RE: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE

Congratulations to 21 year old CCIE!!!
- From a big brother who has got a CCIE number at the age of 32 (Now 34).....Of course I am proud about my age & C.number

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Durkin, Michael (H USA) <michael.durkin_at_siemens.com> wrote:

> From: Durkin, Michael (H USA) <michael.durkin_at_siemens.com>
> Subject: RE: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE
> To: "Thameem Maranveetil Parambath" <security.goodie_at_gmail.com>, "Zeeshan Sanaullah" <zeeshansanaullah_at_hotmail.com>
> Cc: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 5:54 AM
> Like you Thameem, I struggle with so
> many commitments. What is amazing
> to me about the journey of a 21 year old CCIE (Muhammad
> Zeeshan
> Sanaullah) is that at that age he was able to focus on
> this. Even though
> I had few commitments at that age, I had even less focus
> and ability to
> execute. It is truly an amazing accomplishment and
> something to be proud
> of. I suspect that the future is very bright for Muhammad.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com]
> On Behalf Of
> Thameem Maranveetil Parambath
> Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 11:31 PM
> To: Zeeshan Sanaullah
> Cc: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Journey to a 21 Year Old CCIE
>
> Dear,
>
> Masha allah...(As God wishes)!
> Lucky that you started the journey early! I am struggling
> with lots of
> commitments in my 29!
>
> Regards
> Thameem
>
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Zeeshan Sanaullah <
> zeeshansanaullah_at_hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey All !
> >
> > Just Received my Report, I cannot tell you how happy I
> am. I have been
> > dreaming of becoming a CCIE since I was 15. Now at 21
> I have finally
> passed
> > the CCIE R&S Lab Exam.
> >
> > My
> > Journey Started when I got my old 386 computer. I was
> quite young at
> > that time but I as really fascinated by the little
> machine. In few
> > years it was upgraded to Windows 95. I used to corrupt
> and fix
> > everything on my own. In Grade Seven during school
> holidays I joined
> > a local institute nearby my home for Web and Graphics
> Designing. My
> > Teacher was preparing for MCSE and I used to ask him
> about what it was
> > all about and then I finally decided to join the
> Networking field.
> >
> > So
> > at the age of 15 I passed the CCNA Exam, it was really
> difficult one
> > for me at that time. Just after clearing I went ahead
> and joined CCNP
> > Training. I passed BSCI and BCMSN and had to stop
> because my high
> > school studies were being affected. After completing
> school I got job
> > at a Cisco Premier Partner. I still work here as
> Network Engineer
> > working on R&S and Security Projects. Back
> in December 2007, I
> > completed CCNP along with few other certifications
> from Cisco and
> > Juniper.
> >
> > Immediately I Started my preparations for CCIE. I
> > passed the Written Exam but it took a lot of time
> around 8 months
> > during which I was working on a major project. So I
> finally decided
> > that it was now time to get my hands dirty. I
> scheduled the Lab but
> > after every week I had to extend it because of Job
> load and other
> > responsibilities.
> >
> > A turning point in my preparations was when
> > I received the Scholarship from Internetwork Expert. I
> really jumped
> > out of my seat when I received the email saying I have
> been selected
> as
> > the Sole International Recipient. Since then there was
> no stopping and
> > I booked the seat at Aug 18 2009.
> >
> > During the last month I had
> > enormous distractions but I focused on my strategy.
> The Exam day has
> > finally arrived and I was very afraid of the 4 Stupid
> questions that
> > can cost you $1400.
> >
> > So we started of with the Core Knowledge.
> > The first one was really easy but the rest were
> confusing and I spent
> > the whole 30 mins. I sticked to the first thoughts as
> many CCIEs told
> > me that overthinking can cause you to fail.
> >
> > Lab Portion was not as difficult as I was expecting,
> my time
> management was
> > not good I spent too much time on 2 Tasks
> > one
> > of them was very easy but my mind was not the working
> at its best.
> > After 40 mins of thinking and trying different
> solutions I got one
> task
> > done but I moved forward and left the other. I had
> complete
> > reachability before proctor called for Lunch. After
> Lunch time I
> > completed other tasks verified reachability. On whole
> I left two tasks
> > and instead of working on them I re-checked every
> thing and found a
> > couple of mistakes which could have cost me. After the
> Exam I knew I
> > had great chance of passing the Lab, the only thing
> that was troubling
> > me was the Core Knowledge Questions.
> >
> >
> > Thanks to ALLAH in
> > helping me achieving this journey and many others who
> have helped me
> > including my employer, manger, colleagues and my
> family.
> >
> > As far
> > as my Exam Strategy is concerned I used CCIE 2.0
> Program by
> > Internetwork Expert. Advance Technologies Class, Open
> Lecture Series
> > and Volume I Workbook were the main products. I
> focused on individual
> > technologies and did very few Full Scale Labs and
> never completed even
> > a single of them because of various issues , power
> outages being the
> > main cause. I would highly recommend the CCIE 2.0
> Program to
> candidates
> > and specially the Volume I Workbook and the Open
> Lecture Series. Both
> > of them are my favorites and I still plan to use the
> OLS, it a great
> > tool. For those who dont know about it its just an
> ongoing version of
> > Advance Technologies Class. Each week Brain Mcgahan
> conducts two 1
> hour
> > each class and cover various technologies on the CCIE
> Blueprint. I
> > would love to see it released for CCIE Security as
> well.
> >
> > Thank
> > you Internetworkexpert , you guys have been a crucial
> part of my
> > success specially Kady and Brain and I look forward to
> choose you for
> > the Next Track which I have yet to decide , per my job
> role CCIE
> > Security looks the best and I have heard that the new
> exam is very
> > difficult and only 1 guy has passed since the
> Blueprint changed so I
> > would love to tackle this beast. CCIE Service Provider
> also looks very
> > promising and for the next 2-3 years because of IPv6
> and MPLS its
> worth
> > will increase.
> >
> > By the way Cisco should introduce 21 Year CCIE Logo
> for Me , Brain ,
> Rick
> > and
> > few others ... what do you guys say ;)
> >
> > Thank you all
> >
> > Muhammad Zeeshan Sanaullah
> > CCIE # 25196
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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