From: Narbik Kocharians (narbikk@gmail.com)
Date: Tue May 06 2008 - 17:37:11 ART
Good job congrates, when are you going for the second one???
On 5/6/08, A.G. Ananth Sarma (GMail) <ananth.sarma@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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-- Narbik Kocharians CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security) www.Net-Workbooks.com Sr. Technical Instructor
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