From: Sam Munzani (sam@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 16:47:04 GMT-3
Congratulations Earl. You got my respect by having that 4 digit number in
your signature.
Regards,
Sam Munzani
CCNP, CCDP, 1st. try scheduled on Sept. 9-10.
> Here are the things I did right and the things I did wrong.
>
> Right
> 1. Join groupstudy. Thank you William Darkwah for telling me about this
> list. It gave me the means to realize what I did know, what I thought I
> knew, and what I didn't know. Answering questions on this list was a
> turning point for me. If I had joined earlier I would have known that I
> wasn't ready on my first five attempts.
> 2. Get a Mentor. Even if this person is a colleague. I had two mentors.
> This was absolutely critical for me. I can't stress this enough. I did
not
> have a mentor for my first five attempts.
> 3. Get access to a lab and practice. If you think you have BGP down and
> don't need to practice, you are thinking wrong. You have to be so well
> practiced that the commands flow from your fingers without hesitation. I
> missed some things because I didn't practice them enough and I forgot one
> single command. Remember, no partial credit. If you're 99% right you are
> 100% wrong.
> 4. Take ECP1 and make as many friends as you can while you are there.
> Networking with other candidates is essential. Besides the great
knowledge
> that you'll get that is not in the book, you'll meet some great people
that
> share your goal.
> 5. Take Bruce's approach to the test. It is absolutely the best system to
> taking the test.
>
> Wrong
> 1. Don't get cocky. This test is way too easy to fail. Many a time I was
> the victim of my own overconfidence.
> 2. Don't work in a vacuum. Talk it over with others. This list is great
> but it doesn't replace a mentor. The more mentors you can get the better.
> 3. Don't wait too long before your next attempt. If you know you are
ready,
> stay fresh and try to get back in again. If you are not ready, take some
> time off and get ready. The best way to ascertain whether you are ready
or
> not is to take ECP1. If you can't afford the class, start answering many
> questions on this list. Pay attention to every post. Try to answer the
> questions by putting the scenarios in your lab. If you can get the answer
> most of the time, you are ready.
>
> My experience at the lab.
> I arrived early and they let us in late. I smoked through day 1. I was
> comfortable with all of the material and had to reference the CD only
once.
> I was finished at 2:30 and I checked and re-checked my configs. The next
> morning, something happened to me that had never happened before...I had a
> day two folder on my desk. I went to work and finished with a half-hour
to
> spare. I went to lunch and thought about all the stuff that I forgot to
> configure and quickly lost my appetite. I was invited back to
> troubleshooting and it was very easy. I was done in an hour and a half. I
> handed my sheet to Andy, the proctor, and went for a walk. After 10
minutes
> he came to see me in the hallway and gave me my number.
> Woooooooohooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Earl Aboytes CCIE #6097
> Senior Technical Conultant
> GTE Managed Solutions
> 805-381-8817
> earl.aboytes@verizon.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
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