From: Darby Weaver (ccie.weaver@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 2008 - 02:52:26 ARST
Congratulations Josh!
Lots of good quality study time paid off.
Nice!
Darby
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:32 PM, Scott M Vermillion <
scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
> Good work Josh!
>
> You had me there for a minute - I thought Narbik truly was for sale. Had
> all kinds of mischievous plans rush to the fore of my mind...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Josh
> Covarrubias
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 5:09 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: For Sale: Narbik & IE Workbooks -- real real cheap!
>
> No no the subject is not true. :) But now that I got your attention, I'd
> like to share that I passed the R&S in San Jose yesterday Dec 10,2008.
> CCIE
> # 22963.
>
> I'd like to Thank God through Jesus Christ for this incredible blessing.
> Also...Narbik, Darby, Paul... I am greatful for all your support in this
> journey. You attention to detail and ease of explanation with lots of the
> subjects I studied really helped me out! I sincerely thank you for
> assisting
> in the many questions I had...I'll give a little bit about my journey
> below.
>
> It was my first attempt and the struggle was really intense for me. Let me
> explain a bit. The Lord has blessed me with 6 children. My oldest just
> turned 9 last month and my youngest are twin baby boys who turned 1 this
> past August. You can fill in the ages of the remaining. If it wasn't for
> my awesome wife who was on board with my studies, this would have been that
> much harder. I owe her so much for her help, words cannot express. I
> began
> studying full time 6-7 days a week in July of this year. Studies included
> labs/reading/doccd etc. I did keep soccer practices & games for my 2
> oldest
> from September thru the end of November. I missed many family functions,
> dinners, etc because of my studies for this exam. I had 2 birthday parties
> that included the family visiting from Thurs-Sunday (ya I couldnt study
> those days) On top of all this, the rack I rented for a period of 3
> months,
> had some joker who logged in and deleted my configs to practice his/hers on
> several occasions. This added to the already high level of stress. The
> road
> was not easy, but man its an awesome feeling to have those sweet 5 numbers
> at last!
>
> Here is what I used for my preparation:
>
>
> 1. Narbik CCIE boot camp (3x) - I took the first boot camp in April 2007,
> but was not serious about my studies until 2008. I took the second boot
> camp in Feb 2008 and the final one in July 2008... right before I got
> very
> serious in the studies. I did make a few guest appearances after the
> fact
> for specific topics that were still not too clear for me. Narbik was
> great
> and kept his word; not charging for the multiple boot camps.
> 2. Narbik Tech Focused Workbooks (3x) - I went through these cover to
> cover 3 times. The last time I found the links on the doccd and read all
> related information as Narbik recommended. This was key to my passing.
> Details, details, details... you gotta know the details. I remember
> reading
> posts from previous folks who passed who mentioned the same thing. You
> need
> to not only know how a certain technology operates, you need to know how
> to
> bend it, pull it, push it, break it, put it on a crutch, etc. Got to
> learn
> these details inside out!
> 3. IE 20 full labs (ver 4.1 I believe) - Since my buddy Narbik still had
> not finished the 10 superlabs he promised me back in April 2007 (lol I'm
> still waiting Narbik!) I decided to purchase the IE vol 1-3. I really
> did
> not do volume 1, but Vol 2 labs 1-20 and Vol 3 labs 1-5 I was able to
> complete. I wanted to get a feeling to how "fast" I should be completing
> labs. These labs provided a love & hate relationship. There was
> questions
> those labs brought about (which was good), many answers were found
> digging
> in the IE forums, and some answers I had to find on my own. (which I did
> not
> like too much, but ended up helping me understand several issues better)
> I
> did post several questions on the forums that did not get answered before
> my
> test. Like I said, love and hate type of relationship, but overall very
> good labs to get a feel for the length of the exam and build speed as
> well
> as see how everything should be operating together.
>
>
> My family is happy to have me back. I'll take a break from studies to
> enjoy
> the family who I owe BIG TIME. Then decide from there what to do next.
> Security maybe?!?! Narbik I'll be in touch!
>
> Wish everyone the very best in their studies.
> Regards,
>
> Josh
>
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