From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2008 - 14:16:34 ART
Congratulations!!! Very well done!
Cheers,
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE-M
#153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al.
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
steveaggie@gmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 10:24 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: CCIE #20416 !!!!
I didn't think I would get to write this email today, but praise God! I
passed on my first attempt yesterday in San Jose!!
So it's time for me to share my story as encouragement to the rest of you
who are seeking.
Just briefly, I got my CCNA in 2003 and my CCNP in 2004. I worked for a
gold partner and decided to pursue the CCIE in October 2007. I had 3 years
of basic routing/switching experience but nothing advanced. I mostly did
wireless and some voice.
I used the following tools to study:
Internetwork Expert products - I can't say enough about these. I could not
have passed without them!
Cisco ASET labs
The usual books (especially Routing TCP/IP Vol 1,2)
Lots of DocCD
Group Study
Dynamips
Rack rentals
Lots of prayer
I hit it hard and heavy in October and didn't plan to stop until I got it.
I averaged 25 hours per week and logged about 600 hours total. One piece of
advice that I want to give is to just go take the exam when you have put
your time in. The lab was challenging but not impossible. The Brians say
it's between a 7-8 difficulty. I would agree with that. You definitely
need to know your stuff because you don't know what they're going to throw
at you. While I had done my homework and felt like I knew a lot I was
always humbled by some of the people on this board.
I was less nervous than I thought I would be for it. Maybe that means I was
prepared. I spent the first 45 minutes reading over the lab, making my
diagram, point table, etc. I knew that I had a decent shot at it.
Thank you to Paul for this awesome list and to the other CCIEs that don't
really have to be here, but do so anyway. A special thanks to Scott Morris,
Sadiq Yakasai, and Joe Brunner. I always read your posts when I wanted to
know what the real solution was. J
Steve
CCIE #20416
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