time and without any hard studies during the next
> few
> months, only briefly overlooking some of the topics I knew I had problems
> with, I passed in Brussels at last.
>
> I was a kind of surprised during the exam. Part 1 and 2 was done just
> before
> lunch. Knowing that more than half of the points were completed, I was
> satisfied. After lunch everything speeded up, even more than I was
> expecting. With more than two hours left, I had completed all questions.
> Now
> what to do. I simply started all over again and verified that all
> questions
> were completed as expected, consulting the proctor several times (thanks
> Eric) and doing some rather basic debug and show commands, I was
> completely
> satisfied and finished with roughly 45 minutes left.
>
> When I left the building at Cisco, I was more than convinced that I nailed
> it this time. I knew if I failed, I was probably no able to pass for some
> time. Friday evening I was rather shaking when I saw the email from Cisco
> saying "Score report". It took some time, actually several hours to take
> down my hands when I saw the result. I was just SO happy, especially
> because
> this was the last attempt I could make before my 30th birthday with just 3
> days to spare. I had fulfilled a journey I started some five years before
> and on time.
>
>
>
>
>
> Therefore I'm proud to announce that I'm now known as CCIET no. 20292 with
> thanks to all who helped my along the way.
>
>
>
>
>
> Best regards to all on Groupstudy,
>
>
>
> Lars Lystrup Christensen
>
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