Point of No Return

NetworkGod

woo how come i been missing out on this?

mikej412

I've gone ahead an pulled the trigger on my Security Lab payment a couple days early.

The Lab schedules seem to be opening up a little -- 2 closer in RTP R&S Lab days are open. And San Jose is opening up wide for Security with cancellations just before the "pay dates" -- and even R&S dates in San Jose are now open within the 28 day lab payment window. The "Lab date availability drought" seems to be easing -- at least in San Jose.

I guess this means on Monday evening I shift back to studying for the CCIE Security Lab (after a weekend of )

mikej412

But with the new R&S Written coming soon, covering MPLS and Serious IPv6, I'd be willing to start a rumor about January 2008 R&S lab changes. I'd expect things to tighten up even more than they have been.

Hey -- I should go see 3 this weekend -- I've been too busy.

wildfire

But with the new R&S Written coming soon, covering MPLS and Serious IPv6, I'd be willing to start a rumor about January 2008 R&S lab changes. I'd expect things to tighten up even more than they have been.

Hey -- I should go see 3 this weekend -- I've been too busy.

There was a rumour about that on the Cisco "ask the expert forum" now Im hoping they give a bit more notice than they have given people for the written! I spose something like MPLS is long overdue, if you think in 2004 they had frame, Dial, ISDN and ATM . I wonder if something like DSL would also make it to the R&S lab as its a widley deployed in this day and age. Personally as long as it doesnt change by August Im happy

Mike when is your next run at the lab?

mikej412

June 15th for Security (San Jose)
.... July for Security (if needed and available)
.... August for Security (if needed and available)
Sept 19th for R&S (San Jose)

I've decided to become a member of the CCIE Lab of the Month Club. Security Dates are available in San Jose, so I'll probably focus on that. So I'm going "backwards" again with the Security Lab first, rather than my long forgotten plan to get the R&S first.

As soon as I pass a CCIE Lab Exam, I'll probably go for the SP Written so I can get a peek at the Schedule.

Slowhand

mikej412 wrote:

June 15th for Security (San Jose)

What do you say, Mike? You get one of those nifty numbers after you name today?

Pash

Hes blatently got and is puking on the pavements right now, i hope in celebration of a victory!

Trailerisf

I dunno if he'd get his grade on a Saturday??? Maybe he'd have to wait till Monday. That would be brutal.

sprkymrk

I'm betting Mike, EdtheLad, Turgon and Peter (PCHoldman) will all get their CCIE this year.

EdTheLad

Don't bet on me , i'm too busy learning new things at work to concentrate on ccie, i just got an additional 3 months contract extension on Friday.For the last couple of months i've gotten great switching exposure upgrading a L2 core of over two hundred 6500s.
Soon i will be working on a new project which involves mpls and vpls. I'm still studying away on the ccie material but not at the level required to pass ccie lab this year.

ITdude

We better alert the San Jose media, that Mike might be on the loose!!!

mikej412

I'm scheduled for my next Security Lab attempt.... and I have the flight booked. I'm thinking that will be the number trip.

I will have the refrigerator stocked with Guinness for that attempt.

I did modify the "lab of the month club" plan -- I'm splitting the difference with my Sept R&S attempt since I only need one more Security Lab attempt. I'm scheduled for Aug 10th - another Friday, which is the only night with a direct flight back to Chicago.

ITdude

Hey Mike,

Glad to see that you at least survived the ordeal! And just think of it, you got to enjoy some good ole really hot San Jose weather too...

Anyway, I wish you the best on the next "number trip"

In the meantime, maybe you can continue to help us wayward people eventually heading down the same path!

-prophet-

mikej412 wrote:

since I only need one more Security Lab attempt.

That's the spirit

Cheers,
-prophet-

Mishra

8 days left?? What are you going to do for 8 days?

dtlokee

mikej412 wrote:

I'm scheduled for my next Security Lab attempt.... and I have the flight booked. I'm thinking that will be the number trip.

I will have the refrigerator stocked with Guinness for that attempt.

I did modify the "lab of the month club" plan -- I'm splitting the difference with my Sept R&S attempt since I only need one more Security Lab attempt. I'm scheduled for Aug 10th - another Friday, which is the only night with a direct flight back to Chicago.

I'm also scheduled for Aug 10 at RTP, are you RTP or SJ?

Pash

well good luck fellas, please let us know how it wen't.

Slowhand

Chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, chug, err. . . I mean, "Good luck". Knock it out of the park!

dpocoroba

Good luck !

-Derek
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ITdude

Good luck guys. dtlokee, did you actually have the pleasure of a Cisco visit to RTP, I totally forgot?

APA

Good Luke Mike...... Not that you'll need it anyways!!!!


Reading threads like this makes me push even harder to get to the knowledge levels that you guys are at!!!! Can't wait for that day when I start pursuing my CCIE

Darthn3ss

k its the 12th we should of heard something by now :-p

dtlokee

Yeah those Friday lab dates you don't get your scores right away.

I was not in a mindset to take the lab this time, my flight was cancelled, they bumped me to later flight at 4:00 pm, then they cancelled that one after I was told it will be going for sure. Jumped in the car at 4:30 and drove 8 hours to RTP, got into the hotel at 12:30, didn't get to sleep until 2:00 am and then had to get up at 5:30 for the lab.

My head just wasn't in it, but we'll see

ITdude

Sometimes those are the days when success just takes us by surprise. I hope that is the case for you!

You certainly should get it based on your dedication.

Darthn3ss

dtlokee wrote:

Yeah those Friday lab dates you don't get your scores right away.

I was not in a mindset to take the lab this time, my flight was cancelled, they bumped me to later flight at 4:00 pm, then they cancelled that one after I was told it will be going for sure. Jumped in the car at 4:30 and drove 8 hours to RTP, got into the hotel at 12:30, didn't get to sleep until 2:00 am and then had to get up at 5:30 for the lab.

My head just wasn't in it, but we'll see

wow that sucks about your flights. did you get free flight vouchers?

mikej412

Is it Monday morning in Tokyo, Bejing, or Syndney yet? That's were our labs will probably be graded. I think the voice labs do get graded locally -- so those guys wait even longer for their Friday lab results.

This wasn't a number trip for me.... my mind was elsewhere. But the sun was shining after the storms moved through and I caught my flight out without any trouble. I think I got more sleep on the flight out and at the hotel then I had gotten in the previous week -- so it was worth the trip.

I'm probably going to keep my Sept 19th R&S Lab date -- either I'll be able to prepare for it -- or I'll go on that trip, just like this one, to catch up on sleep. Currently there are no R&S dates available on the schedule at either SJ or RTP -- so hopefully I can make that trip count.

damsel_in_tha_net

I confess...I've been sitting here waiting on ANY news from you guys, and I was looking at the clock, thinking back to the posts where people got their results email at 1, 2, 3 am, etc.

(ok not sitting RIGHT here, but i kept the page up as i cleaned and did other stuff)

Glad you both made it home safely!

mikej412

damsel_in_tha_net wrote:

thinking back to the posts where people got their results email at 1, 2, 3 am, etc.

Those would be the Mon-Thur Lab results -- R&S labs are probably graded first. It's 2pm/3pm in Beijing/Tokyo.... so the R&S Labs from SJ/RTP are probably graded now.... and they are hopefully working on the Security labs -- but those probably take longer to grade

damsel_in_tha_net

i get it...so now it's EOB in asia, round 5ish, so surely....

mikej412

Hum.... still no official result yet. Now I'm beginning to wonder if the Security Lab is also graded locally....