It's finally over...

a543047a543047 Member Posts: 41 ■■□□□□□□□□
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After four attempts and a lot of disappointment it is finally over! I passed my CCIE SP Lab today at RTP! To top it all off, I'm going to Las Vegas with my wife next week! Woohoo!

Ted Kim
CCIE #22769
Routing and Switching
Service Provider
CCIE #22769
Routing and Switching
Service Provider
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  • TheShadowTheShadow Member Posts: 1,057 ■■■■■■□□□□
    congratulations! enjoy Los Wages
    Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of technology?... The Shadow DO
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Well done :)
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  • rogue2shadowrogue2shadow Member Posts: 1,501 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congratss!!!!!!!
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  • kenny831kenny831 Member Posts: 266
    WOW! Congrats!
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Congratulations!! icon_cheers.gif

    Wasn't flying straight to Vegas and waiting for your wife there an options? icon_lol.gif
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Fantastic persistence, congratulations!

    Just curious, have you not updated your cert list, or did you really skip the CCIP and go right for the IE?
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  • CCIEWANNABECCIEWANNABE Banned Posts: 465
    great job man. glad to hear that you got it done. have fun in vegas.
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Congrats and have fun in Vegas!
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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  • laidbackfreaklaidbackfreak Member Posts: 991
    Stand up and take bow sir icon_smile.gif congrats and now go party hard
    if I say something that can be taken one of two ways and one of them offends, I usually mean the other one :-)
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  • a543047a543047 Member Posts: 41 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Thanks guys for all the congrats! I started studying for the SP at the beginning of 2009 and my first attempt was Oct of 2009. For some crazy reason it was so difficult to find open slots for the SP so my attempts were months apart. Anyway, to answer Dynamik, yes I did skip the CCIP and went straight to the IE SP. I was initially planning on going for my IE Sec but instead will be going back for my degree in a few weeks. I can't stress enough that the CCIE is obtainable so don't give up!
    CCIE #22769
    Routing and Switching
    Service Provider
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  • filkenjitsufilkenjitsu Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
    a543047 wrote: »
    Thanks guys for all the congrats! I started studying for the SP at the beginning of 2009 and my first attempt was Oct of 2009. For some crazy reason it was so difficult to find open slots for the SP so my attempts were months apart. Anyway, to answer Dynamik, yes I did skip the CCIP and went straight to the IE SP. I was initially planning on going for my IE Sec but instead will be going back for my degree in a few weeks. I can't stress enough that the CCIE is obtainable so don't give up!

    How did you study? Do you have hands on access to all the hardware, do rack rental, GNS3 + real switches?

    Thanks!

    Congrats!!
    CISSP, CCNA SP
    Bachelors of Science in Telecommunications - Mt. Sierra College
    Masters of Networking and Communications Management, Focus in Wireless - Keller
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  • peanutnogginpeanutnoggin Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■□□□□□□□
    CONGRATS!!! That is outstanding! Enjoy Vegas!!

    -Peanut
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    -Mayor Cory Booker
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  • jason_lundejason_lunde Member Posts: 567
    a543047 wrote: »
    I passed my CCIE SP Lab today at RTP!

    Double CCIE! Huge achievement, congrats man. What kind of hours were you putting in on the study front?
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  • Ryan82Ryan82 Member Posts: 428
    Congrats man!
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  • AhriakinAhriakin Member Posts: 1,799 ■■■■■■■■□□
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    and

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    We responded to the Year 2000 issue with "Y2K" solutions...isn't this the kind of thinking that got us into trouble in the first place?
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  • JSKJSK Member Posts: 166
    Congratulations!
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  • wireratwirerat Member Posts: 251
    Congrats!
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  • alan2308alan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats!

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  • Paul BozPaul Boz Member Posts: 2,620 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Bow to the master, folks. Well done sir.
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    WoW! Big Congratz! icon_eek.gif

    Folks, we have a double CCIE on our board! :D
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  • jovan88jovan88 Member Posts: 393
    I'm impressed! What are the plans for the future?
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  • miller811miller811 Member Posts: 897
    congrats
    I don't claim to be an expert, but I sure would like to become one someday.

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  • ajmatsonajmatson Member Posts: 289
    Congrats on the pass.
    Working on currently:
    Masters Degree Information Security and Assurance (WGU) / Estimated 06/01/2016
    Next Up: CCNP Routing Exam | Certified Ethical Hacker Exam
    Cisco Lab: ASA 5506-X, GNS3, 1x 2801 Router, 1x 2650XM, 1x 3750-48TS-E switch, 2x 3550 EMI Switches and 1x 2950T swtich.
    Juniper Lab: 1x SRX100H2, 1x J2320 (1GB Flash/1GB RAM, JunOS 11.4R7.5), and 4 JunOS Firefly vSRX Routers in VMWare ESXi 5.1
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  • EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Congrats, 2x CCIE's an incredible feat!
    NSX, NSX, more NSX..

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  • DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Well done!!!! fantastic achivment :)

    The CCIE seems to be a fair way off at the moment for me, every time I learn a bit more I find yet another area I want to expand out in to... And a 12week old is not helping much...

    But I will be gettign one some day!!! (and not to distance future I hope) :)

    Have a great time in las vegas and enjoy a well deserved rest!
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  • a543047a543047 Member Posts: 41 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Thanks again guys for the congratulations! As for my studying habit, I used dynamips along with ine and ipexpert. I think for the sp lab it is really important to also do the mini labs found on ccie18473.net. Otherwise, there is no magic formula, you just have to find what works for you. My immediate future is with my current employer and it will probably stay that way for some time. Good luck to the rest of the people labbing away, the end is near!
    CCIE #22769
    Routing and Switching
    Service Provider
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  • jojopramosjojopramos Member Posts: 415
    Congrats....
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  • Bl8ckr0uterBl8ckr0uter Inactive Imported Users Posts: 5,031 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats!!!!
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