CCIE Trek

A blog of Jeff Rensink's trek to the CCIE summit (again)

One week before the big day

Posted by jrensink78 on July 2, 2009

One week from today I’ll be in RTP taking my first crack at the lab.  It’ll be interesting to see how it goes.  I’m not going to be as ready as I hoped that I would be.  But, I also think that I have a shot.  I guess it’ll depend on what Cisco throws at me.

My original goal was to take the lab later in the year.  But since we have our first kid coming in a month, I wanted to try and get it out of the way before I lost all of my free time.  I’m sure hoping that I can pass on the first try here.  Otherwise, it looks pretty certain that I won’t be able to try again until after the v4 blueprint changes take effect.

My lab date is July 9.  So be looking for a post that evening or the next day with my results.  I’m hoping for a posting title that contains 5 numbers.

3 Responses to “One week before the big day”

  1. Goodluck man! I hope you see the number.

  2. Barry said

    Best of luck. Focus, breathe, and be the router! :)

  3. jrensink78 said

    Thanks guys. I’m sitting in my hotel room at the Wingate in RTP right now. It’s the evening before the lab and I’m hoping that the kid on the other side of the wall is done crying for the night. I’m regretting forgetting my earplugs!

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