Re: Passed SP lab, 21yr old double CCIE!

Hey Congrats Man,

But seriously,What do you want to be when you grow up ?

:))

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Joe Astorino <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>wrote:

> And just 21 years old....wait...thank God you can drink now that you've
> passed LOL : ) Congratulations again!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Joe Astorino
> CCIE #24347 (R&S)
> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com <http://www.ipexpert.com/>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Rick
> Mur
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 4:10 PM
> To: Scott Morris
> Cc: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Passed SP lab, 21yr old double CCIE!
>
> Thanks Scott! And yes my route-map eehhm sorry, road-map is still getting
> bigger ;-) I appreciate your concerns ;-) I'll be flying to Budapest next
> week for a weekend of relaxing so I think I'll gain some energy there :-)
> Flowers certainly don't smell like routers, much worse, "I love the smell
> of
> routers in the morning" :-P
>
>
>
> Rick Mur
> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / SP)
> CCNP, CCIP, JNCIA-ER, MCSE
> rick_at_rickmur.com
>
>
>
> On 21 mei 2009, at 18:14, Scott Morris wrote:
>
> > Congratulations Rick! Great job on that! And here I thought you were
> > planning to relax for a little while! But two CCIE's already, and
> > quite the road-map you've laid out there!
> >
> > Don't forget to stop and smell the flowers occasionally! They do not
> > smell like routers! :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider)
> > #4713,
> >
> > JNCIE-M #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al.
> >
> > JNCI-M, JNCI-ER
> >
> > smorris_at_internetworkexpert.com
> >
> >
> > Internetwork Expert, Inc.
> >
> > http://www.InternetworkExpert.com <http://www.internetworkexpert.com/>
> >
> > Toll Free: 877-224-8987
> >
> > Outside US: 775-826-4344
> >
> >
> > Knowledge is power.
> >
> > Power corrupts.
> >
> > Study hard and be Eeeeviiiil......
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rick Mur wrote:
> >> After about 2 months preparation for the Written and 4 months of
> >> preparation for the Lab I passed the CCIE Service Provider lab
> >> yesterday!!
> >> I took my lab in Brussels on the 19th. I was really scared and
> >> stressed the 2 days before. Slept very badly.
> >>
> >> During the exam I had a few things that didn't work right away, which
> >> caused my adrenaline level to get to a pretty high level :-P. I
> >> finished all tasks by lunch with just one skipped. After lunch I got
> >> that one fixed in 15 mins, which shows that taking a break really
> >> works.
> >>
> >> The exam was very tough but fair. Much of the topics in the blueprint
> >> was in there and I really saw a difference with R&S. On my R&S lab
> >> most questions were really straightforward, looking for a specific
> >> feature. On my SP lab I got lot's of freedom in choosing things or
> >> the way I wanted it to work. I also had a few questions which
> >> requested thinking out-of-the-box. Something that is so obvious to
> >> configure, wasn't allowed or even possible in the IOS version, so I
> >> had to get around it.
> >>
> >> Wow it's amazing to be a double CCIE now at age 21 :-)
> >>
> >> Funny fact was that I had access to both the new documentation and
> >> the good-old UniverCD. Had a little advantage of that as well :-P
> >>
> >> Brussels was a fine location, much better than San Jose. Great 20"
> >> LCD
> >> widescreens, nice temperature, racks behind a glass wall.
> >>
> >> My preparation consisted of a couple of resources. I used all
> >> materials from both Internetwork Expert and IPexpert. They both have
> >> a few pros and cons.
> >>
> >> The INE Class-on-demand is not even a pearl, but a diamond! This was
> >> my greatest eye-opener in the working of a lot of the SP topics. It's
> >> also really focused on SP, so knowledge of IGP and BGP is required. I
> >> really had a good understanding of how and why the stuff works.
> >>
> >> INE workbook 1 is great for SP topics. IPexpert workbook 1 is good
> >> for all topics, but focus is a little less on SP topics and since I
> >> already have R&S I only needed the SP topics.
> >>
> >> IPexpert workbook 3 is something you don't want if you are a little
> >> further. The labs are good for an introduction, but they are really
> >> short and the video breakdowns give little extra information, besides
> >> entering the solutions guide answers. But I contacted IPexpert about
> >> that and their customer service is the best!! They took my arguments,
> >> acknowledged them and promised to improve the labs soon. A thank you
> >> to Mike for that!
> >>
> >> INE workbook 2 is reaaally good for both complex and less-complex
> >> labs. They are great for preparation and I really learned from them.
> >> The solutions guide is without any explanations, just the answers,
> >> but besides that it's great! The level of the labs is a little light.
> >> I would say a level 8 to 9 is the real lab.
> >>
> >> IPexpert workbook 2 is such a fantastic workbook as well. If I can
> >> advice you to buy 1 workbook from them, it's this one! Those 5 full
> >> labs are so intense. Cover so much stuff in each lab. First time I
> >> got totally overwhelmed by it, some are definitely harder than the
> >> real lab. Don't do these labs if have some weak areas, since they'll
> >> beat the crap out of you :-P They are fantastic for lab preparation
> >> in the last month.
> >>
> >> End of April I was able to join the INE SP online bootcamp. This was
> >> great. I guess they should rename it to a mock-lab week. It was
> >> exactly what I needed to built confidence. I scored well on all 3
> >> graded mocklabs and they cover great topics and really can be
> >> compared to the real lab. Brian McGahan has such a great way of
> >> explaining everything and his labs were fantastic. Again it proved
> >> the importance of doing a bootcamp, without it I wouldn't have been
> >> that confident about my level, but after those 5 days I really was
> >> ready to go for it!
> >>
> >> Wow I wanted to do a shorter story, but turned out not to be possible
> >> with so much to tell :-P
> >>
> >> Again I'm soo happy passing in first attempt for my SP lab and I
> >> think I'm the youngest double CCIE now on the planet.
> >>
> >> Next up are first some Cisco DataCenter exams, then JNCIS-ER/M and in
> >> a few months I'll start my CCIE Security track!
> >>
> >> Thanks to everyone here and special thanks to Mike from IPexert, Kady
> >> from INE and a huge thanks to Brian McGahan for his great CoD and
> >> bootcamp. Also Scott Morris for his great Wb2 labs from his previous
> >> employer ;-)
> >>
> >> Rick Mur
> >> CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / SP)
> >> JNCIA-ER, MCSE
> >> rick_at_rickmur.com
> >>
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