From: CCIE3000 (ccie3000@googlemail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 10 2008 - 04:58:51 ART
Very nice post.
The snap shot in time is very relevant.
I made sure I kept very good notes when studying. I was planning for the
future, there are lots of things I may only use once every two years but I
"could" need them one day. I plan to read through my 90 double paged notes
every few months just to keep them frest in the Grey matter. Plus I've
leanrt some pretty sweet tricks which are always good for show boating :))
On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Nate Cielieska <ncielieska@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I just wanted to send a quick email to give some perspective a month or two
> after i passed the exam. I will be honest, after your CCIE the last thing
> you want to do is study.. i took about a month off but i take once a week
> to
> do a IE core lab or once every two weeks go through one of Narbik's
> workbooks (I will be doing SP or Security after Jan.1) . In my travels i
> have been able to interview some pretty strong IE's and regretably.. some
> weak ones. The real differentiator that i have been able to find is
> maintenance. I think this is one of the reasons why guys with 1xCCIE (ie
> Bruce Caslow) have such great reputations in the network community and some
> people with multiple IE's are not trusted because the IE became a focus on
> what i'm doing now, and everything else slip (including a non solidified
> understanding of content in an earlier IE). The CCIE is not a destination,
> it is an affirmation of your skills @ a snapshot in time. Since i have
> passed the CCIE i feel that i have a responsibility to the network
> community
> (and my employer) to maintain the skills that are to do with Routing and
> Switching, if i feel strong enough that i am @ a CCIE level verbatim with
> those technologies, i will consider another one. I think that mindset after
> the exam maintains the integrity of the certification to which we have all
> worked so hard.
>
> Just wanted to throw some perspective from someone a little bit after they
> passed.
>
> Regards,
> Nate
> CCIE #21955
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