From: Tony Medeiros (tonygreat@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Sep 23 2000 - 03:26:07 GMT-3
Congrats !!!
Good advice too. Somebody once told me I should have the attitutude when
going into the test of "Why are they bothering to test me"?.........WRONG
Tony
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron DuShey" <aaron.dushey@dushey-consulting.com>
To: "CCIE (E-mail)" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 5:03 PM
Subject: 6236
> Warning: CCIE success story below
>
> Well, I made it- CCIE#6236 on attempt #2 was assigned to me this week.
> Wanted to thank all the guys on this list that contributed solid brain
> numbing questions, helped answer mine, and gave me encouragement. There
are
> some guys on this list that are very, very technically solid and helped me
> very much. You know who you are, and thanks!
> I won't go into a big ol discussion of how I got here, suffice to say it
was
> the hardest secular endeavor I have ever encountered. It seems to me like
a
> BAR Exam for the Networking industry.
>
> Besides the standard stuff, here's what helped me that may or not help
you-
> -I took my Wife with me on 2nd attempt. Don't recommend if you can't stand
> her at home, but in our case, it worked well and helped me calm down and
get
> much needed rest. We had a good time together.
> -bootcamp labs-They were good. Best thing I like was trying to guess how
the
> author of the labs wanted it done, as that's somewhat what you need to do
in
> the real thing. My only complaint about these is the amount of equipment
> they require, but they are still very helpful.
> -Make some friends that have or are near taking/passing the lab.
Brainshare.
> Don't just be a taker. Someone on this list said they learned a lot from
> trying to answer the questions posted-I think that's a good idea-
> -Be humble. A rare quality, but I would bet money more humble people pass
> the lab that those who think they are a step above the rest. Why?
Cockiness
> makes people messy, and I feel most anyone could be a CCIE if they put
> enough work into it. (Can a humble person highlight the quality of
humility
> to others? Maybe I'm the one who needs to work on this quality more..hmmm)
> -Don't try to know everything-What? Yes. It's impossible. I made the
mistake
> of doing a too brief overview of everything when I preped for the exam no
1
> time. I decided the better approach is to make sure what I do know I know
> cold inside and out. This is a confidence builder in the lab and will help
> you work through what you inevitably won't exactly understand. You
obviously
> have to know a lot to pass this exam, but anyone who claims to know
> everything I would be highly weary of taking advice from. A lot of people
> including myself thought they knew certain "basic's" cold but after going
> through the lab had to re-analyze their approach. Anyone who says KNOW
> EVERYTHING to a question of what one should for sure know cold for the lab
> is in my opinion lazily saying, "I don't want to help, go somewhere else."
> The CCIE web site gives a good list of core topics you must know. Use it.
> They give you hints as to what you for sure will need to know and what you
> may see on the exam.
> -On the other hand, don't think this is like some Drake exam. If you are
> lazy and trying to skirt hard work and study by asking others foolish
> questions, you can expect heavy backlash.
> -Configure basics(CCIE level basics) very fast, learn how to type, and
learn
> how to ask good questions.
> -Don't get too many books. I buried myself in Cisco Press. They are good,
> but too much can bog you down. My approach attempt 2? Use the Cisco docs
> 1st. Try your hardest to find the answer there, if not, then use other
> material.
>
> These are MY opinions only. You may find this approach ridiculous and
> absolutely ineffective. If so, you have a right to that, I'm just giving
my
> 2 bits on the whole deal. Feel free to laugh heartily and discard this
> e-mail promptly.
>
> Good day, I'm outta here!
> Aaron DuShey
>
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