"you will put in the time before you pass"
You can put in the time and effort now or you can waste your time on
other methods, either way - you WILL put in the time.
Sent from my iPad
On 22 Jul 2012, at 07:26, Thameem Maranveetil Parambath
<security.goodie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Just opened my email account after long period (more than a year i think)
> for restarting my ccie prep.. At first glance, this thread came to my
> notice!  Do I need to waste my time ;) ?
>
> I have seen many who tried with these real labs , but finally has to pass
> through strict study methods only (after 5 year he recently got his number!)
>
> Anyways, its a real shame to cisco to keep this CCIE title vulnerable..
>
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <alexeim73_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Well, it is not as easy to build "a diversity of labs" with short
>> resources at hand. Most of the times program managers are working on
>> building the labs themselves, picking tasks from SMEs here and there and
>> compiling the lab overlay.
>>
>> Another point is what can Cisco actually incriminate to those off-shore
>> companies? Should those companies to choose to remove the word "real
>> labs" from their adds, it is just a study content and with finite amount
>> of knowledge included, it would be quite finite number of tasks you can
>> think of wording for the lab. My workbooks are very close to what you
>> have on your tests, so what? "/I am/ but a young /girl/ and know little
>> of the /ways of war/." :-) But I think it is VERY hard to fight those
>> off-shore companies as efficiently as one could hope to.
>>
>> So Cisco should probably change the whole approach to the expert-level
>> test and make it more academic, more analytical, less
>> configuration-oriented.... just a thought.
>>
>> A.
>>
>>
>> On 7/12/2012 12:18 AM, Imran Ali wrote:
>>> No need to hire a team to start monitoring the process.
>>> Cant they write more than few labs so that it becomes impossible to
>>> remember ?
>>> cant they (program managers) write atleast 5 labs per location ? and
>>> then starts mixing them every two weeks ? which "cheeting " company
>>> can afford to send their candidates to learn the senario in every
>>> location ?
>>> can they (cheeters)  reproduce labs which such a diversity ?  is it
>>> that much difficult to write down " straight forward " lab free of "
>>> wording uncertinity / ambiguity " ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 3:07 AM, Alexei Monastyrnyi
>>> <alexeim73_at_gmail.com <mailto:alexeim73_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    As far as CCIE program managers per track go, they are fully aware
>>>    of cheating problem. My understanding that they re quite limited
>>>    in resources, 1-2 persons per track. In large organizations like
>>>    Cisco it is hard to get the wheels spinning in right direction if
>>>    you are pushing a cart on your own.
>>>
>>>    Certification is a good side business for Cisco, but it is not a
>>>    core business.
>>>
>>>    A.
>>>
>>>
>>>    On 7/7/2012 4:10 PM, Muhammad Nasim wrote:
>>>>    OK OK guys,
>>>>
>>>>    Instead of Bashing Cisco Systems we are going here and their.
>>>>
>>>>    My only point is that, we all know how big Cisco is and I am sure
>> if and
>>>>    only if Cisco take it seriously they can easily kill this cheating
>> issue.
>>>>
>>>>    BTW, Anyone get a chance to openly discuss this is Cisco Live and
>> any other
>>>>    Cisco Educational Event.
>>>>
>>>>    Peace to All
>>>>
>>>>    On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Ovais Iqbal<ovais.iqball_at_yahoo.com>
>> <mailto:ovais.iqball_at_yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>    Dear Imran,
>>>>>
>>>>>    I am sure you are right about narbik since i have heard alot of
>>>>>    good things about him. I was just giving my point of view that
>> dumps are
>>>>>    available to everyone. And no one is in the position to tell that
>> who used
>>>>>    it
>>>>>    and who didnt.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    @Narbik, dont be angry, i was'nt claiming that you cheated.
