Re: Anthony Sequeira's CCIE Security Lab Challenge

Rock on, Anthony. I'll be following and studying with you for Security v4.

Regards,
Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (RS), 3x CCNP (RS,Security,Design)
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On Oct 27, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Steve Di Bias <sdibias_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
>
>
>
> --
> Thank you,
>
> Steve Di Bias
> CCIE #32840
>
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