Re: Advice for Pursuing CCIE!

Asif:
I would suggest following through on the professional level certifications
first. This allows you to build a solid foundation on which to move to the
CCIE level from.

There are plenty of good materials out there to help prepare for the CCIE
written and lab. I would suggest utilizing more than one vendor for your lab
practice materials. This will give you the advantage of different views and
different topologies on which to build your knowledge.

Best of luck to you in your pursuits.

Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP CCNA
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 8:45 PM, 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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