I’m happy today! I’ve cleared the first hurdle towards a dream i’ve had for a long time now.

I passed the CCIE-Security written yesterday!

I’m not going to get into what i saw in the exam today. I’d suggest going through this IPexpert blogpost for guidelines on nailing the written .It’s very useful and i wanna thank Rick for writing such an awesome article!

Today, i’m going to just tell you what’s running on my mind. So the rest of the post is going to be emotional,personal and totally non-technical!

I feel really thankful. That’s the one word to perfectly describe how i’m feeling. Thankful to my parents for giving me a great childhood. Thankful to GOD for giving me enough maturity to understand that i know nothing and i always need to keep learning. Thankful to my twitter pals for their constant support and encouragement. I’m now so pepped up to kill the lab! Thankful for all of you who wish the best for me, ‘coz all the good energy sent to me by all of you, definitely contributed to this pass.

My personal belief is that any exam has 3 parts to it:

50% -> Preparedness

25% -> Luck, GOD , Calmness during the exam, call it whatever you want..

25% -> Good wishes, good energy from people who care for you.

Luckily i had all three this time and that’s why i passed. The times i failed, were only because i didn’t prepare enough

I can assure you 2 things today. One, I will  try my hardest to become a CCIE-security someday. Two, i’ll be sharing every aspect of my journey with all of you and i’ll try and do my best to get you interested and motivated to kick some CCIE ass

Cheers,

TacACK