Stopping LIFE to pursue CCIE Lab

NOC-Ninja

No labbing or studying today. Ive been really sick. Damn Flu never left! Im going to lab tomorrow.
Downtime sucks!

Shanman

Hope you feel better!

NOC-Ninja

Thanks.
I had a flu! Damnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!
I lost 5 days of studying. Doc gave me some antibiotics yesterday. I still feel weak but its time to lab. I took a shower and turned on the gears.
Im hoping to hit 5hrs today! Lets do this shi!!!

NOC-Ninja

I finally hit 300hrs today (3rd month)! I think I got to lab 100hrs a month.
It does not feel like I have accomplish a lot but at least its moving... slowly.
Its slow at work so I have a few hours to study. Goodnight!

nicklauscombs

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

I finally hit 300hrs today (3rd month)! I think I got to lab 100hrs a month.
It does not feel like I have accomplish a lot but at least its moving... slowly.
Its slow at work so I have a few hours to study. Goodnight!

congrats! your progress certainly is inspiring. here's to another 300 hours and beyond.

reaper81

Wow. That's fast. I did 600h in a year lol. Don't get burned out, keep making progress.

jameshardy2012

Hi NOC-Ninja, firstly I hope your feeling better, I've been following your journey for a few months and its enlightening and inspiring. Just had a look at your blog and like the pictures of your lab. Quite an investment and looks good. Can you remote to it from work?

NOC-Ninja

nicklauscombs wrote: »

congrats! your progress certainly is inspiring. here's to another 300 hours and beyond.

Thanks! Goodluck on your NP-sec!

NOC-Ninja

reaper81 wrote: »

Wow. That's fast. I did 600h in a year lol. Don't get burned out, keep making progress.

The sacrifice on labbing time is CRAZY. Crazy is an understatement. Turgon was right that its all about your bandwidth. I sacrificed sooooo much to get those labbing hours. Sadly, I still need to learn more. The hours doesn't really matter since I know there's still so much to learn. For me, I want to track how much time and energy I spent to CCIE. It might take me 1200hrs to 1500hrs of just labbing before I feel like I'm ready. Furthermore, if ever I fail then I might hit all the way to 2000hrs. lol

Its scary to get burned out but luckily I already know how to deal with it.

How is your labbing? Are you ready for January ? Thats your lab time right?

NOC-Ninja

jameshardy2012 wrote: »

Hi NOC-Ninja, firstly I hope your feeling better, I've been following your journey for a few months and its enlightening and inspiring. Just had a look at your blog and like the pictures of your lab. Quite an investment and looks good. Can you remote to it from work?

Thanks! I can if I really want to but I have to buy more hardware and its tough. People goes in and out here so sometimes if Security Engineers or System Engineers needs something then I have to stop in the middle of labbing to help them. I like labbing at home when nobody will bug me. Well there is one, which is my girl but that's normal. lol

NOC-Ninja

labbing for a few hours before New Years / 2012! lol

Essendon

Man your one of the most inspiring persons I have ever come across. Been following your blog closely since it's been up, in fact I read your updates just about everyday (or when you post them, that is). That Eric Thomas video in your blog is truly inspiring, thank you for that. You a true inspiration Kim.

I wish you the best in your quest for that number and with the kind of work ethic you have, you deserve the number in your first go at it.

NOC-Ninja

Essendon wrote: »

Man your one of the most inspiring persons I have ever come across. Been following your blog closely since it's been up, in fact I read your updates just about everyday (or when you post them, that is). That Eric Thomas video in your blog is truly inspiring, thank you for that. You a true inspiration Kim.

I wish you the best in your quest for that number and with the kind of work ethic you have, you deserve the number in your first go at it.

Thanks man! Eric's video pumps me up all the time! I hope I do pass this year. However, just in case i fail, I will keep going.

Back to Labbing, the whole day!

NOC-Ninja

Just got done labbing BGP and QoS for 8hrs. Wow Im really tired! Goodnight!

NOC-Ninja

I received updated Narbik workbooks. They added bootcamp in the WB. Pretty cool! Labbing the whole day again!

NOC-Ninja

I want to be a Rockstar in the CLI so I bought this.

FloOz

goodluck!! your posts are very inspirational, keep up the hard work!!

nicklauscombs

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

I want to be a Rockstar in the CLI so I bought this.]

those drinks have been my secret addiction recently. love them.

