From: Gary Duncanson (garyduncanson@btinternet.com)
Date: Sat Nov 08 2008 - 06:23:28 ARST
Keep at it Lloyd. Many people take several attempts at this before they
finally get there. I have a friend who passed years back at his 5th attempt
and he was a good engineer.
You will be fine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lloyd Ardoin" <Lloyd@TheWizKid.biz>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2008 11:04 PM
Subject: This is my story without and ending...
> Let me first apologize for the lengthy post. Although I have been involved
> in
> GS for over a year I have not been very vocal. I have submitted a question
> or
> two and have attempted to answer a couple of questions when I felt
> confident
> that I could provide good information. I needed to talk about my last
> attempt
> at the lab and wanted to share it with people who understand the plight.
>
> Well I am back from my fourth attempt at RTP for my R&S lab and am
> starring at
> another failed email from Cisco. I am writing this in hopes to try and not
> internalize all that I am feeling and maybe in some small way help some
> one
> else. My journey has been a 2 = year one; after leaving a company that I
> worked for over 28 years and having my networking position basically out
> sourced to a local communication company as a 'managed service'. I decided
> at
> that time to pursue the CCIE certification so that I could work as long as
> I
> choose to, make a comfortable living and do interesting work. I spared no
> expense and purchased the equipment to build my own home lab (several
> iterations), attended the first of two boot camps with NMC in October of
> 2006
> after passing the written earlier in the year. I spent the rest of 2006
> and
> most of 2007 doing labs at home and made my first attempt in October of
> 2007
> and of course failed miserably. I signed up for my second boot camp with
> IE in
> March of this year and after attending felt like I had the tools I needed
> to
> get the job done. The boot camp pointed out some issues I had with
> accuracy
> and time management so I focused on those. My second attempt was in June
> which
> was another struggle to get the lab completed and another fail. Did
> another
> lab in September and saw that my core technologies were still the cause of
> my
> lack of success so I came home committed to focusing on those specifically
> which is what I did for the last 30 - 45 days doing core technology labs
> and
> attempting to strengthen that area up. Somewhat surprisingly and quite a
> disappointment yesterday was to see that I still have not been able to
> bring
> those scores up with any significance and obviously this tells me that I
> need
> to take a step back and figure out where my process is broken. I have a
> passion for technology and an insatiable desire to understand how things
> work
> and immensely enjoy the learning process. I take a lot of pride in how I
> go
> about what I am pursuing and always try to be the best I can be. I don't
> have
> a PHD or Master's degree and my IQ is definitely not in the 120's but
> through
> my life I have been able to achieve though my desire, persistence and
> determination. I am definitely not throwing up the white flag but I do
> have to
> admit after my two nights of very little sleep and my long flight back
> home
> this one has definitely knocked the wind out of my sails. I have spent
> the
> last 2 years or so dedicating my personal time to one mission because it
> means
> that much to me. Through my journey I have been privileged to meet some
> interesting and admirable people who share a lot of the same feelings I
> have
> about this world of technology and all it has to offer. I have provided
> myself
> the equipment to study with, acquired study materials from outstanding
> vendors, purchased and read most of the recommended reading materials,
> spent
> most weekends locked up sitting next to my racks doing the work, printed
> off
> hundreds of pages from the Cisco web site for reference and yet to no
> avail.
> I knew this was going to be a difficult journey but willing and able to
> take
> it on but right now I feel like I have been climbing the side of a
> mountain
> and have slid all the way back down to the bottom and I am looking back up
> at
> the top that seems so far, far away. Again I say I am definitely not a
> quitter and will go home and get some sleep and wake up tomorrow with a
> more
> determined outlook and sit down and do some serious soul searching to try
> and
> figure out what is so broken about my study process and pick myself back
> up to
> start the climb once more.
>
> That is my story without an ending..
>
> To all those who pursue.good luck!
>
> Lloyd
>
>
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