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Joe Harris, CCIE No. 6200 (R&S, Security & SP) is a Systems Engineer with Cisco Systems® specializing in Security. In addition to authoring Cisco Network Security Little Black Book, Joe has also been a technical reviewer for several Cisco Press publications and written articles, white papers, and presentations on various security technologies. He also assists various Certification Partners by beta testing their newest CCIE certification workbooks and has been recognized by Cisco as a 2-Time SE Wall of Fame award winner.

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I passed…!!!

April 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Well I took my Service Provider exam this past Friday the 25th and I just received my results email….and I passed!!! So I am now a Triple CCIE…ok so now that that is over and done 6200networks can get back to posting like crazy so starting tomorrow I will start back with the daily trivia question and multiple posts and various topics…and for anyone wondering when I’ll be attempting to get my 4th CCIE, well my wife and kids already told me never and so I guess 3 will have to do :-)

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    Comment by stretch on 27 April 2008:

    Congrats!!! Three CCIE’s… man, I can’t even imagine the work you put in behind that.

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    Comment by David Sudjiman on 27 April 2008:

    Congratulations! An article about how you manage your work, study, and family time would be a good one.

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    Comment by Jake on 27 April 2008:

    Congratulations!!! I’m going for the R&S lab in a few months.

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    Comment by VirtualChris on 27 April 2008:

    Congrats bro!

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    Comment by daxb on 28 April 2008:

    Well done Joe! You should go grab yourself a bottle of Jack or whatever your poison is and celebrate! 4’s just greedy anyhow, 3 is the magic number ;) . Look forward to seeing more excellent content on your site.
    Regards

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    Comment by Shaun on 28 April 2008:

    Congratulations Joe

    I would have thought that you would be looking towards the CCDE now that you got these 3. :)

    It would seem that this is the certification thats right up your alley now.

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    Comment by Joe harris on 28 April 2008:

    Thank you to all of you for not only congratulating me but for also stopping by 6200networks.com…Funny you mention the CCDE Shaun because I am considering taking the written examination for it in the coming months, maybe after summer because I want to spend a lot of quality time with the kids outside this summer…Surprisingly my wife said it was ok for me too if I in fact wanted to take it (yes I had to get permission)…David brings up an excellent point about balancing work, study and family time and I will create a post later today/tonight regarding how I approach this topic because it can be extremely difficult at times…Thanks again to all of you.

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    Comment by Arden Packeer on 28 April 2008:

    Congratulations Joe! That is awesome news. Well done.

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    Comment by rbcciequest on 29 April 2008:

    Congratulations Joe!

    Just the one CCIE is a massive accomplishment in my eyes so three is simply incredible.

    Great blog by the way.

    Richard (from http://rbcciequest.wordpress.com)

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    Comment by Deon Botha on 29 April 2008:

    Congratulations!

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    Comment by niv on 29 April 2008:

    Hi Joe,
    Hi Joe,
    Congratulations!!!
    I know what it feels like to have an exam “breathing down your neck”.
    Hope to read some exciting posts in the near future.

    Regards,
    Niv

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    Comment by Lessaid on 30 April 2008:

    well done !

    Congratulation Joe for this third certification !

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    Comment by Tassos on 2 May 2008:

    Congratulations Joe,

    Keep them coming….

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    Comment by Thead on 5 May 2008:

    Congrats, no more to say :)

    Thead

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    Comment by Scott Vermillion on 8 May 2008:

    Hi Joe,

    Many congrats on your recent SP success. I passed R&S earlier in the year and have been picking at SP in my spare time. I’m finding it hard to focus with the blueprints being scattered as they are. No doubt I am not alone in saying that your thoughts on preparation would be of significant interest to those few of us in pursuit of this oddball track…

    Again, congratulations sir!

    Scott

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    Comment by Joe Harris on 12 May 2008:

    Scott,

    Thanks a million and I am in fact creating a preparation post that will be online today that will be titled “The Balancing Act”. I have been working on it for a few days now and it has grown a lot larger than I originally thought but it pretty much walks the reader through my CCIE journey starting with my first CCIE back in 2000.

    Joe

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    Comment by Scott Vermillion on 12 May 2008:

    Great - sounds fantastic Joe! Thanks much…

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    Comment by CCIETalk.com on 27 May 2008:

    Congrats Joe! I am still working toward my first CCIE cert.

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    Comment by Joe Harris on 27 May 2008:

    CCIETalk,

    Thank you…Just keep your head down in the books and on the console and you should do just fine…it’s not an easy journey but it sure is nice when it’s over :-) …

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    Comment by Brad Hedlund on 30 May 2008:

    Way to go on #3. Congrats Joe! You are an inspiration.

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    Comment by james on 1 November 2008:

    Joe.. Got a question for you…

    I am struggling with the SP written exam - failed it twice already…
    even though I am quite experienced.. I found a lot of the questions very vague. Can you post any advice on what you used to prepare/study for the SP written exam?

    Many thanks

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