Re: CCIE#25481

David- Congratulations!!!

You are an inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

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On Sep 25, 2009, at 10:12 AM, David Hunter wrote:

> 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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