Re: Can a normal person pass RS LAB ?

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 20:14, Gary Duncanson
<gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Fair comment Marko. But did you also find teaching the stuff over and over
> for some months helped just a little bit in the prep stakes? A lot of people
> in the field have to fall back on evenings and weekends as the days are
> clogged full of meetings and non IOS type stuff like CABs etc. I know you
> appreciate that having worked for an SP for so many years ;)

First off, don;t believe everything you read on the Internet... I
taught my 1st class in January, so it was hardly "most of the year". I
said it helps, yes. Having time to focus on one thing instead of
staying awake for maintenance windows does help. Then - one always
learns, even during long nights fixing other people's mistakes...

> It did seem as though in v3 that if you grabbed the workbooks and managed to
> accrue enough hours with them over a 1 year span you were pretty good to go.
> Many people passed using these books. That does not seem to be the case
> today in V4. B Perhaps that is putting candidates off these days, and the
> format that people grumble about.

The format has changed. There are things that were temporarily removed
from CCIE. We're now much closer to what original CCIE used to be. It
requires different and more analytical approach. For one, we at
IPexpert have *completely* overhauled the way we teach our R&S classes
as the result. We are trying hard to help students change the
attitudes, but there is too much outdated information out there,
especially from "older" CCIEs, who are not 100% following the changes
with the exam. "Take a workbook, go to bootcamp and you're good"
approach just doesn't work any longer. What DOES work is long,
methodical, structured study and using material that is tested, proven
and built in those steps.

P.S. I owe you unicast reply, Gary. It's coming, I'm just swapmed with
couple of things right now.

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