Re: CCIE#25481

Hung in there and got it done! Excellent! Many congrats on your hard work
and dedication.

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> David,
> your number is well earned, please accept my warmest congratulations!
>
> A.
>
>
> David Hunter wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've been reading GroupStudy archives for the last 6 years. I have never
>> subscribed before. I've been waiting for the opportunity to post my story,
>> like hundreds of others have done when they passed, so here's my chance.
>>
>>
>>
>> I passed the R&S test at RTP on Monday, Sept. 21. My 8th attempt. It has
>> been
>> a long and grueling journey. I passed the Written in August 2003. I've
>> learned
>> a lot about humility, perserverance, forgetting mistakes in the past,
>> self-sacrifice, suffering, sleep deprivation, frustration and hard work
>> along
>> this journey. But now I also know the real feeling of personal
>> achievement!
>>
>>
>>
>> To sum up the reasons for my eventual success in one sentence, the Bible
>> says
>> somewhere: 'in the multitude of counselors, there is wisdom.'
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, I have definitely had a GREAT multitude of 'counselors', and I would
>> like to thank them all now.
>>
>>
>>
>> First, to God, Elena, my family and friends, who have all accompanied me
>> on
>> this journey of ups and downs, a huge thanks! I couldn't have done it
>> without
>> your faith in me!
>>
>>
>>
>> To NetMaster: an excellent school. Thanks Bruce, Val and John - you are
>> excellent teachers, and the labs are brutal. I studied every technology
>> thoroughly. I also learned so much about considering all of the options,
>> spotting the issues, and "owning" each technology by labbing each one up.
>> NetMaster definitely pushed me up to the top of the CCIE hill when I was
>> close
>> for so long.
>>
>>
>>
>> To CyscoExpert: I learned so much from CyscoExpert. Their labs were also
>> brutal. Thanks Bahram, Naren, Mitch, Bacho, Peter and Tom. You taught me
>> so
>> much. Besides the technologies, I learned from them the value of
>> configuring
>> accurately, verifying everything, reading slowly to catch all of the
>> details,
>> and that passing the test depends on understanding, not typing speed.
>>
>>
>>
>> To my friends John and Dewan, who are also going for the lab next week:
>> Thanks
>> for your constant encouragement and for drilling me with questions. You
>> guys
>> helped enormously.
>>
>>
>>
>> To my first CCIE teacher Pete Koulouris: Thanks for your help also. What I
>> remember most from Pete is that the CCIE requires sacrifice, for some
>> people
>> enormous sacrifice. After flunking the test so many times, this advice
>> helped
>> me to keep going to the end.
>>
>>
>>
>> To my friend Miguel: Thanks. Miguel's advice was to read the doc CD and
>> the
>> blueprint closely. I read through each command on the doc CD and analyzed
>> all
>> relevant commands very thoroughly, including configuring them and typing ?
>> after to see all of the available keywords. Also, I found some surprises
>> on
>> the blueprint, like DVMRP and no IPv6 BGP!
>>
>>
>>
>> To Mike Dongvillo, a quad-CCIE I used to work with: Thanks. I learned the
>> value of details! Details really make the difference between passing the
>> test
>> and failing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Last but definitely not least: Thanks so much to GroupStudy! I owe so much
>> to
>> people like Scott Morris, Brian McGahan, Brian Dennis, Wayne Lawson,
>> Narbik
>> Kocharians, and so many others who have generously contributed to this
>> website
>> over the last 6 years by patiently answering questions.
>>
>>
>>
>> My journey is finally complete, and it was well worth it!!
>>
>>
>>
>> To all of those who have failed a few times, my advice is:
>>
>> I have felt your pain. Even as recently as last week. But now that I am on
>> the
>> other side of the line, I feel such enormous relief that I didn't give up.
>> Don't ever give up! Like Scott Morris said before: What do they call a
>> doctor
>> who passes the medical exam after failing a few times? A doctor.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>>
>>
>> David Hunter
>>
>> CCIE#25481
>>
>>
>>
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