From: Bryan Osoro (bosoro@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Dec 18 2001 - 17:04:00 GMT-3
To whom care to read this:
I want to thank this list for the ideas, encouragement, and resources you
all put in to it.
This was my third trip to San Jose within 4 months. The first attempt was
in August on the 2-day lab. I had issues that now seem fairly simple, but
didn't make it to the second day.
My second attempt, which felt like taking it for the first time again, was
in October, after the lab had changed to 1 day. I was thrown off balance,
by the format difference for the first few hours, but seemed to catch on and
get into a groove fairly quickly. I didn't get my email until 5:30pm the
day after the lab, informing me I had failed with a score of 20 or greater.
After not passing the lab for the second time, I was quite disheartened and
unsure if this is really something I should be doing. Even though I'm only
21 and have quite a lengthy working career ahead of me When I came to, and
realized the stupidiy in my thinking I got back after it, and took a week to
do 52 hours worth of labs, and pound every issue I had ever run into, with
ccbootcamp labs, fatkid labs, real world issue.
My third and final attempt was scheduled for December 17th in San Jose, Ca
building 150. Around 2:00 I was unsure if I was even going to finish by the
end of the day, and was hurrying through the last few sections of the exam.
When Jose said that we were done for the day, I must have saved my configs
10 times on each router, to be assured they were good to go. I left Bldg.
150 unsure of my results, because of one hang up. The flight home, and
that night's sleep (or lack there of) was harder than the wait between day 1
and day 2 of the 2-day.
Anyway, it's paid off, and I now have a number, and can rest for a few
weeks, before I start on the Security lab.
My recommendations, like everyone elses, read Halabi, Doyle, and Caslow. I
think I've read each book in it's entirety twice, on top of countless hours,
on CCO. If you can get a study partner it can be a key element in your
success as well. I'd like to thank Mitch Erickson #8461 for kicking me in
the ass, and making me do labs. One thing I can't stress enough is get the
hands on, it really pays off.
Anyway, I've rambled long enough. Thanks for this list, and all the people
I've met from it.
Regards
Bryan Osoro CCIE #8548
Network Support Engineer
Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympics
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