RE: Passed in Sydney CCIE# 25636

Congrats, enjoy the rest of the celebration.

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Martin Hogan
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 7:46 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Passed in Sydney CCIE# 25636

Hey All,

I actually got the news less then 3 hours after my lab last Thursday, but
the celebration was ongoing :)

GS is a pretty cool resource, Darby and Nimmers from here helped me out with
a book list for final OEQ / LAB preparation and cheers to the people who
helped me out with the odd question I posted.

Like a lot of people I was fairly overwhelmed originally with Internetwork
Experts 5.0 Volume I workbooks but I worked on through it all (QOS broke my
brain, but im glad I covered it in that detail) and then reviewed when
required after seeing the scenario in a slightly different way which didn't
make sense or I got the scenario incorrect(or different) in their Volume II
books.

Going through the Volume I workbook, reading about each of the variations
and the core technologies in the book and then on the DOCCD was a great
help.

The extra info I got on here and on IEOC (and via the Mock Labs - if you
were thinking of doing these but aren't sure if they are worth it, do it)
from the entire INE crew was absolutely incredible, Larry Hadrava, Anthony
Sequeira, Scott Morris (Online community participation), Petr Lapukhov
(Brain busting blog posts) and the Brians (COD videos) really gave me the
extra detail and info required to understand each technology down to the
expert level.

The lab proctor Scott was a really funny guy, was there all day to answer
questions (questions about the questions, not the answer), tell some funny
stories at lunch and before the lab, I was pretty laid back and relaxed for
the day, in part because of the atmosphere that he helped to create.

Thanks to all people who take the time to post up informative and on-topic
posts and _massive_ thanks to the Internetwork Expert guys for the
incredible quality materials and the community participation.

Cheers
Martin

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Received on Mon Oct 12 2009 - 12:01:17 ART