Re: Anthony Sequeira's CCIE Security Lab Challenge

Anthony i Echo CCIE99999 and I'm very proud of you. You gave it your all,
and you're a great inspiration to others Thanks for sharing!!

On Saturday, October 27, 2012, ccie99999 wrote:

> Wow. Such a great spirit man!
>
> @ccie99999
> Il giorno 27/ott/2012 15:26, "Anthony Sequeira" <terry.francona_at_gmail.com<javascript:;>
> >
> ha scritto:
>
> > Hello everyone! Thank you so much for following my CCIE Security
> Challenge.
> > I sat the CCIE Security Lab Exam Version 3.0 in RTP North Carolina, USA
> > yesterday.
> > Overall - what an amazingly enjoyable experience. I hit the Angus Barn
> the
> > night before with David Blaire, the RTP proctor. What an amazingly
> awesome
> > person he is. You will be very fortunate if you test at RTP - VERY
> > FORTUNATE. He will make you feel relaxed and well cared for, and is very
> up
> > front and clear about the ways in which he can help you try and pass. My
> > only complaint was that the night before at Angus Barn - he made me try
> > ostrich. Those poor giant birds. Even they could not escape our hunger
> for
> > meat! I am complaining because the meat was really good. I am thinking
> > about
> > heading to the Lowry Park Zoo here in Tampa Florida with a really big
> > knife.
> > I figure I can get away with it since we are celebrating Halloween in the
> > USA this weekend.
> > So if you are reading this, it is at this point where you are probably
> > wondering if I am ever going to speak about my results...well - here
> goes:
> > I must have failed - by a few points - probably 8 to 10 points. I was not
> > able to complete three 6 point tasks, so my chances of passing are slim
> to
> > none. Yes, I fell into the classic case of needing just one more hour and
> > being able to pass the exam with relative ease! As you will see from my
> > rating scale below - it was indeed my technical knowledge (lack thereof)
> > that failed me.
> > So now I am on to my new challenge! I will be one of the first to pass
> the
> > new Version 4 blueprint. I am so incredibly excited. So excited in fact,
> > that I started studying on the flight back! (FlexVPN).
> > By the way - here is how my four Cornerstones of Success held up for me.
> > This is my self rating of how I did on those on a 10 point scale.
> > 1 - Technical Knowledge - 4 (yes, this was indeed my big issue)
> > 2 - Strategy - 8 (I almost passed the lab when I was truly ready
> > technically!)
> > 3 - Psychology - 9 (my head was "on straight" for this attempt - again it
> > drove me to almost pass)
> > 4 - Physical Wellness - 10 (I slept like a baby the night before - and
> felt
> > amazing throughout the exam!)
> > It was so flattering to be recognized for my Cornerstones of Success
> > lecture
> > at Cisco Live by many of the candidates in the lobby waiting to test!
> > Another candidate was thanking me vigorously for teaching him QoS. I
> never
> > cycled back with him after to see if he actually got those points! :)
> > So - you are going to watch me here at the blog (blog.ipexpert.com ) as
> I
> > prepare for Version 4. And watch how technical we dive. Get your scuba
> gear
> > ready my friends! I am going to get crazy technical (for me) and present
> > challenges that are in the spirit of how Cisco would present them. I
> have a
> > better sense for that than ever!
> > I am so glad that there will be plenty of seats for Version 4 in the near
> > future at RTP- now I can go back to the strategy that works best for me -
> > booking the lab the week before I am ready to crush it. I realized time
> how
> > much I dislike the approach of booking and then trying to prepare for
> that
> > date. Yuck. Not my style.
> > Here are some nuggets for those preparing for their version 3 still:
> > * The exam consists of 3, 4, 5, and 6 point tasks
> > * Task value does an excellent job of conveying difficulty or conveying
> > the
> > time it will take you if it is easy
> > * Troubleshooting is EVERYWHERE - it is crazy - trust the lab paper - do
> > not
> > trust your initials; the TS is NOT restricted to the tasks that are
> titled
> > TS.
> > * I do not think you can solve this lab doing the tasks in order and pass
> > (but you knew that I am guessing)
> > * When you get a task or two that seems really bizarre with a technology
> > you
> > have never heard of - do not panic - everything was really easy to find
> in
> > the Doc-CD; also that task will most likely only be worth few points. The
> > task was laid there to check you on the DOC-CD and to mess with your
> > strategy.
> > Thank you to all of the incredible people around the world that followed
> my
> > challenge and gave me great mojo. And to the haters - please consider
> > therapy.
> > Anthony Sequeira, CCIE, CCSI, VCP
> >
> > http://www.stormwind.com
> >
> > Twitter: @compsolv
> >
> > Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/compsolv>

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