From: Josh Covarrubias (shmokin@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2009 - 14:56:07 ARST
Well done Johnnie! Yes I agree the family (wife n kids) factor adds to the
stress factor this test brings. Now you can go and spend some time with your
family! Many congrats on your achievement.
Regards,
Josh
On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:39 AM, olumayokun fowowe <olumayokun@gmail.com>wrote:
> congrats
> atleast there is hope for the rest of us too. I share your feelings
> about work, family and studying! what a great combination! enjoy your
> success and pray for the rest of us
>
>
>
> On 1/8/09, Johnnie Utah <johnnieutah1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Group,
> >
> > Just wanted to share that I passed on the third attempt yesterday.
> > I've submitted fewer than 10 posts on this mailing list, but I've been
> > a reader since 1999, so for those of you who spend time each day to
> > keep the list alive and respond to technical questions related to lab
> > prep, kudos - you know who you are, and what you do does matter to the
> > hopefuls.
> >
> > I submitted a post after my second failed attempt in July of '08 and
> > went into a pseudo hibernation for about four months before getting up
> > off the canvas to take another swing...I'm not going to share any
> > details about the prep, I wouldn't add anything that hasn't been said
> > already, namely regarding specific vendors, bootcamps and the like.
> >
> > I did want to write about a few emotional/health topics that nobody
> > told me about when I signed up to do this...What I've learned at least
> > for me personally, as the lab date gets closer, the more tense,
> > anxious and irritable I became. Not pleasant to be around at all. I
> > can attribute this to a few things:
> >
> > 1. I spent most of my time studying late into the night due to working
> > a full day, spending time with the kids and seeing them off to bed.
> > The lack of sleep will eventually take it's toll.
> >
> > 2. You become so consumed with studying that things like a good diet
> > and regular exercise become non existent. Thus, the "what can I eat
> > quickly and return to studying" turns into a horrible diet, and I
> > really didn't care at the time, it was more concerned with quick and
> > easy. Bad diet and no exercise = feel like sh-t.
> >
> > 3. Guilt of choosing to study versus family time or anything else -
> > Every time I knocked out an 8 hour lab, I felt like I should have been
> > doing something else. Not to say others out there are like this,
> > because this journey is very important to one's career, but there is a
> > guilt element that some of you have felt and others will experience.
> >
> > 4. Back on sleep - late studying equals staring at the ceiling when
> > you go to bed. Configs swirling around in your coconut is not
> > conducive to relaxing and shutting it down. I could seldom crash
> > immediately after studying. It's like doing an all nighter on a major
> > outage or upgrade and sleeping during the day when it's over. It's
> > restless sleep because you dream about configurations. Maybe I'm an
> > anomaly, but I'm sure there's someone else out there who knows what
> > I'm talking about. I will admit that I'm a jerk to be around on a bad
> > sleep schedule.
> >
> > 5. Anxiety leading up to lab day is very high. Even the anxiety
> > between lab completion and finding out the results is off the charts.
> >
> > So bottom line, I failed twice before, was really down about the
> > second failed attempt for about 2 weeks. For those of you who are
> > fighting the good fight and grinding, keep going. I'm an average guy
> > that doesn't have the huge embedded technical appetite for this stuff
> > that a lot of you do, but it's doable.
> >
> > I left the lab feeling good, then on the flight home talked myself
> > into preparing for the worst, second guessing my solutions, etc. My
> > Blackberry buzzed at about 1:30 AM with an all too familiar message
> > from ccie@cisco.com, subject: CCIE Lab Score Report. This time it was
> > different, I saw the "Pass" designation on my recent attempt, above my
> > two previous fails. I thanked the Lord......then stared at the
> > ceiling for the next two hours (WTF?).
> >
> > Regarding feeling like a tired, anxious, out of shape jerk, it was
> > worth it. Today was awesome.
> >
> >
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