CCIE #25106

Hi GS,

Just sharing my experience: I took my first attempt last friday in Sao
Paulo and just got my number now.
I went out of the lab pretty confident that I had done a very good Lab.

To me, it was very important to read the whole exam before start. The
first read let me nervous and concerned since some tasks I didn't know
how to do, but, when I started reading again and doing, many of them
started sinking in.
I finished two hours early and use these hours to review 60% of the
lab, corrected some little mistakes and checked DocCD for two tasks
that I didn't know how to do.

I started my preparation to the written last year using mainly Odom
book and some chapters of Doyle's.
The Labs I started practicing last February, using INE 4.1 DYN WB, vol
I and II. It`s a very good material that covered 90% of the exam.

For OEQ, I reviewd Q&A of Doyle's and INE Core Knowledge. It was the
main point of concern after the exam. I really didn't know If I had
passed because of them.

Now I enjoy my 3 years old kid. As many of you, many times I also had
to turn him away.
Last two months, I studied every day at night and every weekend the
whole day, no exceptions. It was a very hard time but now I feel relief.

Thansk many of you. I didn't post anything but I was a silent reader.
Many posts helped me a lot. You guys rock !

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Received on Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:14:50 ART