Re: CCIE: A Dream became Reality

Good job Kurram!

On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 3:05 AM, Mahmoud Genidy <ccie.mahmoud_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Well done mateCongratulations .... Win win winnnnnnnnnnn
> Enjoy :)
>
> Mahmoud
> CCIE23690
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> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 5:18 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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