>>>>>    This would be very impolite and disrespectful. But if you did take
>> it
>>>>>    offensive then my sincere apologies. I hope no hard feelings
>>>>>    ________________________________
>>>>>      From: Imran Ali<immrccie_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:immrccie_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>    To:
>>>>>    Narbik Kocharians<narbikk_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>    Cc: Ovais Iqbal
>>>>>    <ovais.iqball_at_yahoo.com>  <mailto:ovais.iqball_at_yahoo.com>; Dale
>> Shaw<dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>; Marko
>>>>>    Milivojevic
>>>>>    <markom_at_ipexpert.com>  <mailto:markom_at_ipexpert.com>;"
>> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com"  <mailto:ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>  <
>> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>  <mailto:ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
>>>>>    Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2012 11:58 PM
>>>>>    Subject: Re: Groupbuy for passccielab
>>>>>    in India
>>>>>
>>>>>    Iqbal,
>>>>>
>>>>>    you can doubt that most of narbik students cheeted all the
>>>>>    way up to ccie ,
>>>>>    but not narbik itself , i can tell this because he work
>>>>>    reflect through
>>>>>    knowledge in RnS areana .
>>>>>    On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:26 PM,
>>>>>    Narbik Kocharians<narbikk_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>    Iqbal,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    *Sir everything is
>>>>>    ambiguous and blurred now-a-days. Any one who passes the
>>>>>>    lab, cant prove
>>>>>    that they didnt use the real labs. Not even you *
>>>>>>    When i took the lab, we
>>>>>    did not have real labs or any other crap like that,
>>>>>>    so please do not EVEN
>>>>>    mention that, not even as an example, NEVER. You do
>>>>>>    not know me well enough.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Have a good day sir.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Ovais Iqbal
>>>>>    <ovais.iqball_at_yahoo.com>  <mailto:ovais.iqball_at_yahoo.com>
>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Dear Narbik,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Dont take it
>>>>>    offensive but were you there with your students 24/7 in
>>>>>>    their
>>>>>>>    lives ? i
>>>>>    mean how can you be so sure that they didnt use any of the real
>>>>>>>    labs out
>>>>>    there ? just because they are hardworking and they performed
>>>>>>    well
>>>>>>>    in
>>>>>    your bootcamp/mock labs still leaves the fear that what if we fail
>> the
>>>>>>>    lab
>>>>>    ? I am not saying your students (the one you mentioned) cheated but
>>>>>>>    sorry
>>>>>    there is no way they can ever prove they didnt. Period.
>>>>>>>    Now, as you
>>>>>    mentioned that they will surely be spotted in interview or
>>>>>>>    during their
>>>>>    job tasks ? Sorry but you are wrong here too. I know 3
>>>>>>>    engineers (my
>>>>>    fellow country man) whose resumes are by far most
>>>>>>    impressive
>>>>>>>    then many
>>>>>    so called GENUINE CCIEs, and they know their stuff. One of the
>>>>>>>    DUMPER (one
>>>>>    of these 3 guys) were interviewed by a pannel of 7 ppl (with
>>>>>>>    couple ccie's
>>>>>    among them) and he got selected. But he was a dumper !! so
>>>>>>>    where does your
>>>>>    theory goes now that he wont perform in the real life ?
>>>>>>    and
>>>>>>>    he was also
>>>>>    your student, cant take his name for obvious reasons now.
>>>>>>>    Sir
>>>>>    everything is ambiguous and blurred now-a-days. Any one who passes
>>>>>>    the
>>>>>    lab, cant prove that they didnt use the real labs. Not even you :-)
>>>>>    Guys, this discussion has been raised so many times and everyone
>> start
>>>>>    jumping in, claiming (indirectly almost) that they or their
>> students
>>>>>>    never
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    cheated or they dont even know that real labs exist.
