From: Josh Covarrubias (shmokin@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 15 2008 - 19:51:39 ARST
Thanks everyone for your comments!
Regards,
Josh
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:24 AM, paul cosgrove <paul.cosgrove@gmail.com>wrote:
> 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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