Advice for Pursuing CCIE!

Dear Sirs,
I would like to have an advice on pursuing my CCIE study for "theory & lab"
part, but first I would like to make you understand my scenario which
goes.....
I will be turning 25 this may, have done B.E , and working as an SNE at
Network Ops Center of the largest ISP back here.
My certifications: CCNA, CCNP (BSCI,BCMSN), CCIP (MPLS,BGP), CCVP (CVoice),
JNCIA-ES, JNCIA-ER, JNCIS-ER, JNCIS-EX, MCP.
I just gave my MPLS+BGP paper last week, and till last week i had a plan of
action in my mind, that was, ISCW> ONT > QOS> DARCH > CCIE RS> CCIE SP

Ok, now u guys may be wondering wat kind person is that? going in 3 or 4
directions...well to tell u the reality i m a Cisco freak n i just lyk to
"know it
all" and want to be JOA(Jack of all) yet MOA(Master of All)...

I planned the next line of action in the following manner...
iscw --> mid may 150$
ont --> mid june 150$
qos --> end july 150$
darch --> end august 150$

By the end of august i will be :

ccna,jncia-er,jncis-er,jncis-es,mcp,ccnp,ccip,ccdp,ccvp(2)

Now starting CCIE ( lots of books to read thouroughly )
ccie r&s written --> sep,oct,nov,dec --> 300$
ccie r&s lab --> nov,dec,jan,feb,mar,apr,may '09 --> 1250$ + others 500 $
ccie service provider written --> june,july,august --> 300 $
ccie service provider lab --> july,aug,sep,oct,nov,dec '09 ---> 1250$ +
others 500$

So now, for last couple of days ive been thinking about changing my long
term plan to a short term plan and jump directly to CCIE. Now i would lyk to
let u know that watever ive done uptil now, i really know that stuff n didnt
blindly braindumped my certs...
Wat i would lyk to know is wat do u guys suggest? shud i stick to previous
long term plan or shud go for CCIE, wat are the pros n cons of short term
plan,
since i know knowledge of qos,ont and iscw also play a vital role in
completing CCIE, but i can work on these even if go for CCIE directly...

I would specially like to have comments from Narbik, Anthony, Darby, and
Brian....

Sorry for such a long mail, but my future depends on your advise!

Best Regards,

Asif Khan

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Received on Sun Apr 19 2009 - 06:45:31 ART