NOC-Ninja

pruspeter wrote: »

goodluck!! your posts are very inspirational, keep up the hard work!!

thank you! Will do till i Passed.

NOC-Ninja

nicklauscombs wrote: »

those drinks have been my secret addiction recently. love them.

Yeah, it helps a lot. I usually go feel really tired in the afternoon after labbing. Now I drink these to help not to fall asleep. However, my body (hands and knees) starts shaking sometimes. Maybe its the caffeine.

NOC-Ninja

Finally done with 7hrs of labbing (PBR, redistribution, IP SLA, GRE Tunnels) and 1hr of reading. Time to go to bed!

hono

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

The sacrifice on labbing time is CRAZY. Crazy is an understatement. Turgon was right that its all about your bandwidth. I sacrificed sooooo much to get those labbing hours. Sadly, I still need to learn more. The hours doesn't really matter since I know there's still so much to learn. For me, I want to track how much time and energy I spent to CCIE. It might take me 1200hrs to 1500hrs of just labbing before I feel like I'm ready. Furthermore, if ever I fail then I might hit all the way to 2000hrs.

Hi NOC-Ninja,
I did the same: 1200hours in one year but in November I failed,
Now my second attemp will be for february and I think I will have about 1500hours of labs.
If we want to succeed, we must make sacrifices..
good luck for the future,

Daniel

Turgon

hono wrote: »

Hi NOC-Ninja,
I did the same: 1200hours in one year but in November I failed,
Now my second attemp will be for february and I think I will have about 1500hours of labs.
If we want to succeed, we must make sacrifices..
good luck for the future,

Daniel

But it's all worth it Daniel. In the nearly 5 years I have been on the forum hundreds of people have declared their hand to pursue the CCIE. Less than 10 regulars have passed it. The process changes you and exceeds anything else I have studied for in terms of knowledge transformation and capabilities and that includes..MCSE, CNE, CCNP. Many are called, few are chosen. Im sure you will finish the trip this year.

hono

Turgon wrote: »

But it's all worth it Daniel. In the nearly 5 years I have been on the forum hundreds of people have declared their hand to pursue the CCIE. Less than 10 regulars have passed it. The process changes you and exceeds anything else I have studied for in terms of knowledge transformation and capabilities and that includes..MCSE, CNE, CCNP. Many are called, few are chosen. Im sure you will finish the trip this year.

Hi Turgon,
Thank you for the encouragement,
Now, I wait, impatiently, to pass the lab in February...

Shanman

Good luck on your Lab in feb!

hono

Shanman wrote: »

Good luck on your Lab in feb!

Thanks Shanman,

NOC-Ninja

hono wrote: »

Hi NOC-Ninja,
I did the same: 1200hours in one year but in November I failed,
Now my second attemp will be for february and I think I will have about 1500hours of labs.
If we want to succeed, we must make sacrifices..
good luck for the future,

Daniel

I'm expecting to fail but hoping to pass. lol All the CCIE that I talked to face to face failed on their first attempt. I dont expect much but Im also not giving up if it takes me 3yrs to pass it.
Goodluck on your next test. How bad did you fail on the first test?

hono

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

I'm expecting to fail but hoping to pass. lol All the CCIE that I talked to face to face failed on their first attempt. I dont expect much but Im also not giving up if it takes me 3yrs to pass it.
Goodluck on your next test. How bad did you fail on the first test?

Thanks NOC-Ninja,
For my first attempt, you can read my post:
www.techexams.net/forums/ccie/72235-failed-my-first-attemp-month.html

NOC-Ninja

O I see. Keep us updated on the next attempt.

I received Ruhann's Routing-Bits Handbook RS. I bought it as a gift for myself and an investment. A CCIE candidate recommended me to get it. Its helpful for daily references at work and to help me on my test. I recommend this book to anyone that is trying to pass CCIE RS. Its worth every penny!

I REALLY think its better than the CCIE cisco press book.

NOC-Ninja

I labbed 4hrs tonight. I did PBR, redistribution, and IP SLA again.
My back hurts from the chair. I guess I need a better chair. Wrist are starting to hurt cause of typing and jumping to the mouse. Eyes hurts since I have been looking at a monitor for 13hrs today. Tired! All these hours and its still not enough! Tomorrow again!