Re: CCIE: A Dream became Reality

Khurram Noor!

Congrats! What an awesome number!

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
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On May 23, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Khurram Noor wrote:

> Yes! Thats true. I still cannot believe that i have become a CCIE.
> My CCIE
> number is 24419. It was a long awaited and struggling journey.
>
> First of all I want to thank GOD for all the courage and strength to
> prepare
> for this exam (arguably the toughest in IT). Secondly thanks to my
> family
> and especially my parents who stood by me and prayed for my success
> day and
> night. Then I want to thank all of my friends, Nehal, Farhan, Nauman
> and Ali
> for their support and love for me. The GS entire members, who guided
> me
> whenever I ran into any confusion or problem. Special thanks to Ron,
> Salah,
> Jared, and whoever that helped me in any ways. Thanks to
> Internetwork Expert
> for all the workbooks, Dennis, McGhan and Anthony you people are real
> experts.
>
> Scott Morris, man I will never forget your beautiful voice, actually
> I think
> if you were not a CCIE, then you could have become a real good singer,
> something like Bryan Adams. I listened to your audios a lot and
> every time I
> found some new thought, you have a Beautiful MindJ.
>
> Narbik your workbooks are great asset to all the people preparing
> for CCIE.
>
> I cannot forget the days and many sleepless nights I spent infront of
> dynamips practicing and working out on different technologies. I
> slowly
> build the stamina to sit and work for long hours without getting
> tired and
> it helped a lot.
>
> I used IE Vol4&5, Narbiks, IPexpert. For video training I used IE
> Class on
> demand, CBT Nuggets CCIE Jeremy (this guy is a cool instructor) and
> off
> course Scotts audios. For hands on I used dynamips, I set up two
> powerful
> machines on linux, which ran all the topologies smoothly without any
> problems. For practicing switching and other things that couldnt
> been done
> on dynamips I used Rack rental. I mostly relied heavily on IE labs
> and used
> all others for references and cross checks. I made my personal notes
> separate for each section of lab, in which I wrote all of my
> understandings
> which proved to be very helpful in the end. I will feel happy if
> they can be
> helpful to anyone of you, anyone want them can unicast me.
>
> I studied real hard in last 3 days, I tried to go through all of the
> material and my personal notes once before sitting in the lab and that
> worked for me. I couldnt sleep the last night before exam and kept on
> praying. I sat for lab in Dubai on 21st May 2009 and fortunately
> attained
> the number in the first attempt.
>
> For the people out there preparing for CCIE, I wanna say that you
> people
> along with studies should learn to control your nerves, As CCIE exam
> is also
> a test of your skills of time management, non-tiring mind then just
> knowledge. You should be capable of delivering the best solution and
> you
> should always be ready for surprise questions. They can ask you
> anything and
> if you dont know that then there is a fair chance that it can spoil
> the
> rest of the lab. The best way is to note down such question and
> forget about
> it, until you are finished with the questions that you can solve. The
> non-core part of the paper is the Danger Zone, so everyone should
> give it a
> good amount of time for its preparation. Open-ended questions are no
> Ghost,
> the one who knows the technical concepts about technologies can
> easily solve
> them so no one should be afraid of them.
>
> Overall, doing CCIE was a great experience. The sights of Dubai and
> traveling were great. I hope to find a good job soon and move on
> with my
> career in Cisco networks.
>
> --
> Khurram Noor
> CCIE # 24419
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/khurramnoor
>
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