Re: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE

Congrats m8,

very well done :)

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 5:19 PM, peter morgan <cciemaha_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

> Congratulations to 21 year old CCIE!!!
> - From a big brother who has got a CCIE number at the age of 32 (Now
> 34).....Of course I am proud about my age & C.number
>
> --- On Fri, 8/21/09, Durkin, Michael (H USA) <michael.durkin_at_siemens.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Durkin, Michael (H USA) <michael.durkin_at_siemens.com>
> > Subject: RE: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE
> > To: "Thameem Maranveetil Parambath" <security.goodie_at_gmail.com>,
> "Zeeshan Sanaullah" <zeeshansanaullah_at_hotmail.com>
> > Cc: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> > Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 5:54 AM
> > Like you Thameem, I struggle with so
> > many commitments. What is amazing
> > to me about the journey of a 21 year old CCIE (Muhammad
> > Zeeshan
> > Sanaullah) is that at that age he was able to focus on
> > this. Even though
> > I had few commitments at that age, I had even less focus
> > and ability to
> > execute. It is truly an amazing accomplishment and
> > something to be proud
> > of. I suspect that the future is very bright for Muhammad.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com
> > [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com]
> > On Behalf Of
> > Thameem Maranveetil Parambath
> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:31 PM
> > To: Zeeshan Sanaullah
> > Cc: Cisco certification
> > Subject: Re: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE
> >
> > Dear,
> >
> > Masha allah...(As God wishes)!
> > Lucky that you started the journey early! I am struggling
> > with lots of
> > commitments in my 29!
> >
> > Regards
> > Thameem
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:10 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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