From: Scott Hoover (dizzy74_98@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 13:21:06 GMT-3
Took the lab Tuesday in San Jose. Missed by a just a
couple of points on some really stupid mistakes. The
time factor is a killer on this exam. Let me clarify
that statement--you have plenty of time to do what is
asked of you, the real problem is that you can't
hesitate anywhere. You have to be able to read the
requirements and decide in a very short period of time
how you will satisfy them. For me, this wasn't really
a problem accept for one little piece. In my rush to
get through the exam in the alloted time, I forgot
about the little things. Things I had configured
hundreds of times before and were "automatic" somehow
got left right outside the entrance to the room. I
ended up finishing the majority of the exam w/ about
an hour left and tried to troubleshoot the problems.
The "automatic" things were overlooked because I have
never had a problem w/them before. They called time
before I could get them resolved and the rest is
history. Moral of the story: speed kills in more ways
than one.
The people out there who have yet to take the exam are
probably saying "that won't happen to me, that guy
just wasn't prepared." Believe me, it will. I was
sitting on the other side of that monitor not more
than a week ago saying the same thing. I knew how to
do everything on the exam, somewhere between my head
and fingers it got lost.
Round 2 is scheduled for as soon as my 30 days are up.
I won't let those same mistakes happen again--believe
me, they are etched into my brain. One more command
in a certain place probably would have gotten me over
the top. You have no idea how bad that burns.
Scott
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