Re: CCIE: A Dream became Reality

Good job M8.

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Anthony Faria <tfaria72_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> grats!!
>
> Tony
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Anbu <ksanpu_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congratulation Noor !!!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anbu
> >
> > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Khurram Noor <
> > engr.khurramnoor_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes! That s 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 Mind J.
> > >
> > > 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, Narbik s, IPexpert. For video training I used IE
> Class
> > on
> > > demand, CBT Nuggets CCIE Jeremy (this guy is a cool instructor) and off
> > > course Scott s 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 couldn t 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 couldn t 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 don t 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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Narbik Kocharians
CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security)
www.MicronicsTraining.com
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