FW: CCIE#25481

All,

I neglected to mention one more teacher in my journey, and I would kick myself
if I didn't correct this:

To Wendell Odom: Thanks! Your CCIE Routing and Switching book is probably the
single best CiscoPress text I have ever read in any subject. I especially
benefited from the IGP sections. All CCIE candidates, please check this book
out. Such helpful charts of all the IGP terms, clear explanations, comparisons
of all the IGPs together, minute details, etc. Great stuff.

David Hunter

CCIE#25481

> From: davidhunterccie25481_at_hotmail.com
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: CCIE#25481
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:12:29 -0500
>
> All,
>
>
>
> I've been reading GroupStudy archives for the last 6 years. I have never
> subscribed before. I've been waiting for the opportunity to post my story,
> like hundreds of others have done when they passed, so here's my chance.
>
>
>
> I passed the R&S test at RTP on Monday, Sept. 21. My 8th attempt. It has
been
> a long and grueling journey. I passed the Written in August 2003. I've
learned
> a lot about humility, perserverance, forgetting mistakes in the past,
> self-sacrifice, suffering, sleep deprivation, frustration and hard work
along
> this journey. But now I also know the real feeling of personal achievement!
>
>
>
> To sum up the reasons for my eventual success in one sentence, the Bible
says
> somewhere: 'in the multitude of counselors, there is wisdom.'
>
>
>
> Well, I have definitely had a GREAT multitude of 'counselors', and I would
> like to thank them all now.
>
>
>
> First, to God, Elena, my family and friends, who have all accompanied me on
> this journey of ups and downs, a huge thanks! I couldn't have done it
without
> your faith in me!
>
>
>
> To NetMaster: an excellent school. Thanks Bruce, Val and John - you are
> excellent teachers, and the labs are brutal. I studied every technology
> thoroughly. I also learned so much about considering all of the options,
> spotting the issues, and "owning" each technology by labbing each one up.
> NetMaster definitely pushed me up to the top of the CCIE hill when I was
close
> for so long.
>
>
>
> To CyscoExpert: I learned so much from CyscoExpert. Their labs were also
> brutal. Thanks Bahram, Naren, Mitch, Bacho, Peter and Tom. You taught me so
> much. Besides the technologies, I learned from them the value of
configuring
> accurately, verifying everything, reading slowly to catch all of the
details,
> and that passing the test depends on understanding, not typing speed.
>
>
>
> To my friends John and Dewan, who are also going for the lab next week:
Thanks
> for your constant encouragement and for drilling me with questions. You
guys
> helped enormously.
>
>
>
> To my first CCIE teacher Pete Koulouris: Thanks for your help also. What I
> remember most from Pete is that the CCIE requires sacrifice, for some
people
> enormous sacrifice. After flunking the test so many times, this advice
helped
> me to keep going to the end.
>
>
>
> To my friend Miguel: Thanks. Miguel's advice was to read the doc CD and the
> blueprint closely. I read through each command on the doc CD and analyzed
all
> relevant commands very thoroughly, including configuring them and typing ?
> after to see all of the available keywords. Also, I found some surprises on
> the blueprint, like DVMRP and no IPv6 BGP!
>
>
>
> To Mike Dongvillo, a quad-CCIE I used to work with: Thanks. I learned the
> value of details! Details really make the difference between passing the
test
> and failing.
>
>
>
> Last but definitely not least: Thanks so much to GroupStudy! I owe so much
to
> people like Scott Morris, Brian McGahan, Brian Dennis, Wayne Lawson, Narbik
> Kocharians, and so many others who have generously contributed to this
website
> over the last 6 years by patiently answering questions.
>
>
>
> My journey is finally complete, and it was well worth it!!
>
>
>
> To all of those who have failed a few times, my advice is:
>
> I have felt your pain. Even as recently as last week. But now that I am on
the
> other side of the line, I feel such enormous relief that I didn't give up.
> Don't ever give up! Like Scott Morris said before: What do they call a
doctor
> who passes the medical exam after failing a few times? A doctor.
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> David Hunter
>
> CCIE#25481
>
>
>
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