From: Radioactive Frog (pbhatkoti@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Sep 23 2008 - 23:33:30 ART
congratulation dude
nice number 22023
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:46 AM, john matijevic <john.matijevic@gmail.com>wrote:
> Congradulations,
> nice post.
> John
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Majonestx <majonestx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congrats u deserve it.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >
> > On Sep 23, 2008, at 1:25 PM, CCIE3000 <ccie3000@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> Well I've been dreaming of writing this email for quite a while and now
> I
> >> can.
> >>
> >> I started going for the written in August 2006. Passed that okay and
> >> thought
> >> that I'd move on to what I thought would be the easy part as I'm a hands
> >> on
> >> kind of guy.....hhhmmmm, started okay but there were a few bumps on the
> >> way.
> >>
> >> I used the IE labs and thought okay, great I'm ready. Went for my first
> >> attempt on September 2007. The exam had a kind of IE feel to it and I
> did
> >> pretty well, although no cigar. I wasn't quick enough and I didn't get
> >> enough sleep the night before so my concentration suffered.
> >>
> >> Thought okay, good first attempt, get back in there quick. Oh boy what a
> >> shock, very different exam and at the time I thought mind blowing. I
> took
> >> a
> >> big kick in the balls on that one and it took me a good two months
> before
> >> I
> >> could pick up the books.
> >>
> >> Although the IE stuff was good, I realised that it wasn't the oracle and
> >> bought Narbiks work books, lots of stuff I'd covered but also lots of
> new
> >> things too. At the end of the day you need all the ammo you can get and
> I
> >> picked up some new info.
> >>
> >> Went in the 3rd time, well prepared, learnt loads extra, got my speed up
> >> even more but on the day had real butter fingers. Got stuck on a real
> >> silly
> >> multicast problem right at the beginning of the section which I wasted
> too
> >> much time on. My brain started to suffer and I made some silly mistakes,
> >> plus at the time I was smoking which meant the my concentration was
> >> suffering through lack of nicotine.
> >> Score report compared to my mental calculations of the day meant that I
> >> was
> >> about 6-8 points short
> >> ...damn......damn......damn......damn......damn......damn......damn...
> >>
> >> Okay, I'm gonna nail this thing if it's the last thing I do. I must
> admit
> >> I
> >> only found group study just before my second attempt. I read the stuff
> but
> >> never really went majorly deep into all the posts as I was too busy
> trying
> >> to learn stuff from my labs. For the forth attempt I read everything and
> >> labbed everything I thought was of interest. I got my speed up and went
> >> with
> >> using alias exec commands. Guys, I can't stress enough how much time you
> >> can
> >> save using alias', plus you don't make silly typos like cofn t instead
> of
> >> conf t etc...
> >> Just remember to remove them at the end of the day.
> >>
> >> Quit smoking, you just can't smoke like I used to and sit in a room all
> >> day,
> >> I had to get the nicotine out of my system.
> >>
> >> Had a good exam, not easy by any stretch but yet perversely
> >> enjoyable...come
> >> on you dogs..do your worst...I eat these kinds of labs for breakfast.
> Some
> >> tricky questions, but yet I kept a cool head and made sure I confirmed
> and
> >> checked stuff. That's where I realised my previous mistakes. I'd entered
> >> commands thought they were good and moved on. Only when I'd got my speed
> >> up
> >> did I have time to check and realise I'd made a couple of really dumb
> ass
> >> mistakes which would have cost me the lab.
> >> Got back home, didn't sleep much, kept checking every hour, at 06:50 I
> >> woke
> >> up my wife and the whole apartment block with my cries of joy.
> >>
> >> Since quitting being an Electrician many years ago, I starting off in IT
> >> operations doing back ups and batch runs, learning how to use things
> like
> >> email (hey, trust me, when you are used to working on cold building
> sites,
> >> with drills and god knows what whilst trying not to electrocute yourself
> >> email is a pretty cool thing to suddenly discover :) )
> >> Anyways, I worked nights, weekends for a few years learning about the IT
> >> industry and a couple of very cool guys in Networks let me sit with them
> >> on
> >> my days off and I started to learn networks. After a while although
> >> everyone
> >> thought I worked in the networks team I spent so much time there I got a
> >> job
> >> in the networks department.
> >>
> >> Studied for CCNA then CCNP and with experience thought of myself as a
> >> pretty
> >> okay engineer. But I always looked at CCIE's and thought, those guys are
> >> the
> >> daddies. Although I always fancied going for CCIE I'm more of a learn by
> >> experience kind of guy and not much of a reader. Anyways, a few years
> went
> >> by and I moved to a new county with my wife. I was enjoying myself but I
> >> was
> >> up against testking CCNP's and these guys would work for silly crap
> money.
> >> I
> >> came from working for an investment bank earning good money and then
> >> loosing
> >> out on jobs in my adopted country because the unemployment is high and
> >> wages
> >> were low....this is no good thinks I, I need to earn some proper money.
> A
> >> company contacted me, asked me to join them and offered me the chance to
> >> go
> >> for CCIE, I warned the wife and jumped at the chance. Finally, to get to
> >> the
> >> top of my industry and move to the bracket were only the worthy get the
> >> title. This is no digs at CCNP's ( I was one long enough) , just a dig
> at
> >> the cheating ones.
> >>
> >> Since starting to study, I've got married to a truly amazing woman who I
> >> couldn't have done it without, bought an apartment and had to say good
> bye
> >> to my Dad who passed away after a long illness last August.
> >>
> >> The poor old Fella never knew I'd started out on the CCIE path but I
> hope
> >> that he would have been proud of my achievement and I dedicate it all to
> >> my
> >> Dad and Wife.
> >>
> >> Tips for you guys.
> >> Don't rely on one work book, get as many views as you can.
> >> Play with things, make things up, break things and fix them using all
> the
> >> non obvious methods. You may be a good engineer but CCIE lab will have
> >> questions to get you to do things and not allow you to use obvious
> >> methods.
> >> Mock labs, IE are very good although sometimes you wish there was a
> >> proctor
> >> to clarify things, but you then realise how the real lab could be
> marked.
> >> Also net master class mock labs, real toughees, but you pick up some
> good
> >> things too.
> >> If you are doing your lab in Brussels, stay at the holiday inn. More
> >> expensive than the NH, but they have a pool, sauna, steam room
> >> etc.....best
> >> way to de-stress the night before your exam. Man, a Sauna and then a
> plop
> >> in
> >> the freezing cold plunge pool was bliss.
> >> Plus you can blag it if you say you have business with Cisco, I got a
> >> preferential rate.
> >> At the end of the day, it's a long, hard, tough road but the goal makes
> it
> >> all worth while. You just have to role with the punches and tame the
> beast
> >> and you will get your number.
> >>
> >> For my next project I'm now gonna carry on working on my Dad's old motor
> >> boat and get her ready for some fishing next year after a 16 year rest
> out
> >> of the water, she's getting on for 40 years old but she's a tough old
> girl
> >> and holds some very fond memories of when my Dad and I used to head out
> >> for
> >> some fishing. I shall be drinking a beer in his honour when I get her
> back
> >> to her former glory and back on the water.
> >>
> >> Sorry for the long mail but after two years of study you need to get a
> lot
> >> of stuff off your chest :)
> >>
> >> Good luck to the guys starting out, I shall stick around for a bit
> longer
> >> and help out where I can.
> >>
> >> Si
> >> CCIE 22023
> >>
> >>
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