RE: Newly minted CCIE!

Passed last Monday in San Jose. I took my first legit shot in feb '10.
Next one 4 months after that, next one 6 months (lab pass, OEQ fail)
then 5 months (don't ever take a lab with your wife and newborn while on
vacation, lol!) then finally 4 months.

I think I would have been better served just nutting up and spending all
my free time learning/labbing and doing it in 6 months. It was pretty
rough to keep coming back to it after breaks.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jay McMickle [mailto:jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 4:23 AM
To: Steve Means
Cc: marc edwards; Bashir Sani; <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: Newly minted CCIE!

Congrats!
What day did you pass?
How long did you take between attempts that you advise against?

Regards,
Jay McMickle- CCNP,CCSP,CCDP
Sent from my iPhone
http://mycciepursuit.wordpress.com

On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:06 AM, "Steve Means" <smeans_at_ccbootcamp.com>
wrote:

> Haha, I was working on it then as well. I would highly suggest people
> not take as long between attempts as I did. It's nicer and more to the
> point to focus on it if your work/family schedule allows.
>
>
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> From: marc edwards [mailto:renorider_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 7:31 PM
> To: Bashir Sani
> Cc: Steve Means; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Newly minted CCIE!
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>
>
> Nice work Steve! I still remember meeting and shaking your hand down
in
> San Fran Cisco Live! 2009. Glad to add another CCIE handshake to the
> list :-D
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> On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Bashir Sani <bashkhid_at_gmail.com>
wrote:
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> congrats...
>
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> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 6:39 AM, Steve Means <smeans_at_ccbootcamp.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I know this is the R&S list and all, but (the security list is dead
>> anyway) I just got my score report for the CCIE Sec. Passed! Finally
>> vindication for passing the lab but failing OEQs, and for basically
>> working a part time job for over a year. Whew!
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Received on Mon Sep 19 2011 - 04:39:02 ART