Re: Get my number

Nice work Mike,

Sounds like it was a long journey with a lot of blood sweat and maybe even
tears along the way. Having the gumption to keep at it over the years
obviously had paid off.

Thanks for sharing your story and congratulations!

Cheers,
Adam

On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Mike Marvel <mmarvel37122_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> I passed my CCIE lab last Sunday at Cisco Live. It was a fun exam filled
> with network outages and even a restart of my lab. It turned into a very
> long day but was worth it when i got that score report. At times, over the
> years, I thought i'd never see that one simple word... Pass.
>
> I began working on my CCIE in 2007 with the v3.0 exam. I did a few
> attempts at v3.0 pre-OeQ, twice with OeQ, including passing the config and
> failing on OeQ. I took v4.0 the second week it was out and, like most
> early on, wasn't ready for TS. I let my written expire because I got very
> busy at work but renewed my written in June, 2011. I attempted the lab in
> August, 2011 and passed configuration but failed TS.
>
> Over the years I've used materials from IP Expert and, most recently, INE.
> (along with much lurking on groupstudy) To prepare for the attempt I
> really hit the INE Workbook Vol. 4 hard the last few weeks leading up to
> the exam. I want to thank the people at IP Expert, INE and everybody here
> for the great training materials.
>
> The best advice I can give is this... Don't give up, even when life gets
> in the way, manage your time and don't let the test freak you out. You'll
> do much better and manage your time better if you can stay calm, especially
> during TS, and stick with whatever troubleshooting methodology you've
> decided to use.
>
> Let me know if I can answer any questions for anybody. Now, on to CCIE
> Data Center.
>
> Michael Marvel
> CCIE# 35642
>
> P.S. Cisco Live rocked.
>
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