>>>>>>>    No offense to
>>>>>    anyone :-)
>>>>>>>       ------------------------------
>>>>>>>    *From:* Narbik
>>>>>    Kocharians<narbikk_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>>    *To:* Dale Shaw<dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:
>> dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>    *Cc:* Marko Milivojevic<markom_at_ipexpert.com>  <mailto:
>> markom_at_ipexpert.com>;"ccielab_at_groupstudy.com"  <mailto:
>> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
>>>>>>    <
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    ccielab_at_groupstudy.com  <mailto:ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>>
>>>>>>>    *Sent:* Wednesday, July 4, 2012 8:42 AM
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>    *Subject:* Re: Groupbuy for passccielab in India
>>>>>>>    One of my students
>>>>>    proved to me that this guy is from India and he did
>>>>>>>    cheat in his written
>>>>>    exam, apparently he proudly mentioned it in one of
>>>>>>    his
>>>>>>>    posts in this
>>>>>    particular forum.
>>>>>>>    That is bad, this can make anyone angry. But please
>>>>>    don't be
>>>>>>    disappointed,
>>>>>>>    there are cheaters every where, but these guys do
>>>>>    not last long, because
>>>>>>>    sooner or later they have to find a job and they
>>>>>    will not be able to
>>>>>>>    perform at a CCIE level.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    Two of my students
>>>>>    passed recently without cheating at all:
>>>>>>>    *Kevin Huff #**35841*
>>>>>>>    *Amrik
>>>>>    Singh #35824*".
>>>>>>>    These guys worked very hard, if you work hard you
>>>>>    will succeed, you don't
>>>>>>>    need to cheat at all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>    On Tue, Jul 3, 2012
>>>>>    at 8:17 PM, Narbik Kocharians<narbikk_at_gmail.com>  <mailto:
>> narbikk_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    How do
>>>>>    you know that this guy is from India, China or Russia?
>>>>>    On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Dale Shaw<dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>
>> <mailto:dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>    Hi Narbik,
>>>>>>>>>    On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Narbik
>>>>>    Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com  <mailto:narbikk_at_gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>    wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>    Marko,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    Don't be tired of hearing the truth, first of all how do you
>> know
>>>>>    where
>>>>>>>>>>    they are coming from?
>>>>>>>>>    Surely you're not
>>>>>    suggesting that there is no pattern in the origin of
>>>>>>>>>    the names of
>>>>>    people posting questions relating to dodgy CCIE
>>>>>>>>>    preparation material.
>>>>>    Surely.
>>>>>>>>>>    To name three countries with such conviction, means
>>>>>>>>>    that you know for sure. Remember that you need to be 100
>> percent
>>>>>    sure,
>>>>>>>>>>    besides, how do you know where they are being sold? Just
>>>>>    because the
>>>>>>>>>    guys
>>>>>>>>>>    name is Vikas it does not mean that it's
>>>>>    being sold in India, the
>>>>>>>    person
>>>>>>>>>>    might be Indian but he could be
>>>>>    selling them from another country.
>>>>>>>>>    Maybe, but how long do you
>>>>>    think the crooks would stay in business if
>>>>>>>>>    there is no demand? Kill the
>>>>>    demand in their biggest markets and you
>>>>>>>>>    destroy the viability of their
>>>>>    business.
>>>>>>>>>>    How do you differentiate an Indian name from a
>>>>>    Pakistani name?
>>>>>>>>>    Would you be happier with "Indian subcontinent"?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>    Cheers,
>>>>>>>>>    Dale
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>    *Narbik Kocharians
>>>>>>>>    *CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>    *www.MicronicsTraining.com  <http://www.MicronicsTraining.com>*<
>> http://www.micronicstraining.com/>  <http://www.micronicstraining.com/>
>>>>>>>>    Sr.
>>>>>    Technical Instructor
>>>>>>>>    YES! We take Cisco Learning Credits!
>>>>>>>>    A Cisco
>>>>>    Learning Partner
>>>>>>>    --
>>>>>>>    *Narbik Kocharians
>>>>>>>
>>>>>    *CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security)
>>>>>>>    *www.MicronicsTraining.com  <http://www.MicronicsTraining.com>*
>>>>>    <http://www.micronicstraining.com/>  <
>> http://www.micronicstraining.com/>
>>>>>>>    Sr. Technical Instructor
>>>>>>>    YES!
>>>>>    We take Cisco Learning Credits!
>>>>>>>    A Cisco Learning Partner
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