Yes, I succeeded.

Hi all,

After 15 months to study and 1,600 hours of lab, finally, I just passed my Lab this week (it was my second attempt),

I was well prepared this time, no stress,

I finished the troubleshooting section in one hour, after for the Config section, I took all my time for read and answering for each question, ...

After a long night of waiting I had the Mail from CISCO:

I Passed: CCIE certified, YES .....

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jamesleecoleman

Congratulations on the pass!!!!

steve13ad

That's a big one! Congrats!

jamesp1983

Congrats! Quite an accomplishment.

ipSpace

Congrats!

NOC-Ninja

Congrats! So 1600 hrs is the number.
1. What workbook did you use?
2. Did you do any bootcamp? If so which one?
3. Did you do any mock labs? If so which one?
4. If youll do it again, how are you goin to approach/Plan for the test?

Thank you

forestgiant

Congratulations! That is a major achievement.

Please share your experience with us. I'd like to know how you organized life/wife/etc. around the labs and hours studying. Did you commit to a certain hours a day?

veritas_libertas

Congratulations! That is a massive accomplishment.

Turgon

hono wrote: »

Hi all,

After 15 months to study and 1,600 hours of lab, finally, I just passed my Lab this week (it was my second attempt),

I was well prepared this time, no stress,

I finished the troubleshooting section in one hour, after for the Config section, I took all my time for read and answering for each question, ...

After a long night of waiting I had the Mail from CISCO:

I Passed: CCIE certified, YES .....

Very well done Daniel, I know how hard you have worked for this victory and the news gives the other candidates on the board much encouragement. Those 1600 lab hours were all worth it. What materials did you use to prepare for troubleshooting?

ConstantlyLearning

Good job man!

cyberguypr

Way to go! Congrats!

Shanman

Congratz on the pass. I am happy for you. I can't image the pride you must feel right now. Sounds like there should be a celebration in order now!!!

Turgon

Vive La France!

reaper81

Nice! I knew you would pass it the 2nd time. Not many people in the world work as hard as you have done to attain the CCIE. Totally well deserved. Any advice for me since i'm the next guy on the boards taking a shot?

Turgon

reaper81 wrote: »

Nice! I knew you would pass it the 2nd time. Not many people in the world work as hard as you have done to attain the CCIE. Totally well deserved. Any advice for me since i'm the next guy on the boards taking a shot?

Absolutley. Brutal hours put in for this win. The hardest cert of all on that score and probably only the 10th TE member who's fairly regular here to pass the last 5 years. Well done hono!

SteveO86

Congrats man! All that hard work paid off!

SubnetZero

Dude that's so awesome!! Congrats!
What's your #?

ChooseLife

Congratulations!!! That's a very humble post for such a huge achievement! You must have reached the enlightenment during the long journey

hono

NOC-Ninja wrote: »

Congrats! So 1600 hrs is the number.
1. What workbook did you use?
2. Did you do any bootcamp? If so which one?
3. Did you do any mock labs? If so which one?
4. If youll do it again, how are you goin to approach/Plan for the test?

Thank you

I used INE Volume 1 to volume 4,
During travel to work, I listened INE audio,
At home I used GNS3 and reals switches for all lab,
I did three mock Labs (also INE),
For my notes, I used Anki for learning difficult parts and for repetition..
And for the lab day, the stress in a big factor, the first two hours for the troubleshooting pass very fast, during my first attempt, I loose 30/45mns because of lot of stress...
I hope that will be help a little,

hono

Turgon wrote: »

Very well done Daniel, I know how hard you have worked for this victory and the news gives the other candidates on the board much encouragement. Those 1600 lab hours were all worth it. What materials did you use to prepare for troubleshooting?

I used INE Volume 2 for the troubleshooting,
Also Volume 4, for learning approach for debugging/troubleshooting,
But I think volume 4 is a little bit more hard that the real lab,

hono

Hi all,

Thanks to everyone, I really appreciate your comments ...

nicklauscombs

congrats daniel! it's fantastic to see another member pass the lab exam.

GOZCU

Wow, Congratulations

Sirsamon

Well done congratulations

jason_lunde

Congrats man!

nel

congrats man! huge achievement, my hat goes off to you sir!

fredmoogie

ccie #?

Sa'ad

Congrats Hono!!!

Did did it take you 15 months preparing for the lab only or does that include the time you prepared for written exam as well?

Roguetadhg

Congratulations! 1600 hours equate to 8 hours a day for 7ish months. That's a marathon!

What's your CCIE number?

How did you study for troubleshooting?

joshmadakor

Congrats dude, that' s awesome! What're you gonna from here on out?

jovan88

congrats, truely an inspirational achievement

party hard