Re: CCIE#25612

Congratulations! Thanks so much for sharing your complete experience!

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Regards,
Rick Mur
CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider)
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Abdullahi Bege Abubakar <
begeieia_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Ronald,
>
> Also congratulations again ...
> And nice story you have here ...
> Very stimulating for the new students ...
> once Congratsssssssssss
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Ronald Johns <rj686b_at_att.com> wrote:
>
> > LOL!  I told my wife that, and she didn't think it was as funny as I
> did...
> > Oh well. :-)  Thanks!
> >
> > From: Narbik Kocharians [mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 9:39 PM
> > To: joshua lauer
> > Cc: Ronald Johns; Cisco certification
> > Subject: Re: CCIE#25612
> >
> > You should take your wife to a SP boot camp.
> >
> > hahahahaha I am sure she will love it.
> >
> > Congrates mate, excellent accomplishment.
> > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:08 PM, joshua lauer
> > <jslauer_at_gmail.com<mailto:jslauer_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Great accomplishment,
> >
> > 4 years between lab attempts is a pretty good stretch! good example of
> > someone who has their eye on the ball. I'll be making an attempt at SP
> this
> > december, I'm not near ready but I figure I'll jump in and do it....took
> 4
> > years off myself to get a PHD now I'm ready to jump into the fray again
> :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Josh
> > CCIE 16024
> >
> > On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Ronald Johns
> > <rj686b_at_att.com<mailto:rj686b_at_att.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > I know I already posted a quick response to my "lab score" question,
> but
> > > wanted to tell my story.  Hope this encourages anybody still hammering
> > out
> > > their studies for the R&S lab.  Thanks to all who have already
> > congratulated
> > > me including tv.  Sorry I flew off the handle a little - I was a bit
> > > stressed out playing the waiting game.
> > >
> > >
> > > My journey began a little over 5 years ago.  I had already obtained
> some
> > > Cisco professional level certs and figured the CCIE couldnb t be much
> > harder
> > > so I booked a lab and a bootcamp with IPexpert.  I had some experience,
> > but
> > > nowhere near the skills necessary for a CCIE candidate, which I
> realized
> > the
> > > first day of Scott Morrisb s bootcamp back in 2005. That was back when
> > ATM
> > > and ISDN were still on the exam. At any rate, I barely made it through
> > layer
> > > 2, and got stuck on layer 3.  I knew I didnb t have a chance.
> > >
> > > 3 years later after gaining some valuable experience on the job, and
> > > putting together a lab of 7x 2811b s, 5x 2600 series (2 of them XMb s),
> > 3x
> > > 3560b s, and a 3550, I started hitting the books.  I purchased the
> > IPexpert
> > > Blended Learning Solution, and worked through all 3 volumes (Volume 1 I
> > > worked through twice), watched the videos and listened to the audio
> > > throughout my study time, and read the following Cisco Press books:
> > >
> > > Cisco QOS Exam Certification Guide
> > > CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Quick Reference Sheets
> > > Routing TCP/IP, Volumes 1 and 2
> > > Internet Routing Architectures
> > > CCIE Routing and Switching Exam Certification Guide
> > > Developing IP Multicast Networks
> > >
> > > I started studying on a regular basis after I passed the written back
> in
> > > October of 2008, but really started hitting it hard the day they
> > announced
> > > the change and I scheduled my lab date.  For the OEQb s, I used the
> > IPexpert
> > > as well as the Internetwork Expert Core Knowledge sims.   Ib ve studied
> > for
> > > more than 500 hours since May.  I put everything on hold b  my band, my
> b
> > > music to pray byb  blog
> > (http://www.musictoprayby.com<http://www.musictoprayby.com/>), and my
> wife
> > and
> > 1
> > > year old child.  In fact, we sacrificed celebrating our 10 year
> > anniversary
> > > on September 25th so that I could wrap up preparing for the lab.  My
> wife
> > is
> > > awesome b  she did this without complaining once.  I couldnb t have
> done
> > > this without her support.
> > >
> > > I want to thank IPexpert for putting together some of the most
> > challenging
> > > material Ib ve ever put myself through.  After working through all the
> > labs
> > > and understanding the solutions, I actually felt a little
> over-prepared,
> > > which is certainly not a bad thing.  I would also like to thank
> everyone
> > in
> > > groupstudy for helping me out with the questions I posted.  I didnb t
> > > participate much compared to a lot of the other professionals who are a
> > part
> > > of this awesome community, but Ib ve been reading religiously for over
> a
> > > year now, and that knowledge gained from yall has been a tremendous
> help!
> > >
> > > Hereb s a little bit about my lab experience:
> > >
> > > I flew into San Jose from Austin on Wednesday just so that Ib d have
> > > Thursday to relax and get mentally prepared for the big day.  On Friday
> > > morning, we met the proctor b  I actually remembered him from my last
> lab
> > > date over 4 years ago.  He showed us to the lab, and to my surprise,
> > there
> > > were these really nice Dell 24b  displays at each station.  I remember
> > them
> > > being junky CRTb s the last time I was there.  The OEQb s were not
> super
> > > easy, and if I would have relied solely on my lab experiences, I
> probably
> > > would not have passed.  I think the reading I did certainly prepared me
> > for
> > > these more than anything else.  The irritating things were my keyboardb
> s
> > > space bar made this squeaky sound that was really annoying and the guy
> > next
> > > to me had this habit of humming, but once I started my lab; I zoned in
> > and
> > > finished in a little over 4 hours.  At this point, Ib m freaking out
> > > thinking there has to be a page missing or something.  So I took a
> little
> > > over 2 hours going over everythi!
> > >  ng again very carefully and found a few mistakes.  At 3:15, I figured
> it
> > > was pointless to stay any longer so I did another round of tclsh pings
> > and
> > > write mems and left.  As most of you know already, my score came in
> > around
> > > 11:00 PM Saturday night.
> > >
> > > Thanks again to everyone who has already congratulated me.  Now, itb s
> on
> > > to the SP track before they add OEQb s!
> > >
> > >
> > > Ron Johns
> > > Sr. Network Engineer
> > > IT Department
> > > CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, CISSP, CCIE#25612
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> > Narbik Kocharians
> > CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security)
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