Re: CCIE#25481

 
 
   Hi David,
 
 
Congrates!!!!!!!!! i would like to thank you many times for revealing your
journey to ccie
 
iam shocked 8 attempt!!!!??? its not a joke i respect your patients and
fighting spirit
 
wihch made you ccie
 
i can feel the pain of failing ccie lab....... i have failed once now iam
planing for v4
 
i now i will be feeling the same next few times but i have failed thats why i
have improved
 
a lot now iam seriuse... anyway ur email is a gud inspiration for me.
 
 
 
 
 
     cheer's
Awad Mohammad
 
 
 
 
 
 

--- On Fri, 9/25/09, Andy Mueller <andymueller713_at_gmail.com> wrote:

From: Andy Mueller <andymueller713_at_gmail.com>
Subject: Re: CCIE#25481
To: "Syed Taukir" <taukir.tawheed_at_gmail.com>
Cc: "oluwaseyi ojo" <sameoj_at_gmail.com>, "David Hunter"
<davidhunterccie25481_at_hotmail.com>, ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009, 10:13 PM

What a great example of perseverance, you are inspiring brother. Many
congrats to you!

Andy

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Syed Taukir <taukir.tawheed_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> 8 timessssssssssssss INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>
> What an amazing story !
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 1:31 AM, oluwaseyi ojo <sameoj_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Congrats,this success story of yours is inspiriting.
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:12 PM, David Hunter <
> > davidhunterccie25481_at_hotmail.com> 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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