RE: Too old to do CCIE ?

That story has been posted on Cisco learning's facebook site a few
times. The guy just decided he wanted to do it, so he did it. Simple as
that.

I know I'm late to the party here, but when you're talking about an
intellectual pursuit age has nothing to do with it. 16 or 60, the
material is the material, the test is the test. I didn't start getting
certs till 3 years ago. I did the CCNA through CCIE in that time. It was
nothing but deciding on the goal, coming up with a plan to get from A to
B and FOLLOWING THROUGH.

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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Pavel Bykov
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 5:05 AM
To: kalsaria.prakash_at_gmail.com
Cc: Travis Niedens; Paul Negron; ccieagent; Narbik Kocharians; Scott
Morris; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: 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
>
> -----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
>
>
>
> > 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
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> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Joe Astorino
> >>>>> CCIE #24347
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> >>>>>
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> >>
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> >
> >
> > --
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