Re: CCIE#25481

David,

Congratulations!!!!

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Regards,
Iwan Hoogendoorn
CCIE #13084 (R&S / Security / SP)
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 7:12 PM, David Hunter
<davidhunterccie25481_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> All,
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> 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.
>
>
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> 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!
>
>
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> To sum up the reasons for my eventual success in one sentence, the Bible says
> somewhere: 'in the multitude of counselors, there is wisdom.'
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> Well, I have definitely had a GREAT multitude of 'counselors', and I would
> like to thank them all now.
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>
> 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!
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>
>
> 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.
>
>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
>
>
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> 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.
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>
>
> 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!!
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>
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> To all of those who have failed a few times, my advice is:
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> 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.
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> Sincerely,
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> David Hunter
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> CCIE#25481
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