Re: Advice for Pursuing CCIE!

Thats one helluva Plan u got there my friend.! CCIE's is great man.
only downside is u gotta work your ass of reading , labbing things up,
understanding key concepts. Basically its more practical knowledge u
gotta have.! it's worth the effort. i am alos doing ym CCIE R&s prep.
did my CCNP. thot i will take a step further.! :-D
Thanking You

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On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 6:15 AM, Asif Gul Khan <nockhi_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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