So I passed TSHOOT today! pretty happy. I had my doubts about taking it as I have not completed ROUTE yet but my co-worker (just recently became CCNP) urged me on. I think I was pretty prepared and found it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be. We had built the topology in our lab 6 months ago and have been breaking it/fixing it ever since so i was pretty comfortable going threw it. I hope to knock out route by Feb or earlier...but for now I am going to have a few cold ones!
