From: Chuck Church (cchurch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 23:24:40 GMT-3
All,
Well, once again, I didn't make it to day 2. Missed by a couple of
points. This attempt pissed me off much more than the first attempt in
January. Back then, I didn't have much experience with ISDN and bridging.
Over the last 3 months I've hit the bootcamp labs pretty hard and picked up
a study partner. I felt really relaxed going into day 1. Looking through
my book, there was really only 1 section (a 3 pointer) that I hadn't played
with a lot in the labs. I needed the CD only once, and found my answer in a
couple minutes. What killed me was time. I felt I was moving along pretty
quickly, but the time just flew by. By 4:30 I was working on my last
section, but I neglected to save time to double check my work. BIG Mistake!
As you know, each section has a few requirements. On a couple sections I
didn't test to make sure my solution work, as I planned on doing all final
verification at the end. I blew 3 sections on stupid stuff like this. The
next day after it was too late, I had these 3 sections working in less than
20 minutes. If I can offer any advice to others (and myself), it's save an
hour at the end to verify everything. It's better to leave one thing at the
end unfinished rather than blow 9 or 12 points on stupid stuff. My other
advice is to do the CCBootcamp labs. They are real close to the lab. I
only hope than Marc is working on a new set with the necessary changes.
Best of luck to those taking it soon. I'm planning on trying again in
August/September after hopefully going through ECP1.
Chuck Church
P.S. If there's anyone looking for a study partner in the NYC area, contact
me. I'm currently studying with fellow list member Boris "the Ragin'
Episcopalian" Baeta. A third person would be cool, especially if your real
good with BGP!!!
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