Go CCIE Go!! - A Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert

Congrats! Enjoy the success!
Regards,
Nick Sciarrilli CCIE #16602
On 9/17/06, Tim Ross wrote: > > Congratulations Jim. > > Tim Ross > CCIE# 11757 > > > —–Original Message—– > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of > Jim > Ferens > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:31 PM > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: CCIE #16755 > > It was a long journey but I finally passed yesterday at RTP. This was my > 9th > attempt at the lab. The last four attempts I felt confident walking out > only > to receive that dreaded email and after logging in to find out I had > failed > again. This last attempt I was much more relaxed and completed everything > but 2 questions by lunch. After lunch I finished those up, ran TCLSH > scripts, and rechecked everything. I was completed by 2PM. I almost gave > up > about 3 months ago but now I’m glad I didn’t. I started out with IPExpert, > using their workbook and moved to the NetMasterClass DoIT Labs. They were > the key factor in helping me get over the hump to pass. > > Best advice I can give is stick to it. I’m not the brightest or the > quickest, but I’m persistent. That is the key. A lot of practice. For the > last 6 months I’ve studied 2-3 hours each night and at least 18 hours over > the weekend. Doing lab after lab, changing up the labs, trying new things, > knowing the DocCD inside and out. My wife has been wonderful through out > all of this. That helped the most. (Also having the equipment made a lot > of > difference. Ebay was my friend!!!) > > Good luck to everyone still on track and thank you to everyone that has > contributed to the group. GroupStudy helped in answering a lot of my > questions and opened my eyes to some things I never would have though of. > > > Jim Ferens , CCIE (R&S) #16755 > Network Engineer > Tier Technologies, Inc > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html