Passed R&S and Security!

ptilsenptilsen Posts: 2,835Member ■■■■■■■■■■
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Passed my R&S and Security writtens this morning, back to back. Happy to finally be getting this double CCIE stuff out of the way.

Obviously this CCIE stuff hasn't distracted me too much from my MCM studies. I'm sitting for MCM Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory tomorrow.

Well, that's all I have time for today. I've got PMP at 11:00 and GSE at 2:00. Wish me luck!
Working B.S., Computer Science
Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
In progress: CLEP US GOV,
Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340

Comments

  • FloOzFloOz Posts: 1,614Member
    WOW! That is amazing. How do you manage doing all that at once?
  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Posts: 2,475Member
    Great work.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
  • swildswild Posts: 828Member
    Nice job! I'm in the middle of my CCIE lab right now. Piece of CAKE!
  • ptilsenptilsen Posts: 2,835Member ■■■■■■■■■■
    Yeah, the RFC 1149 stuff was especially easy. Don't want to break NDA, but let's just say I wish I'd focused more on RFC 3514 implementation.
    Working B.S., Computer Science
    Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
    In progress: CLEP US GOV,
    Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
  • IvanjamIvanjam Posts: 978Member
    @ptilsen - congrats, man- that's superhuman!

    @swild - LOL!
    Fall 2014: Start MA in Mathematics [X]
    Fall 2016: Start PhD in Mathematics [X]
  • IristheangelIristheangel CCIEx2 (Sec + DC), CCNP RS, CCNA V/S/R/DC, CISSP, CEH, MCSE 2003, A+/L+/N+/S+, and a lot more from m Pasadena, CAPosts: 4,114Mod Mod
    Great work! And OUCH! It's going to be intense studying for two labs at the same time. Good luck with your studies for the next 18 months or so. Do you have any plan in place or organizational hints for us future CCIE goers?
    BS, MS, and CCIE #50931
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  • ptilsenptilsen Posts: 2,835Member ■■■■■■■■■■
    I have both labs booked for the end of the month. It shouldn't be too tough.

    Not much studying needed. I sleep with headphones on playing audio books written by CCIEs and narrated by cast members of Star Trek: ToS.
    Working B.S., Computer Science
    Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
    In progress: CLEP US GOV,
    Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
  • shodownshodown Posts: 2,271Member
    Dead :)
    Currently Reading

    CUCM SRND 9x/10, UCCX SRND 10x, QOS SRND, SIP Trunking Guide, anything contact center related
  • FloOzFloOz Posts: 1,614Member
    April Fools??
  • IristheangelIristheangel CCIEx2 (Sec + DC), CCNP RS, CCNA V/S/R/DC, CISSP, CEH, MCSE 2003, A+/L+/N+/S+, and a lot more from m Pasadena, CAPosts: 4,114Mod Mod
    LoL. April Fools.
    BS, MS, and CCIE #50931
    Blog: www.network-node.com
    Bonus TE Fun: Nerd Photos
  • SteveO86SteveO86 Posts: 1,423Member
    Those are my two favorite RFCs
    My Networking blog
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas CISSP, GIAC x5, CompTIA x5 Greenville, SC USAPosts: 5,735Member ■■■■■■■■■■
    LOL! Happy April Fools guys...
    Currently working on: Linux and Python
  • networker050184networker050184 Posts: 11,962Mod Mod
    You had me going up until the RFCs.
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
  • ptilsenptilsen Posts: 2,835Member ■■■■■■■■■■
    I thought taking two different CCIE written exams back-to-back on the same day as PMP and GSE while "not being distracted" from my MCM AD studies was pretty implausible, but apparently not enough.

    In a related story, several people on Facebook are convinced I accepted the position of "Chief of Software Design" at Google today, with one of the deciding factors being my "above average Starcraft skills."
    Working B.S., Computer Science
    Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
    In progress: CLEP US GOV,
    Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
  • ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Posts: 2,008Member
    Well done. You had me thinking you were crazy for taking two Writtens at once.
    Currently reading:
    IPSec VPN Design 44%
    Mastering VMWare vSphere 5​ 42.8%
  • webgeekwebgeek Posts: 495Member
    lol icon_thumright.gif
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  • WiseWunWiseWun Posts: 285Member
    Brilliant! Had me fooled.:)
    "If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never come up with anything original.” - Ken Robinson
  • RouteMyPacketRouteMyPacket Posts: 1,104Member
    LOL!

    My first thought was "WTF? No way"
    Modularity and Design Simplicity:

    Think of the 2:00 a.m. test—if you were awakened in the
    middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
    traffic flows in your network while you were half asleep, could you do it?
  • N2ITN2IT Posts: 7,483Inactive Imported Users
    I just caught this hiliarous! I was going to say this isn't the PT I know.
  • ptilsenptilsen Posts: 2,835Member ■■■■■■■■■■
    Yes, the absurdity of me in particular working on even one CCIE right now was lost on people who might not know what I've been up to. That's why I threw in the rest. I figured more people would realize what a ridiculous accomplishment MCM is (call it Microsoft's CCIE) and that there's just no way anyone would be working on MCM and CCIE concurrently. I'd be shocked if there are any CCIEs with any interest in MCM. But hey, no complaints. Successful April Fool's was successful!
    Working B.S., Computer Science
    Complete: 55/120 credits SPAN 201, LIT 100, ETHS 200, AP Lang, MATH 120, WRIT 231, ICS 140, MATH 215, ECON 202, ECON 201, ICS 141, MATH 210, LING 111, ICS 240
    In progress: CLEP US GOV,
    Next up: MATH 211, ECON 352, ICS 340
  • RouteMyPacketRouteMyPacket Posts: 1,104Member
    ptilsen wrote: »
    Yes, the absurdity of me in particular working on even one CCIE right now was lost on people who might not know what I've been up to. That's why I threw in the rest. I figured more people would realize what a ridiculous accomplishment MCM is (call it Microsoft's CCIE) and that there's just no way anyone would be working on MCM and CCIE concurrently. I'd be shocked if there are any CCIEs with any interest in MCM. But hey, no complaints. Successful April Fool's was successful!

    lulz, I don't care if I knew you were a single man with $1,000,000,000 in the bank w/ no debt and had 10's hanging off each arm. Nobody is going to sit two CCIE writtens back to back.
    Modularity and Design Simplicity:

    Think of the 2:00 a.m. test—if you were awakened in the
    middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
    traffic flows in your network while you were half asleep, could you do it?
  • instant000instant000 Posts: 1,745Member
    RouteMyPacket wrote: »
    lulz, I don't care if I knew you were a single man with $1,000,000,000 in the bank w/ no debt and had 10's hanging off each arm. Nobody is going to sit two CCIE writtens back to back.

    There was a rumor about a guy who tried to pass the R&S and the SP labs within a week of each other (in an attempt to break the record for shortest time between lab passes in different tracks)-- but the story goes that he actually failed.
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