RE: Not enough time to study

From: Jason Sinclair (sinclairj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 02:47:17 GMT-3


   
Michael,

Depends on the answer to the following: What is your goal in passing the
exam. If it is purely to pass for the sake of passing then take a holiday
and study like crazy. I hope that your answer though would be to gain
knowledge about this Industry we work in, in which case I would advise stay
working FT and study after hours. The things you learn on the job (no matter
how trivial) will stand you in good stead for the exam.

Regards,

Jason Sinclair CCIE #9100
Manager, Network Control Centre
POWERTEL
Ground Level, 55 Clarence Street,
SYDNEY NSW 2000
AUSTRALIA
office: + 61 2 8264 3820
mobile: + 61 416 105 858
* sinclairj@powertel.com.au

                -----Original Message-----
                From: Michael Schwarz [mailto:flying_eskimo@hotmail.com]
                Sent: Thursday, 30 May 2002 14:31
                To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
                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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