The Story

I woke up early the day of the lab and felt relaxed. My co-worker and I joked in the hotel lobby that it felt like we were heading into a normal day at work. The proctors were running late and after the introductions, we were off to the races… …only to hit a wall 25 [...]

Posted at 1:12 am on December 17, 2010 | leave a comment | Filed Under: CCIE, CCIE LAB | read on

I passed! CCIE 27704

After an unbelievably wacky day, I was finally able to log into my CCO account and saw my number. I’m deeply humbled and I still can’t believe that I did it. It wouldn’t have been possible without my friends, family, co-workers, and everyone else grinding away, sharing, and teaching this tech. I’ll post a more [...]

Posted at 1:00 pm on December 10, 2010 | 4 comments | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

About

Hi, my name is Charlie and I started studying for my Cisco certifications in 2007. At the time, I worked as a MIS administration doing pretty mundane, brainless tasks (think Windows XP/2003 server environments).

My company sent me to a networking class and I fell in love with the material. A week after the class I knew the direction I wanted to take my career.

This blog will chronicle my journey through the Cisco networking certification world. The current focus is the CCIE (R&S).  I passed the lab in December, 2010.


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