From: paul cosgrove (paul.cosgrove@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 2008 - 12:24:32 ARST
Hi Josh,
It must have been difficult finding time to study with 6 children,
especially twins. The commitment that shows says a lot about your work
ethic. I know well that there must have been many distractions, and it
cannot have been easy to say focused - and I'm speaking as someone who has
many years experience of that environment, though not those responsibilities
:).
Well done!
Paul.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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