Your CCIE Lab Success Strategy: The Non-Technical Guidebook

Your CCIE lab Success strategy (preview at www.2doubleccies.com) is a unique guidebook which has been written by two double CCIEs, and deals with the non-technical aspects of CCIE Lab exam. In addition it answers the following questions :

• Where and how do I start preparing for my CCIE Lab?
• How much time do I need to prepare for CCIE Lab exam?
• What are the dos and don'ts for the CCIE Lab?
• When do I know I am ready to take my CCIE lab?
• How do I study efficiently for the CCIE lab exam?
• How much time should I devote daily and on weekends for studying?
• What do I need to do Three months, Three weeks and the day before the lab?
• What do I need to do the day after the lab (in case I don't pass)?
This first of its kind guidebook is a result of filtering and crystallizing all of the ideas and strategies that we collected from talking with a large number of CCIEs.

In this guidebook we:
• Share our stories and stories of many successful CCIEs with you.
• Offer the knowledge that we have gained throughout our CCIE journey two times.
• Cover over 30 topics and issues that we have faced and that you will likely be facing.
• Will walk you through every step of the journey.
• Give you multiple timelines for engineers with different skill sets.
• Tell you the right frame of mind that you will need to pass your CCIE lab.

This book is written in a very relaxing casual conversational format in which, we present to you the strategies that we used and then give our own personal example as "what we did."
Each chapter is about 3 to 4 short pages right to the point with clear and precise answers to your questions.

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Vivek Tiwari CCIE # 18616
(Routing and Switching and Service Provider)

Vivek Tiwari holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics, MBA and many certifications from multiple vendors including Cisco's CCIE. With double CCIE on R&S and SP track under his belt he mentors and coaches other engineers. Vivek has been working in Inter-networking industry for more than fifteen years, consulting for many Fortune 100 organizations. These include service providers, as well as multinational conglomerate corporations. His five plus years of service with Cisco's in Advanced Services have gained him, the respect and admiration of colleagues and customers alike. His experience includes and not limited to network architecture, training, operations, management and customer relations; which made him a sought after coach & mentor, as well as a recognized leader. Vivek is currently engaged in consulting work for public sector.

Bayan Dean Bahizad CCIE # 18887
(Routing and Switching and Service Provider)

Dean Bahizad has a Bachelor of Applied Science (Engineering Honors) degree, and has been working with networks for more than fifteen years. His experience includes working on complex global networks as a Network Consulting Engineer for many fortune 100 companies. Dean has worked on financial institutions, automotive, manufacturing, and Service Provider field. Dean has been with Cisco for the past five years as a Consulting Engineer and Educational Specialist for both segments 1 Accounts and Service Providers. As an Educational Specialist, Dean has travelled around the globe in five continents and has worked closely with many Tier 1 Service Providers on training and deploying high-end equipment, such as CRS1/CRS3, CRS Multi-Chassis and ASR platform. Dean's talent is evident in his customer engagement, as the ability to deliver complex technologies in a simple, clear, and precise matter. If you have been in one of his classes you will know why people say you can laugh and learn at the same time.