Re: Failed 1st attempt Friday

Great advice!

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On Jul 20, 2009, at 11:41 PM, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com>
wrote:

> Marcus,
>
> Remember this is a long process and NOT a short one, and you should
> NOT be
> afraid of V3, V4 or even V8, they added some new stuff to the lab,
> but they
> did not make the lab impossible, i honestly believe that a person that
> passes the new version is exposed to more and better stuff than a
> person
> that passed the older version.
> Take you time and go over the recommendations i gave you guys, my
> new 2.0
> material will be totally completed within the next two weeks, and i
> highly
> recommend retaking the boot camp again, and remember that
> consistency will
> pay off, you need to study and create a study plan, attacking each
> protocol
> separately and you should not let go unless you know that protocol
> inside
> out. The question is "When would i be ready?" well....when ever you
> are able
> to answer all of *your *questions.
> Let me know if you need any help. Was the class and the work books
> relevant? If they were, then, its matter of finding the time to
> study, but
> your study plan should be a comfortable one, so you wont get bored
> with it.
> Don't rush, you have what it takes, and you will do it, but when you
> are
> ready.
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Piyoush Sharma <piyoush_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Erm Joe,
>>
>> I think you missed the announcement from Cisco about their 90-day
>> cancellation policy. So unless someone out there paid for the lab
>> but dont
>> feel like attending and cancel, it is almost impossible to get a date
>> before
>> the blueprint (or topic, as Cisco now calls it) change...
>>
>> Piyoush.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Joseph L. Brunner
>> <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Like pretty, smart, single, educated women our age, Lab seats become
>>> available
>>> DAILY.
>>>
>>> Keep looking...
>>>
>>> I have picked up both kinds of "dates" at the last minute, when I
>>> least
>>> expected it...
>>>
>>> The 28 day rule will kick in and smash some guys little Capital
>>> One Visa
>>> card
>>> with a $1415 limit... his date will be dropped... Take and enjoy
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>>
>>> From: Ramanpreet Singh [mailto:sikandar.raman_at_gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:44 AM
>>> To: Joseph L. Brunner
>>> Cc: Marcus Bedford; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>>> Subject: Re: Failed 1st attempt Friday
>>>
>>> Joe,
>>>
>>> You are probably right in your suggestion but there are no dates
>> available
>>> (
>>> at least in US) before October 18th. I think for people like
>>> Marcus and
>> me,
>>> we
>>> only have a option for CCIEv4 which should be doable by the time-
>>> frame
>>> mentioned by Marcus.
>>>
>>> Marcus,
>>>
>>> Hang in there my friend, you will be CCIE pretty soon.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Raman
>>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Joseph L. Brunner
>>> <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com<mailto:joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>> wrote:
>>> Marcus,
>>>
>>> Itb s a process, not a single event to become a CCIE.
>>>
>>> I donb t think you should wait so long for your retake.
>>>
>>> I think your next retake should come in Sept.
>>>
>>> I think you should dive back in, perhaps go over the "Tech" with
>>> one of
>>> us...
>>> I would be more than happy to get you some webex training sessions
>>> with
>> me,
>>> gratis.
>>> Lots of this stuff is quite easy, personally I was underwhelmed by
>>> the
>> NON
>>> switching/routing stuff in there... There were some questions that I
>>> thought
>>> were canned, and
>>> IT SEEMED CISCO LET A CCNA WRITE PART OF THE LAB
>>>
>>> Unicast me and I'll be happy to work with you to "affirm" you
>>> qos/multicast/security facets when you're ready to get back on the
>>> horse.
>>>
>>> GRIN:)
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com<mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com>
>>> [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com<mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com>] On
>>> Behalf
>> Of
>>> Marcus Bedford
>>> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:31 AM
>>> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com<mailto:ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
>>> Subject: Failed 1st attempt Friday
>>>
>>> Hey guys,
>>>
>>> I wanted to share my experience from my first attempt in San Jose on
>> Friday
>>> 7/17. I passed the open ended questions. I had four of them.
>>> Two were
>>> very
>>> easy, one was borderline CCNA level, and the other 2 were
>>> challenging,
>> but
>>> are
>>> doing if you have been studying for your CCIE. Don't panic so
>>> much about
>>> those. I think they were inline with the Written exam.
>>>
>>> 90% in switching, 75% in IGPs, and I nosed dived after that.
>>> Getting
>>> either
>>> minimum to no points. Some partially do that i did not have
>>> complete
>>> functionality with my IGP's.
>>>
>>> I took Narbik's boot camp the weak before and I was weak in
>>> Multicast and
>>> QOS.
>>> I did not have enough time to lab up the workbooks to master those
>>> technologies and it showed as i spent much of my time searching
>>> the DOC
>> cd
>>> for
>>> help. The funny thing is, I did take the time to read all
>>> Narbik's 2.0
>>> workbooks and I did not get asked a task that was not explained in
>>> his
>>> books,
>>> LOL.
>>>
>>> Narbik's workbooks, are like Prego spaghetti sauce, it's in there.
>>>
>>> Next steps.
>>>
>>> For now, I am taking the remainder of the month off other than
>>> some light
>>> reading.
>>>
>>> August will declare war on Qos and Multicast. I want to get rid
>>> of them
>> as
>>> I
>>> have been putting them off too long. I want to retake Narbik's
>>> boot camp
>>> in
>>> October and get the new materials for the new format and plan to
>>> have
>>> myself
>>> positioned to re-take my 2nd attempt in jan/Feb 2010 time frame.
>>>
>>> Advice,
>>> I noticed that the subjects that i felt comfortable in, switching
>>> and
>>> IGP's(most of the time) I offer my assistance on. Those areas, I
>>> was not
>>> comfortable in, I would sit back and be quiet. My Lab scoring
>>> followed
>>> that
>>> pattern. I would recommend hitting all core areas that you do not
>>> feel
>>> comfortable explaining it to someone else, right or wrong, because
>>> if you
>>> are
>>> not confident, you will fail that area or waste time searching the
>>> DocCD
>>> for
>>> answers like I did.
>>>
>>>
>>> Marcus
>>>
>>>
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