From: IPSec (ipsec@myrealbox.com)
Date: Thu Sep 26 2002 - 14:39:58 GMT-3
Omer,
I can't agree more with you on this...
I did have a family when I started this CCIE pursuit 2 and half years ago. All the hark working in these years has awarded me a CCIE title, but at the cost that my wife divorced me due to lack of my attention.
A man can only do so much, and no one has 25 hours in his day. What can I say... it's a mixed feeling when talking about the CCIE journey.
Lots of Congrats to you, Ming Zhou!
Ming,
my heartiest congratulations to you man!
hats off to all the people who are married and pass.
Becoming a CCIE is no small deed, but it is much harder
when you have a family at home also.
I can only imagine not being married myself, about how
much personal sacrifice one would have to make.
Once again Ming Congrats, and enjoy your success!
Omer
#10313
On Thu, 26 September 2002, Mingzhou Nie wrote:
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: Mon Oct 07 2002 - 07:44:04 GMT-3
> Hi, All
>
> After 18 and a half hours mentally tortueing, I
finally
> got emails from
> Cisco, "Congratulations on Passing the CCIE
Lab!", at
> 10:30 this
> morning. I'm now CCIE 10342.
>
> It's been hell of thirteen months with my first try
was
> at 2 day lab. I
> can't thank you more on this. It is this group that
> keeps me up all the
> time. I want to thank
>
> Omer - for being my study partener, and congrats to
him
> passing it on
> Monday
> Brian, Brian and Fred Ingram - you guys are awesome.
> it's because of
> you guys, groupstudy is so attractive
> Jim Brown - your story tells us "never give
in" spirit
> and you deserved
> it
> Nich Shah - you have solid knowledge I can see and
> number for you is
> counting, never give up
> Dmitry Volkov - awesome, passed in first try
> Chris (Hugo), Chris (Larson), Guy Lupi, Hansang Bae
and
> many many more
> -
> thanks for helping me
> Finally, but not lastly, I want to thank my wife and
> lovely son. W/o
> you guys, nothing is possible.
>
> My tips for you guys.
>
> - study every possible technologies. I know some edge
> technologies are
> not always tested. but don't take chances. sometimes a
> few points could
> cost you. For those technologies, like ISIS,
MulticasT,
> NTP etc, you
> don't have to spend a week on each, but spend, say two
> days on each of
> them and _make sure_ understand them, not just
remember
> the configs.
> It's actually part of study fun.
>
> - take notes. a lot of questions have been asked
> thousands of times.
> take notes on them and lab it out whenever possible.
> it's been very
> helpful. don't say I didn't tell you :) I will be
> posting the notes I
> have beening taken on my web server in a couple of
days
> for you guys
> review.
>
> - be very very careful in lab, even though it means
> takes more time to
> finish on one section, but at least you are sure that
> this section is
> securerd. I still have some mistakes that I recall.
Had
> I been more
> careful, I should be much better shape.
>
> A new chapter begins today
>
> Mingzhou Nie, CCIE 10342
>
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