From: Nick Shah (nshah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 02:28:05 GMT-3
I am in almost the same sich (slightly comfortable than urs, wherein, I have
to work 40-50hrs). However with study, there are a few things that I do..
* Since I assume you work in the NOC/Engg. services/telco, you would do your
tasks more pro actively, I used to do a monkey job b4 starting my study,
but now, my previous days BGP study makes sense when a cust. issue/core
network issue comes across, or rather I can make more sense out of it. Since
you are working with Cisco products, day in day out, this will be more
effective for you.
* Weekends are my best bet, I sacrifice all sort of family life and aim at
spending atleast 20hrs+ on the rack/study.
* Study while you commute, I stopped driving, take a bus/train/tram (if its
possible)
* Try to stay calm (no flames/philosophical teachings please) during the
work pressures of the day, that way I am not dog tired when I get home and
still get a couple of hrs to read/study.
* Use ur annual leave's, also take atleast 4 week's leave if possible just
b4 the big day (you can nail lots of the loose ends during that period).
* I try to find solutions on the CCO & DOC cd, sub consciously that puts me
into the habit of remembering where a particular command/scenario is.
* Whenever something is unsolvable, raise a TAC (rather than going and
advising a workaround to the customer), there are quite a few things that
can be learned from a TAC engr.
ps. I am doing all this, because I cannot afford to do PT work or leave
work.
hth
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Schwarz" <flying_eskimo@hotmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: OT: Not enough time to study
> Sorry for the OT but I know there are other ccie-to-be's that have
wondered
> this same thing... looking for opinions from my peers and hopefully hear
some
> advice from experience.
>
> Ive been a network engineer working with cisco products for 6 years.
>
> If one's goal is simply to pass the ccie lab exam would it be more helpful
> to:
>
> 1) Stay working 60hours/week at your job that allows only trivial exposure
to
> routing/switching and wastes your time doing other mind-numbing IT tasks
or
> 2) Work PT and spend much more of your time and energy working thru
practice
> labs and scenarios on your home lab or renting rack time
>
> Goal here is not to pay bills or play it safe in this job market.... but
to
> pass this thing
>
> michael
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