Re: Too old to do CCIE ?

There is a "success story" in the archives of Groupstudy, which was sent by
a member I think 2-3 years ago.
The guy had just passed his first CCIE at the age of 60.

On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 7:17 PM, <kalsaria.prakash_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> All The best for the result ....
>
>
> Sent on my BlackBerry. from Vodafone
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Travis Niedens <niedentj_at_hotmail.com>
> Sender: nobody_at_groupstudy.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:44:25
> To: 'Paul Negron'<negron.paul_at_gmail.com>; 'ccieagent'<
> ccieagent_at_verizon.net>; 'Narbik Kocharians'<narbikk_at_gmail.com>; 'Scott
> Morris'<swm_at_emanon.com>
> Reply-To: Travis Niedens <niedentj_at_hotmail.com>
> Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Subject: RE: Too old to do CCIE ?
>
> Well, I am aiming for CCDE by 33. Few more weeks before the results are
> back,
>
> Travis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Paul
> Negron
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:52 PM
> To: ccieagent; 'Narbik Kocharians'; 'Scott Morris'
> Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Too old to do CCIE ?
>
> Frank Knox is in his late 60's.
> --
> Paul Negron
> CCIE# 14856 CCSI# 22752
> Senior Technical Instructor
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> > From: ccieagent <ccieagent_at_verizon.net>
> > Reply-To: ccieagent <ccieagent_at_verizon.net>
> > Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:15:19 -0500
> > To: 'Narbik Kocharians' <narbikk_at_gmail.com>, 'Scott Morris'
> <swm_at_emanon.com>
> > Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> > Subject: RE: Too old to do CCIE ?
> >
> > I was following this thread and asked an old friend what he thought.
> Here's
> > Terry's take.
> >
> > Interesting topic.
> >
> > I tell people these days that "I'm the oldest active CCIE, and you can
> > interpret that two ways."
> >
> > Actually, I don't know who the oldest CCIE is, in terms of the age of the
> > holder. Since I'm in my late 50s, I'm probably close to really being the
> > oldest active CCIE. My certification renewal date is June 30, 2012 and I
> > intend to renew before then. That recertification will allow me to keep
> my
> > certification active until after my 20th anniversary of my certification,
> > which was August, 1993.
> >
> > Perhaps you are more interested in someone achieving a new certification.
> I
> > don't see anything wrong with that. If you're willing to learn the
> material,
> > which is a good mental exercise, and take the test, possibly multiple
> times,
> > then go for it!
> >
> > I am interested in getting my CCDE cert, and I know that there will be a
> > significant amount of work required to get there. It will allow me to
> > exercise my brain as well as coinciding with the type of work that I find
> > myself doing more.
> >
> > -tcs
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Narbik Kocharians
> > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 6:49 PM
> > To: Scott Morris
> > Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Too old to do CCIE ?
> >
> > hahahaha
> > you are not going to use a calculator are you? Abacus is much easier.
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Scott Morris <swm_at_emanon.com> wrote:
> >
> >> heheheh... While funny, there are still a number of folks around who
> >> could do that. :)
> >>
> >> I hear that Narbik can subnet with an abacus!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> *Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider)
> >> #4713,
> >>
> >> CCDE #2009::D, CCNP-Voice, JNCIE-SP #153, JNCIE-ER #102, CISSP, et al.
> >>
> >> CCSI #21903, JNCI-SP, JNCI-ER
> >>
> >> swm_at_emanon.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Knowledge is power.
> >>
> >> Power corrupts.
> >>
> >> Study hard and be Eeeeviiiil......
> >>
> >>
> >> On 11/11/11 12:39 AM, Alexei Monastyrnyi wrote:
> >>
> >>> She should wait till Cisco Releases "CCIE Fossil" track with IP/SNA,
> >>> X.25, IPX, DLSw etc,then she should pass without any prepping. :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Never too late
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> A.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 11/11/2011 2:06 AM, Narbik Kocharians wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I won't even mention my grannnnnMA, she wants to go for another one.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Joe Astorino<joeastorino1982@**
> >>>> gmail.com <joeastorino1982_at_gmail.com>>wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> You are asking the wrong questions my friend. Asking if you are
> >>>> too
> >>>>> old or
> >>>>> how many other people have it your age are just excuses to tell
> >>>>> yourself you are not good enough based on what everybody else is
> >>>>> doing and telling you. You need to decide that you want to do this
> >>>>> for you and not for anybody else. Go out there and start studying
> >>>>> and don't worry about who else has it, who else is passing, etc.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Ccieyarub<ccieyarub_at_gmail.com>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi
> >>>>>> Would like to know if I'm currently too old and too late to do
> >>>>>> my CCIE after 16 years of network engineering experience I m
> >>>>>> having
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> And second how many Guys have it in my age
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Joe Astorino
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> > --
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