Re: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE

Again congratulations on becoming part of this elite group! I totally agree
with you on the special logo for youngsters ;-)
Good luck on your studies for CCIE Security, I agree it's a beast. If you
need any help or interested in any of our products let me know and see what
we can do for you.

Good luck on all your future endeavors!

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Regards,
Rick Mur
CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
Juniper JNCIA-ER & JNCIA-EX
MCSA:Messaging, MCSE
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Abraham, Tharak
<tharakabraham_at_gmail.com>wrote:
> Congrates Zeeshan !
> Amazing accomplishment !!
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Tharak Abraham Luke
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Zeeshan Sanaullah <
> zeeshansanaullah_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey All !
> >
> > Just Received my Report, I cannot tell you how happy I am. I have been
> > dreaming of becoming a CCIE since I was 15. Now at 21 I have finally
> passed
> > the CCIE R&S Lab Exam.
> >
> > My
> > Journey Started when I got my old 386 computer. I was quite young at
> > that time but I as really fascinated by the little machine. In few
> > years it was upgraded to Windows 95. I used to corrupt and fix
> > everything on my own. In Grade Seven during school holidays I joined
> > a local institute nearby my home for Web and Graphics Designing. My
> > Teacher was preparing for MCSE and I used to ask him about what it was
> > all about and then I finally decided to join the Networking field.
> >
> > So
> > at the age of 15 I passed the CCNA Exam, it was really difficult one
> > for me at that time. Just after clearing I went ahead and joined CCNP
> > Training. I passed BSCI and BCMSN and had to stop because my high
> > school studies were being affected. After completing school I got job
> > at a Cisco Premier Partner. I still work here as Network Engineer
> > working  on R&S and Security Projects. Back in December 2007, I
> > completed CCNP along with few other certifications from Cisco and
> > Juniper.
> >
> > Immediately I Started my preparations for CCIE. I
> > passed the Written Exam but it took a lot of time around 8 months
> > during which I was working on a major project. So I finally decided
> > that it was now time to get my hands dirty. I scheduled the Lab but
> > after every week I had to extend it because of Job load and other
> > responsibilities.
> >
> > A turning point in my preparations was when
> > I received the Scholarship from Internetwork Expert. I really jumped
> > out of my seat when I received the email saying I have been selected as
> > the Sole International Recipient. Since then there was no stopping and
> > I booked the seat at Aug 18 2009.
> >
> > During the last month I had
> > enormous distractions but I focused on my strategy. The Exam day has
> > finally arrived and I was very afraid of the 4 Stupid questions that
> > can cost you $1400.
> >
> > So we started of with the Core Knowledge.
> > The first one was really easy but the rest were confusing and I spent
> > the whole 30 mins. I sticked to the first thoughts as many CCIEs told
> > me that overthinking can cause you to fail.
> >
> > Lab Portion was not as difficult as I was expecting, my time management
> was
> > not good I spent too much time on 2 Tasks
> > one
> > of them was very easy but my mind was not the working at its best.
> > After 40 mins of thinking and trying different solutions I got one task
> > done but I moved forward and left the other. I had complete
> > reachability before proctor called for Lunch. After Lunch time I
> > completed other tasks verified reachability. On whole I left two tasks
> > and instead of working on them I re-checked every thing and found a
> > couple of mistakes which could have cost me. After the Exam I knew I
> > had great chance of passing the Lab, the only thing that was troubling
> > me was the Core Knowledge Questions.
> >
> >
> > Thanks to ALLAH in
> > helping me achieving this journey and many others who have helped me
> > including my employer, manger, colleagues and my family.
> >
> > As far
> > as my Exam Strategy is concerned I used CCIE 2.0 Program by
> > Internetwork Expert. Advance Technologies Class, Open Lecture Series
> > and Volume I Workbook were the main products. I focused on individual
> > technologies and did very few Full Scale Labs and never completed even
> > a single of them because of various issues , power outages being the
> > main cause. I would highly recommend the CCIE 2.0 Program to candidates
> > and specially the Volume I Workbook and the Open Lecture Series. Both
> > of them are my favorites and I still plan to use the OLS, it a great
> > tool. For those who dont know about it its just an ongoing version of
> > Advance Technologies Class. Each week Brain Mcgahan conducts two 1 hour
> > each class and cover various technologies on the CCIE Blueprint. I
> > would love to see it released for CCIE Security as well.
> >
> > Thank
> > you Internetworkexpert , you guys have been a crucial part of my
> > success specially Kady and Brain and I look forward to choose you for
> > the Next Track which I have yet to decide , per my job role CCIE
> > Security looks the best and I have heard that the new exam is very
> > difficult and only 1 guy has passed since the Blueprint changed so I
> > would love to tackle this beast. CCIE Service Provider also looks very
> > promising and for the next 2-3 years because of IPv6 and MPLS its worth
> > will increase.
> >
> > By the way Cisco should introduce 21 Year CCIE Logo for Me , Brain , Rick
> > and
> > few others ... what do you guys say ;)
> >
> > Thank you all
> >
> > Muhammad Zeeshan Sanaullah
> > CCIE # 25196
> >
> >
> >
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