From: John Matus (jmatus@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed Nov 17 2004 - 18:30:41 GMT-3
hi all,
well, i failed my first attempt with dignity, but got seriously spanked on my
second attempt yesterday in san jose. i believe there were a number of
factors leading to my failure.
i was lucky enuf to get a lab date 6 weeks after my first attempt - someone
dropped and i just happened to be in the right place at the right time.
unfortunately, i was unable to book online rack time because the vendors tend
to be booked a month in advance so my studying was limited to writing out the
configs on paper and checking the solution guide <internetwork expert>.
because of the 6 weeks without actual hands-on practice, i got a bit rusty w/
regard to some particular subtle nuances in a few areas and wasted about 3-4
hours on tasks that should have only taken me about 1/2 hour. man was this
frustrating. that was coupled with some really off the wall questions that
were throw at me that i had never seen before and had absolutely no idea how
to possible solve them.
it became apparent 2/3 thru the test that i wasn't going to pass so i just
took a deep breath and decided to no give up and to see if i could solve the
problems that i was having so at least i could leave with a shred of dignity.
ultimately i was able to fix my blunders but that left absolutely no time to
try and attempt the questions that were really 'over-the-top'.
in the end, i just had 'one-of-those-days' and 'one-of-those-labs'. as they
say, we endorse for the efforts and not for the results (if you want to keep
your mental health anyways). i think my new strategy is going to be to get
some consistent racktime and try a new lab vendor (brians', your labs are
great, but i've memorized them at this point) and keep shooting for the
stars.....
Regards,
John D. Matus
MCSE, CCNP
Office: 818-782-2061
Cell: 818-430-8372
jmatus@pacbell.net
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