From: Logan, Harold (loganh@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu May 30 2002 - 11:46:24 GMT-3
Have you asked your employer to support you in your endeavor? Asking for time o
ff for self-study isn't unheard of, and the worse they can say is no. If they d
o say no, then you've got your downtime at work (if any) plus 108 hours left in
the week (since you work 60 a week). It's a little bit more difficult if you a
ren't single, as spouses, girlfriends, significant others, children etc. have p
robably gotten used to spending time with you in the evenings and on the weeken
ds. Myself, I study weekday evenings and all day on saturdays, and sunday I usu
ally spend time with the strangers that I sometimes run into at my house (I've
been told they're my family, but I can't back that up with paperwork)
It helps to keep four things in mind:
1. Your spouse, family, etc may not always remember that in many ways you're pu
rsuing the IE for them. The occasional subtle reminder never hurts.
2. Many significant others do not react well when you ask her not to call you w
hile you're studying. No matter how tactfully you phrase the request. I speak f
rom experience on this one guys.
3. If it was easy, anybody could do it.
4. Sleep is for the weak.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Sinclair [mailto:sinclairj@powertel.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 1:47 AM
> To: 'Michael Schwarz'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Not enough time to study
>
>
> 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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