Re: The story of CCIE#34420

Woww man 8 th time champion man. All those 7 times, Cisco is not champion
man.. U r the REAL CHAMP and KINGMAKER dude.
Party hard wid the family and njoy the success.

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Sadiq Yakasai <sadiqtanko_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> True inspiration from yourself for us, sir! You are a true Warrior!
>
> Congratulations and job well done. Time to chill out now.
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Michael Kiefer <mjkiefer_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I passed at RTP on Monday 1/30, after Cisco won 7 previous battles. I
> > started studying for the CCIE in July of 2008 (V3 was the test until
> > 10/09). I didn't really take studying seriously until enrolled in
> Narbik's
> > first bootcamp in Wilmington, DE (my current town). It simply wasn't
> > possible for me to take a bootcamp elsewhere because my wife worked (and
> > was pregnant) and my daughter was 3 at the time. Her hands were very
> full!
> > I am eternally grateful for my wife's patience. She is a rockstar!! I
> would
> > have divorced myself long ago!
> >
> > I started with INE's product line first using dynamips and then moving up
> > to the real hardware. I was and still am a hard core Linux user. I had
> > about 6 years of experience as sysadmin on production boxes. INE's
> products
> > are great, but I was growing more and more frustrated with dynamips.
> >
> > I started with a clean slate the summer of 2010 with a new INE topology
> > based lab on real hardware
> >
> > Narbik taught me to look at things in their absolute simplest form. My
> > friend and mentor Dave Roehsler (CCIE#20502) did the same thing. Grab
> some
> > markers, a white board and work it out. Narbik's topology and workbooks
> can
> > almost be done entirely on Dynamips without any trouble, FB!!!
> >
> > I began sharpening the saw over and over again with Narbik's workbooks on
> > Dynamips. Any chance I got, I used them.
> >
> > I found myself knowing the material, but failing the tests. The last
> > failure was 9/9/11 by one or two troubleshooting tickets. Revenge for
> that
> > failure would be cold and merciless! No comfort to the enemy, just pain,
> > death, and destruction!
> >
> > The time between the two tests was nothing but speed building and
> > reviewing. Brian McGahan's new ATC v4.5 was out and it was great for
> > keeping the cobwebs out of my mind. I could burn through an INE Vol II TS
> > section in 40 minutes or less by the week before the lab. The Vol II
> config
> > labs were toast in 4 hours.
> >
> > I managed to complete and pass the TS section with 30 minutes left in the
> > real lab. The config part was done with more than 2 hours left.
> >
> > All of my studies were self funded. In fact, I even left a full time
> > position with a local Gold partner who wanted my CCIE#, but didn't want
> to
> > fund my studies. I landed a very lucrative long term contract that
> provided
> > the resources to make it all happen.
> >
> > I put some video clips out on my Youtube channel: mjk2374. I don't have
> > much content, but there are some good clips from RTP and a rack tour from
> > my basement. The proctor, David Blair, gave me permission to shoot the
> > video inside the lab.
> >
> > It was an honor and privilege to sign the wall of pain next to David
> > Roehsler's. Narbik's entry is there as well as a few other interesting
> > things like a husband and wife duo. It looks like Howard's son put Sponge
> > Bob on the bottom, too. I saw Brian McGahan's, but unfortunately didn't
> > capture it on video.
> >
> > My best advice to CCIE candidates is pretty much what Narbik says,"You
> are
> > ready when you can do the workbooks cover to cover with absolutely no
> > questions." Don't overestimate your own ability(like I did). Make sure
> you
> > are an expert when you walk through that door at Cisco. If you take the
> > psychological aspects of the test out, they don't have a leg to stand on.
> > Invest in yourself and absolutely never give up!
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Michael Kiefer
> > CCIE# 34420 (R&S)
> >
> >
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