Sure. Probably a similar path many others have taken, but I'm happy to share.
I've worked for Cisco for 10 years so I had Cisco networking experience coming in. That obviously was a big help. I also had dedicated access to hardware, but these days with GNS3 and the other tools out there that's not that big of an advantage. From mid-November until yesterday I basically gave up my life. There were exceptions, but I tried to work several hours a day 5-6 days/week doing full scale mock labs on weekends. Study materials that helped included: -IPExpert's Volume 1 labs and the Audio on Demand Marko recorded. -I attended the IPExpert One Week Lab Experience two weeks before the exam. -I completed all 13 of the Cisco 360 graded assessments as well as the beta versions of all of their IOU based troubleshooting labs. -Read all relevant configuration guides and many of the command references on cisco.com. -There are some great blogs out there. Read tons of blog posts @ INE (Petr Lapukhov is a genius) / IPExpert / Random CCIE blogs people have up. -Reading onlinestudylist / groupstudy. -http://inetcon.org/study/CCIE_RS_Quick_Review_Kit.pdf I also put together a great set of notes using Evernote organized by the extended blueprint (https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-6864). -Dave On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Nilesh Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave, > > Congratulation on passing CCIE. If possible Please share you experience > about this journey. > > Thanks > > Nilesh > > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 4:46 AM, Don Lundquist > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Awesome Dave.. V4 CCIE >> >> On 3/30/11 10:42 PM, "Dave Blank" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Had to send out the obligatory "I passed" email. CCIE # 28530. First >> >attempt. : ) >> > >> >Thanks for all of the helpful discussion on this list... >> > >> >-Dave >> >_______________________________________________ >> >For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> >visit www.ipexpert.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please >> visit www.ipexpert.com >> > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
