From: AK Singh (singh.anand@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Nov 07 2004 - 03:27:11 GMT-3
Hello All,
I am very happy to share this great news, yeah i got my CCIE (R&S) on
this thursday. It was about little more than 2 years of journey (with
some break in between). I am very thankful to people on this for their
replies and clarifying the doubt. It was my thrid attempt in last 14
months. Here are some of my experiences:
1) I did my preparation for written and lab seperately. In my opinion
its always good to do some hands on while preparing for written. That
makes written interesting otherwise it may be boring to just read and
read (my opinion).
2) I had about 7-8 months of gap between 1st and 2nd attempt..that's
not helpful, it looked to me as if my 2nd attempt was 1st attempt in
reality. I made similar mistakes in both of these.
3) I do not have strong opinion about one or other lab/practice
material but i found Internetwork Expert useful. What helps here is
that after doing any lab we should try to study/research all the
topics covered there rather than just focussing what's covered in the
lab. It may be time consuming but it prepares you in real way. I
would say any (if you can afford buy more and more) ) study material
is good if it covers all the topics/questions at ccie level.
4) Any classroom training is always plus and helps a lot. I attended
advanced level of CCIE training and that clarified many doubts.
5) Lastly in my opinion, number of attempts shouldn't discourage us
(except ofcourse money ;) and time but it helps your understanding
better and better. I would say if we are making progress after every
attempt then its not disappointing at all. It may really depend on
what level we started.
Thanks again,
-Anand
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