Hearty congratulations Joe!! Its really great to know about your achievements!! Good Luck Kaushik >From: "Bharat Suneja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Bharat Suneja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: New CCIE >Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 01:22:55 -0700 > >Congragulations Joe!! > >You deserve it!! > >Bharat Suneja > >""Joe Martin"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >8gsbio$coa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8gsbio$coa$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > H e l l o from Sunny San Jose. > > > > I've just arrived back in my hotel after sucessfully completing the CCIE >R/S > > lab. > > > > My brain isn't quite functioning correctly yet, but I wanted to pass >along >a > > great deal of thanks to everyone in the group. I have learned so much >from > > each of you. I'll try to continue to lurk and help when I can. > > > > Here's a bit of my story: > > > > I'm 33. Got my first computer when I was 13. 20 years. Wow!!! Fell >in > > love with programming. At 17, I got a job teaching college and was >building > > custom IBM compatibles for a friends business. I taught continuing > > education computer classes. Did that for three years to help pay for my >own > > college. By my third year of college I burned out on programming. I'd > > finally come out of my shell and found that I didn't want to sit in a >cube > > all day and write code. I then went to work for a small telcom >interconnect > > and learned all about PBXs. Did that for 7 years. I decided to make >the > > leap back into "real" computers and data. I went to work for the phone > > company as a field data technician. Did that for 1 1/2 years and then > > became a Sales Engineer. Been doing that for about 3 years now. I've >got > > lots of hands on and plenty of different certifications(Cisco, >Bay/Nortel, > > Fore/Marconi, etc...). Last year, I decided to work towards my CCIE. I > > also decided to get all the intermediate certifications along the way. > > Starting from last April to November, I did my CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP. >In > > January of this year I did my Voice access specialization. In February >I > > passed the CCIE written. I've been hitting my engineering lab at work >ever > > since. I did 4 hours a nite every day of the week and 12 hours each day >of > > the weekend since then. Its been 3 1/2 months of hell. My wife has >been > > very understanding. > > > > Boy, was that a long rambling paragraph. Hope my highschool english >teacher > > isn't reading this! > > > > Thanks again, > > Joe Martin > > CCIE#5917, and a couple of other things... > > > > > > ___________________________________ > > UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html > > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com > > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > > >___________________________________ >UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___________________________________ UPDATED Posting Guidelines: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/guide.html FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
