From: Alexei Monastyrnyi (alexeim73@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 2008 - 08:42:40 ARST
Congrats!!!
>> 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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