Wednesday, April 02, 2008

CCIE

I have the smartest husband in the world!! :) As many of you know, Steve has been studying VERY diligently for the past 6 months for the highest certification in his field of work: the CCIE. It probably doesn't mean a lot to any of us non-network engineers, but in that field it is a highly coveted certification. When I mean studying diligently, he came home from work & literally studied every night of the week from 6-10pm (some nights longer) and then every Sunday after church until 10pm. Once the test got closer, he added Saturdays, as well. The week before the test, he took off of work & studied 12-16 hours a day! Whew! This past Sunday, he flew out to San Jose, California & took the 8 hour lab. He had already passed the written exam, but the lab is the kicker. Only 6% of people pass on the first attempt. Well...he took his lab yesterday & we got word this morning that he PASSED!! GOD is GOOD & my husband is a genius! :) We are giving the glory to the Lord that he was one of those 6% & I am so glad to have my husband back! We are ready to get back to some normalcy in our lives. Way to go, hubby!

6 comments:

Sarah said...

Yay, Steve-O!!! We knew that you could do it! I know that is a HUGE burden lifted off of your shoulders. What a relief!

The Flesher Family said...

Congrats Steve!! That is way fun news....and I am sure really good for your future jobs and current one. Man that sounds like a lot of studying!

Halie...I would tell Steve that now that he has done so good that you can just go ahead and quit next year:) would that be fun or what!

Allison Bellomy said...

wow that is great! way to go steve!! What a blessing to have it done especially after all that studying! Halie I can relate to what it was like for you. Dave is a consultant now works a lot of nights, and it makes for very long days. we are in one of those seasons now. Hope y'all have a good time getting back to your normal routine!

coneandmo said...

Way to go Scuba!!! What an accomplishment.
Scuba- I know that you're glad to be done with the crazy studying!
Halie- You have your hubby back! Awesome, go out and have some fun!!!

Jeff and Steph said...

congrats Steve!!!!! I am not cisco certified but have worked with a lot of engineers who are CCIE cert and know how tough the test/studying is. Way to go.

Jeff

Sum said...

CONGRATS steve-o!!!