From: A.G. Ananth Sarma (GMail) (ananth.sarma@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 06 2008 - 17:19:41 ART
Hi Chris,
Congratulations for the great achievement.
Regards,
Ananth
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Chris McGuire <cmcguire@firstdigital.com>
wrote:
> I want to thank GS and briefly explain my journey to obtaining the CCIE.
>
> 18 months ago I decided to take the plunge. I started with 6 years of
> experience with Cisco Routers and Switches. I got the CCNA and CCNP in
> 2001
> which expired in 2004. I debated whether I should start over and do the
> CCNA
> and CCNP then CCIE but felt somewhat confident just going for the CCIE. I
> used IE products. COD, Workbooks Version 4 Vol 1, 2, and 3. All are great
> products! I passed the written in June of 2007 and the lab preparation
> began
> intensely. I studied about 15 to 30 hours a week for the last 11 months
> while working full time at my job. Towards the last month or so I used the
> IE Mock Labs. These helped me narrow down on my weaknesses and also helped
> me build confidence. I passed 2 while I failed 2 of their harder Mock
> labs.
>
> Yesterday, May 5th I arrived at the San Jose testing facility. I completed
> all but 1 question of the lab that I still cannot figure out. However, it
> was enough to get the passing grade which I received last night around 9PM
> PST. What an awesome feeling to be complete!
>
> I want to thank Cisco for this awesome challenge, IE and their amazing
> products, Paul Borghese, GS and all the experts so willing to help out,
> and
> of course God for getting me through the long days of frustration when I
> felt like giving up and for being there when I needed help the most.
>
> Chris McGuire
> 20701
>
>
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