Re: Passes CCIE Lab(CCIE#25652)

COngratulations!!!

Good to hear another success story!

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Regards,
Iwan Hoogendoorn
CCIE #13084 (R&S / Security / SP)
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Anantha Subramanian Natarajan
<anantha.natarajan_at_gravitant.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>    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
>
> 1) God
>
> 2) My parents
>
> 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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