CCIE wannabees

Well I thought I would put up a thread that may be a sticky. Essentially anyone with a written pass who is fully engaged in lab prep please let yourself be known here. This can be a good thread for those actively working on lab prep and to swap notes on workbooks, resources and general banter on lab preparations. It will also be useful for observers with CCIE aspirations. I encourage everyone to keep their own CCIE lab thread/blogs going. This will be an officers mess to exchange ideas, keep people motivated and workgroup.

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reaper81

Nice, welcome to the gang. Seems we have quite a few going for this. Hopefully a few of us will complete in 2011/2012. I'm aiming for 2012.

Ryan82

I believe I will be in. Currently doing a slight detour and working on the CCIP track first before doing the R&S IE. Plus I need to get sharp on Juniper for my position so that may detour me a bit, but I haven't lost focus of the end goal.

I don't have the motivation to keep a blog but I try to increase my hours in my signature block when I remember.

Best of luck to all of you

CCIEWANNABE

count me in. Going back for round 2 Feb 9th in San Jose. Been busy re-mastering all my videos to .mp4 so that you can watch them on Ipad and other tablets...

Working on INE Volume 3 speed labs. After that, going to do the troubleshooting labs... Not much time left.

@Ryan82,

Good choice, might as well pick up the CCIP on the way, that is what I did too. I mean, you need to master all the CCIP topics enroute to the CCIE R&S anyways. Kinda like a little bonus along the way to keep you truckin along.

Good luck to you all. Talk to you again in about 1 month!

shodown

CCIEWANNABE wrote: »

count me in. Going back for round 2 Feb 9th in San Jose. Been busy re-mastering all my videos to .mp4 so that you can watch them on Ipad and other tablets...

Working on INE Volume 3 speed labs. After that, going to do the troubleshooting labs... Not much time left.

@Ryan82,

Good choice, might as well pick up the CCIP on the way, that is what I did too. I mean, you need to master all the CCIP topics enroute to the CCIE R&S anyways. Kinda like a little bonus along the way to keep you truckin along.

Good luck to you all. Talk to you again in about 1 month!

I'm still in it. I know my counter hasnt' moved, but I"m currently in persuit of my CCVP. With all the voice work I'm doing I"m wondering which is the correct path for me. RnS is studying technology, which Voice has some technology, but it seems more like a product line which I feel can make you obsolete much quicker.

Turgon

killuah72 wrote: »

I'm still at it. My hours haven't increased much cause work is getting pretty hectic this month. Will try to catch up around Feb. Still planning to take the written in March.

How are your studies going lately?

Chris.M

At minimum I will take Voice Written in a couple months. If all goes well then will shoot for a 2011 Q4 Lab attempt.

killuah72

Turgon wrote: »

How are your studies going lately?

Well work got me pretty busy longer than I thought but I'm back to my regular study schedule. Got a few more things to study/lab and I'll be ready to take the written. My plans to take the lab early was severely pushed though (which was probably better that way hehe) but I'm not too worried about it right now.

BroadcastStorm

(stealthly slithers in the back of the line) -- Lol I am in the process of gathering all the materials and scaling how high Mt. Everest will be, been in the field for 8 years I have a BS in Comp-Sci and a few certs this is my resume so far :P

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EdTheLad

We'll i've finally started studying for the R&S after afew years break.Amazingly i'm studying after work which up until now has been impossible due to looking for any other distraction possible.Started a couple of days ago on BGP and things are going well.Unfortunately i have to sit my written again before Jan 2012, shouldnt be an issue though,just the cost is a pain.

The forum does seem a little quite, hopefully i can spice it up with some interesting questions soon!

I do plan on putting a list of bgp gotchas together, if anyone wants to start fire away.

Rick T

Are you a CCIE Turgon?

Turgon

Rick T wrote: »

Are you a CCIE Turgon?

Not yet!

jamesp1983

count me in! I just started studying last week. Good luck everyone!

civsi44

I'm still in it, 2nd lab attempt scheduled for November San Jose

jamesp1983

civsi44 wrote: »

I'm still in it, 2nd lab attempt scheduled for November San Jose

good luck man! you got this!

qrilock

Now that I have passed my written I officially qualify to check in on this thread!

reaper81

Nice, congrats

Welcome aboard.

Turgon

m.ouamer wrote: »

I'm Studying for the CCIE RS.

Well thats great. Put a thread up on the boards logging your study hour on the written and lab.

davidspirovalentine

How is the prep going guys?

I haven't tackled the written yet so (technically) I shouldn't be in this post

but I am working on it really hard, my dates are as follows:

CCIE R&S Written: 2/7/2012
CCIE R&S LAB: 30/11/2012

Good Luck to everyone gunning for this beast

David

jamesp1983

davidspirovalentine wrote: »

How is the prep going guys?

I haven't tackled the written yet so (technically) I shouldn't be in this post

but I am working on it really hard, my dates are as follows:

CCIE R&S Written: 2/7/2012
CCIE R&S LAB: 30/11/2012

Good Luck to everyone gunning for this beast

David

Did you take your written on 2/7?

veritas_libertas

jamesp1983 wrote: »

Did you take your written on 2/7?

I think he means July 2nd.

bermovick

I think he's writing the dates Euro-style, since there's no 30th month. Although 4 months between Written and Lab, and 6 months until the written (as of his post) seems a bit skewed.

Manny_Calgary

Hi All,

New on this forum and trying to find my feet here. Anyways I am currently reading towards a CCIE R&S. Just logged 100 hours or so of reading so far and counting.

I see that I have a long way to go...lol.

Nuul

Just passed the written (again). Planning on taking my lab sometime in early '13.

jamesp1983

Nuul wrote: »

Just passed the written (again). Planning on taking my lab sometime in early '13.

Good work! I look forward to hearing about your progress.

Mrock4

Mentioned it in my thread, but scheduled my lab for mid march 2013. 8 months to go.

jamesp1983

Mrock4 wrote: »

Mentioned it in my thread, but scheduled my lab for mid march 2013. 8 months to go.

Time is flying by. Keep up the good work.

bermovick wrote: »

I think he's writing the dates Euro-style, since there's no 30th month. Although 4 months between Written and Lab, and 6 months until the written (as of his post) seems a bit skewed.

Good catch. I didnt even notice that.

I am scheduled for December, but I might have to push back to January depending on how life changes once this baby arrives.

jamesp1983

Hope everyone is still moving along! Good luck!

Plazma

Well.. I made my goal by 2012.. passed my lab this past monday

jamesp1983

excellent work!

RouteMyPacket

Plazma wrote: »

Well.. I made my goal by 2012.. passed my lab this past monday

BOOM! Awesome! A fresh CCIE, legit CCIE at that! You are now a God amongst men/women! lulz