Andrew McLaughlin, CCIE #13089 (R&S, Security, SP)

passed the CCIE Security a few weeks ago. Now I am a double CCIE! (one of less then 300 with both R&S and Security) I am writing this to thank the awesome instructors at CyscoExpert and give people who have their minds set on this difficult trail some things to think about. I have been blessed and fortunate to learn about CyscoExpert from a posting on GroupStudy a couple of years ago and then to have multiple opportunities to study at CyscoExpert in Chicago (I live in the northeast). I went to CyscoExpert for my first CCIE, Routing and Switching, and then for my second CCIE Security. Routing and Switching took a longer time to complete because of many reasons (work, personal, etc.), but I am certain that without the expert instruction and friendship that I received from CyscoExpert, getting one would have been many times more difficult and taken longer much less getting a second only 6 months after the first. I want to do another, but I have put my personal life on hold for about 2 years - so maybe down the road someday??