This morning, sweating and jittery, I entered a Prometrics testing lab. Two hours, one program error and 100 multiple-choice questions (ranging from the banal to the Insanely Kabbalistic Difficult) later, I crossed my fingers, clicked the “End” button, and saw that wonderful, wonderful green bar appear on the screen.
I have officially passed the CCIE Routing and Switching Qualification Exam. Yay!
This means that I will, in the fullness of time, be allowed to attempt to take the CCIE Certification Lab Exam and thus become a CCIE. And CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) is the Big Mean Wahoonie among certifications in my field.
Thanks to those Dopers who knew and sent prayers and good wishes - something must’ve worked. And thanks to Shayna for her support, OSPF quizzes and calming influence.
Yeah, it’s mundane, it’s pointless, but I’m friggin’ happy.
Seriously:
Nice One, Well done and pat yerself on the back for us there mate.
God,I hate that feeling of “do i click or do I not” “do i click or do i not” and then the interminaable 1 second wait for the bar to show…that second can move grown men to trembling fits of hystria and it sure aint preety when that happens.
I have absolutely no idea what any of that up there says. I am, however, guessing that you were concerned about passing a test, and did indeed do so successfully?
Congratulations!
For my own edification, what exactly is it that you’re going to be when you’re done with this?
Don’t feel bad LifeOnWry, I didn’t understand most of it either, but I know it’s a damn good thing.
Spiny Norman I am so happy for you!
Now, sit back, take a deep breath, and relax for a few minutes and let it all sink in.
And yes, Mistress Shayna is a Goddess among us.
Congratulations, Honey!! I am SO proud of you. You worked your butt off for this and no one deserves it more than you do. Now we have even more to celebrate in October - Woo Hoo!!
You do, as a matter of fact, ROCK!
Jeg elsker dig meget højt, kæreste. <stort, stort kys!>
And Mistress Kricket, you’re pretty darn cool, yourself, sweetie.
Dammit, I’m blushing here. You guys are simply the best to share this kinda news with. There’ll be a beer raised to the Dopers tonight, I promise.
Right, re-reading the OP, I realize it doesn’t really make sense to anyone outside my little tight-knit professional circle. (Come to think of it, a lot of my communication appears to suffer from this handicap )
What’s happened is this: I’ve passed a preliminary theoretical exam - actually just a screening exam that allows me to sign up for the “real”, practical exam. And in this case, preliminary does not mean easy, if you can stand me beating my own drum a little more.
It’s a major step towards my goal of becoming a CCIE, Cisco’s (not the Doper, the networking company) very hard-to-get certification. As about 80% of the Internet and a lot of enterprise networks are running on Cisco hardware, it’s definitely a paper worth having.
It means people defer to your professional opinion because you have it. It means a very nice salary. It means having the headhunters at your heels. And since my formal education really isn’t something to write home about, it’s a HUGE opportunity.
The “real” CCIE test is a day-long ordeal in a lab with live routers and networks, and it’s a total killer. Less than 10.000 people worldwide have passed, ever.
Thanks again, all of you. Except perhaps Twisty… Ah, screw it, thanks to you, too. [sub]moped-rider[/sub]
Congrats on pasing the exam. I imagine to just say it’s a relief would be a huge understatement.
When I took my State Board exam for RN it was a 2 day affair, all done on scantron cards. Oh how I learned to despise those little hollow circles. The worst part though was that it took weeks to get the results. I tested in July and got my results in October. In the interm I was allowed to work as a graduate nurse, I just couldn’t use RN in my signature. So for almost eight weeks, literally dozens of times a day, I had to sign my name, Cindi F, IN#068139.
