From: Connary, Julie Ann (jconnary@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun May 06 2001 - 12:06:03 GMT-3
I'll agree with the troubleshooting part - having failed at RTP by four
points - choking in
troubleshooting.
Congrats to all who passed - great job.
Julie Ann
At 08:34 AM 5/6/2001 -0600, Charlie Winckless wrote:
>Having just passed yesterday in RTP (7331)- first try,
>passing on Rack 5 on 5/5 :)(#7331) I'd 100% agree on
>the troubleshooting.
>
>Here were the keys, as I saw it:
>
>- Know the theory behind /everything/ you do. Read as
> well as crank on the hands on - it'll help to make
> you adapt to the stuff you haven't seen before.
>
>- MANAGE YOUR TIME. If you don't know a section -- pass
> it by. Get the other points. Then, if you have time,
> come back to it.
>
>- READ the questions. Check you follow them /to the letter/.
> Almost all the points I dropped on Day 1 were not because
> I couldn't do something, not because I couldn't get it to
> fly but because I missed a detail in the question that I
> could have implemented.
>
>- Go into it as if to a job. Don't let nerves kill you. Derek
> Small sent me a key piece of advice -- we do this, for the
> most part, because we like networking. Look at the problems
> as challenges and live up to them. It is all acheiveable if
> you think about it right.
>
>- And expect troubleshooting to be brutal, even if you hit it
> with a considerable cushion. I went in with a perfect Day 2
> morning and a solid Day 1 and it was still not something I'd
> care to repeat. I was sure I was going to fail there.
>
>And I'll re-iterate. You can pass on the first try, as others
>have said. Just be prepared. I was the only person from my group
>to make it to Day 2, and I'm 100% sure others in that set were
>killed not by any lack of knowledge or even preparation but by
>nerves.
>
>-- Charlie
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James [mailto:netguy73@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 7:37 PM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: CCIE#7332!!!
> >
> >
> > after over a year of studies, and multiple attempts, i
> > finally got my CCIE
> > today, saturday, in san jose.
> > Without getting into more techincal details, so as not to
> > jeapordize my ccie
> > status, all i can say is, good luck on troubleshooting. It
> > was brutal to
> > the extreme. Time management is EVERYTHING.
> > The days of easy troulbeshooting being a sure thing to pass
> > are gone, at
> > least for now, and in san jose. Get the most points you can
> > out of day one
> > and day 2 morning. you'll need them in troubleshooting.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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