From: Jason Morris (mcnever@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 09 2009 - 18:37:08 ARST
congrats man...
very insperational, i know exactly what youre saying and my 3rd
attempt is scheduled for march.
good luck and get some sleep.
Jason
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 2:50 AM, Ali.Huang <zero5291@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it was really deserved.
> Congratulations!
>
> On 1/9/09, Hong Chan <howard.chan34@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Congrat!!!!!
>> I truely understand what you feel when you fail in the 2nd attempy because I
>> passed it in my 3rd attempt also.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Howard
>>
>> 2009/1/9 Josh Covarrubias <shmokin@gmail.com>
>>
>> > 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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