From: Joe Chang (changjoe@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 21:56:50 GMT-3
I can understand how Tony feels, often I get overwhelmed by the depth and
breadth a candidate has to know just to have a shot at passing. I just have
to remind myself that I'm mastering how THE Internet works and getting some
level of recognition in the bargain. How kewl can that be?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay Hennigan" <jay@west.net>
To: "Tony Schaffran" <tschaffran@cconlinelabs.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: MPLS on the Lab
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Tony Schaffran wrote:
>
> > If you look at the CCIE R&S requirements, there is no mention of any of
> > that. People are stressed enough without throwing off the wall
[expletive
> > deleted] at them. Me for number one.
>
> There are a lot of things not specifically mentioned in the requirements
> that can be and are included. I suspect that a small but significant part
> of every lab is made up specifically of "off the wall [expletive deleted]"
> very intentionally.
>
> I could name specifics, but if you've been down the river Styx[1] you'll
> know what I mean. Expect one or two obscure features way out of left
> field to be worth a few points each, just to make the game interesting.
>
> You can be virtually guaranteed to find something off-the-wall. How you
> deal with it in terms of keeping your cool and time management can make or
> break you. They throw that [substance] at you just to see how stressed
> you can get. Expect it. Train yourself to deal with it.
>
> [1] San Jose specific reference. Probably doesn't apply directly to the
> other venues.
>
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