Re: Passes CCIE Lab(CCIE#25652)

I extend my heartfelt congratulations to you my friend! Excellent work!

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
http://www.INE.com

On Oct 11, 2009, at 5:10 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan wrote:

> Hi All,
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> Here by unicasting the below message as I am having problems with
> posting to groupstudy since thursday.
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> Hi All,
>
> I passed the CCIE lab today and the number is CCIE#25652.There is
> no question that,group study is the main part of my success.For last
> 5 months,its really my friend.My questions (even some are
> stupid,irrelevant) are always answered.Sometime I use the groupstudy
> as an energizer,whenever I feel to get deviated from the regular
> study ,I just post questions which I have in my mind and dwell in
> the replies.
>
> Without the support of the below persons I wouldn' be able to even
> come close to pass the lab
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> 1) God
>
> 2) My parents
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> 3) My wife,she was so supportive during this process.I once
> mentioned that ,in groupstudy ,experts mentioning how their wife was
> supportive for the success in the lab preparation ,she asked
> humorously whether I will mention her in the groupstudy email, while
> I pass the lab exam hhahaha.....Without doubt ,even if i passed or
> not,she is in my top of the list ,she sacrificed lot of stuff during
> this process,it really amazed me how great she is and also made me
> feel how selfish I was to go toward accomplishing this by
> sacrificing quality time with the family
>
> 4) My boss,he was so supportive in accomdating time offs for making
> me available to the bootcamps and study related time offs for
> preparation.He was even morally supporting me during these
> periods.He is a great boss.....
>
> 5) I have couple of friends in UK and a friend in US ,with whom I
> prepared for the lab exam....They were really great in helping me
> out ..One among them was literally on the cisco webex with me for
> past 4 days and helped me in revising the topics...
>
> 6) I would like to personally thank these below groupstudy members
> who assisted or helped me in my questions .I am sure missing some
> names,please forgive me so..I really mean it..Also other members of
> this group who provide valuable inputs to many and through which I
> learned a lot
>
> "Jake,garry baker,usainthe thunder bolt,swap m,Roro,4g1vn,Ryan
> West,ftt,Darby,Iwan,CCIE_RS,Scott Morris,Anthony Sequeria,Bryan
> Bartik,Guarav Madan,Divin Mathew John,Narbik,Joe Astorino,Lejoe,R B
> Kumar,Larry Hardava,Noel Debouver III,ccie19226,ron
> wilkers,Nathan,Sadiq yakasai,Salah Elshekil,Lenny,Steve
> Lyons,Tharak,pramod,Terry,NN Kumar,william Mccall,petr
> laphukhov,kaniyath Mina,Aundra Browning,Ravi Singh,Nicholas
> Davitashvali,Jarad Scrivener,L Jankok,
> S Malik,Santiago Enciso,q ospf,nayyar,Dale shaw,Thameem Maranveetel
> Parambath,Modular,Petr Kurdzeil,ALL_From_NJ,Michael Haynes,Syed
> Ali,Scott Vermicillion,vincent Tray,Mohammed Elway,"
>
> Lab experience
>
> 1) OEQ were moderate and answerable
>
> 2) Lab task are to the point and test most of the technical stuff.If
> I could pass,anybody can ,so people preparing kindly don't worry and
> just concentrate on the blue print and master the subject.
>
> Some Materials/Tools used for preparation
>
> 1) INE Workbooks (Awesome workbooks) --Special thanks to Brians and
> Pert Laphukhov
>
> 2) Scott Morris Audio boot camp (I have listened so many times,I
> even can mimick him now :) ..Great work)
>
> 3) Narbiks workbook (I looked into this workbook in the later part
> of my preparation ,one thing sure is,even if you are new to the lab
> process,you can immediately start understanding the content,so well
> written)
>
> 4) Atended INE bootcamp twice (One done by Marvin Greenle(Good
> one ,first three days were aswesome and the last 2 days I couldn't
> grasp much,as I was not fully prepared that time on those topics)
> and the other instructed by Anthony Sequeria/Keith barker(I enjoyed
> this)
>
> Kind Note:Anthony Sequeria a nice attitude person and he provided a
> great deal of confidence in approaching the examination while I
> attended his bootcamp..Great instructor..He is so focussed in
> techniques of how to handle te lab exam ...He provided me a "IPV6
> theory,protocol and Practice" to read,very nice book .......
>
> From Keith barker I learned good key points on security topics
>
> 5) CCIE Command Memorizer (Nice tool as much as i used ..Not able to
> dedicate much time on it )
>
> 6) INE VideoOndemand Technology -----Great Great one ...Brian rocks
>
> 7) Since one of my friend had subscribed to IP expert,So I was able
> to understand many things from there material...I would say even
> that is nice
>
> If I go back in time,Things I may have done in other way for
> preparing for the lab
>
> 1) Read the whole Doc CD first
>
> 2) Read the whole INE work book/IP Expert workbook and practice labs
>
> 3) Read Narbik workbook
>
> 4) Then schedule the lab (I forced myself to give the lab exam
> before this version,which I think was not be good for me,sometime I
> couldn't enjoy reading because of pressure in completing the topics)
>
> Sorry to take all your time ...I just want to thank you all and
> share my thoughts .......
>
> People pursuing keep studying,everytime I see a lab sucess story,I
> used to dream when I will write one and so I got one by gods
> grace.So you will also ......
>
> Thank you all
>
> Regards
> Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
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