RE: Yet another CCIE blog... fleeing the country to study in

Very cool, I used to read Tom's Hardware, Sharkyextreme, etc... back in the day when I was a gamer/overclocker. Back to the subject, I was like many juggling a fulltime job, social life, dogs, wife (and on my last 2 attempts a newborn, holy crap that wasn't fun!).

Although in my 20's I led a pretty cool life (fulltime snowboarder, partier, mountain biker and part time IT or card dealer), one of the things I regret was not focusing on the career side of things and just taking a solid 6 months or so and devote it to something like the CCIE. It of course gets more difficult the more things you have to divide your focus on.

And you're right, given the lifestyle you're gonna be living you have PLENTY of time to study and still write blogs. After all, you can only work on tech so many hours a day before it's counterproductive. And you've got the beach, great foods and so on as well.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Humphrey Cheung [mailto:not5150_at_gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:36 AM
To: Steve Means
Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Yet another CCIE blog... fleeing the country to study in Thailand

Writing comes pretty easily to me, so it's not that big of a deal. I
was the Senior Editor of www.tomshardware.com for four years. Plus
many people told me it was a great way to keep my sanity during the
studying.

Second post up - http://www.routergods.com/2011/yet-another-ccie-blog-part-2/

Humphrey

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:38 AM, Steve Means <smeans_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
> I never wrote a blog, was too busy studying. ;)
>
> You're doing it right though, I spread by IE out of 1.5 years in amongst
> work and play. Banging like you're doing is awesome. If you're single.
>
> Steve Means
> CCIE #30108
> CCSI #32951
> Instructor / Consultant
> Email: smeans_at_ccbootcamp.com
> Toll Free: 877-654-2243
> International: +1-702-968-5100
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Humphrey Cheung
> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 9:29 AM
> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Yet another CCIE blog... fleeing the country to study in
> Thailand
>
> Hello all,
>
> Forgive the blatant self promotion, but candidate blogs appear to be a
> rite of passage for people studying for their CCIE. I've done
> something a little different... I've sequestered myself in a Thailand
> beach resort condo for four months to finish up my R&S studies.
>
> I've been here for two weeks and have set up a nice routine which I'll
> detail in future posts. But basically it works out to
>
> Concentrate on one topic for three days and hit it from all angles,
> audio, reading, videos and labbing
>
> Early morning - Walk/run the beach.. this takes 30-45 minutes and I
> listen to mp3 versions of Ruhann's short notes. Probably one of the
> best purchases I've made so far for studying and I read the notes into
> Audacity to create my own audio clips.
> Morning - Read approx 2 hours a day on my Kindle... usually done at the
> beach
> Early afternoon - 1-2 hours - Watch my INE videos (bought the R&S
> bundle back in 2009)
> Afternoon - Review Ruhann's short notes on my laptop
> Late afternoon to sleep - Labbing with INE's workbooks until I conk
> out... using "The Thing That Cannot Be Named", GNS3 and rack rentals
>
> Blog is at www.routergods.com
>
> --
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