From: Pierre-Alex (paguanel@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jun 11 2006 - 06:09:01 ART
Yeap, I think to nail the lab in 3 hours and on 1st try , you have to be
someone very special!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "george stanza" <cert2006@gmail.com>
To: "Kemal YILDIRIM" <kemalhy@gmail.com>
Cc: "Petr Lapukhov" <petrsoft@gmail.com>; "Cisco certification"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: my lab experience
> hello petr,
>
> I think you deserve a congratulations from every one in this alias. I hope
> your still available for all of us who need help..
>
> -G
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> On 6/10/06, Kemal YILDIRIM <kemalhy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Congratulations Petr,
>> You were always so helpful, thank you very much.
>> It was obvious that you would pass the LAB.
>> I wish you every success in your life!
>> Regards,
>> Kemal
>>
>> Objects are what is unalterable and subsistent;
>> their configuration is what is changing and unstable.
>> So, you need PRACTICE, PRACTICE, AND MORE PRACTICE...
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Petr
>> Lapukhov
>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 8:08 PM
>> To: Cisco certification
>> Subject: my lab experience
>>
>> Hello group,
>>
>> As I quickly mentioned, I passed my lab on June 8 in Brussels :)
>>
>> It was much easier than I thought it would be. Actually, it took
>> me only 3 hours to complete the lab...
>>
>> But now, how many hours did it take for me to prepare? :)
>>
>> To be honest, I started my lab studies on spring 2005. At that
>> moment, I already had about 5 year of networking experience,
>> and held CCNP/CCDP certificates. My first "wave" of studies
>> begun with NMC's DoIT. Back in days, I planned to take lab on
>> Fall 2005, but that plan did not work ;)
>>
>> After four months of intensive studies, I decided to cancel my lab,
>> due to some personal problems :) So I took a break, and shifted my
>> target to Spring-Summer 2006. At that moment I had a much better
>> understanding of core R&S topics.
>>
>> At the same time, I realized how many things I were missing :)
>> DoIT's approach is a kind of "kickstart", that makes someone feel
>> frustration, facing complex topics from very beginning :)
>>
>> So then I spet Sep-Dec 2005 working on some CQS exams,
>> and other regular things, thus having a four months break of
>> my CCIE studies.
>>
>> My second "wave" begun on Jan 2006, with DoIT2. I scheduled my
>> lab on Jun 8, and reworked every lab from DoIT2. That time I got a
>> much better feeling. Tasks, that seemed to be complex, become
>> much more familiar and easy to understand. I also made a habit to
>> work with DocCD on regular basis, memorizing it's structure and
>> building navigation skills.
>>
>> At that time I got very solid undestanding of core topics, and felt more
>> cofident working with 12.2T/12.3T features. DoIT is especially
>> focused on all that new features :)
>>
>> Up to April 2006, I finished with DoIT2, and started to look for
>> some different learning sources.
>>
>> Fortunately and specially thanks to Brian Dennis, I got a chance to
>> work with IE's products. That really changed my vision of "lab reality".
>>
>> First, IE's approach is incremental and well structured, not single-shot.
>> That makes it very attractive for beginners. Secondly, IE has lab
>> structure
>> really close to real thing, thanks to backone routers. And finally, tasks
>> formatting and logic is quite different from DoIT's, and score points
>> system
>>
>> is really useful.
>>
>> (BTW, both DoIT and IE labs are 3-5 times more harder than real thing :)
>>
>> Unfortunately, I had no time to begin from the "bottom" again, so
>> I decided to spend my time just on IEWB-RS Vol1/Vol2. That was
>> really nice learning experience, which helped me to close undestanding
>> gaps, as well as to get even more hands-on experience. I finished
>> my preparations with IE's Core Labs, to cement my fundametal skills.
>>
>> After that, I decided to take CheckIT lab, pursuing few goals. First,
>> I wanted to test my latest "IE experince" with "independent" tool.
>> Secondly, I wanted to know, how much of "NMC-like" stuff I still
>> remember :) And finally, CheckIT has automatic grading system
>> which would like to see in action. Of course, it was also important
>> to test my time-management skills, as well as to feel "pressure".
>>
>> I passed CheckIT Lab13 with score 95, and finally felt myself
>> confident. CheckIT lab was really hard, and it was a real fun to
>> pass it :)
>>
>> Okay, then I had that last week before my travel date :)
>> I spent it on IE's Core and Vol 1 labs, as well as DocCD practice.
>>
>> The rest part is simple. I came to Brussels, and had two days of
>> beer-sessions with my friends ;)) That Belgian beer really helped
>> me to relax :) Okay, not so fun part was that I also got some sunburns,
>> wandering over water-channels :)
>>
>> I came to lab on June 8 completely relaxed (almost careless :)
>> We had Tom from RTP as our proctor, and I must say he was
>> very helpful, answering my numerous questions. Our lab
>> begun at 8:00, and I was finished at 11:00. Remaining time I spent
>> on coffee drinking, as well as doing countless verifications :) I
>> hope I did'nt piss that guy left to me, hitting my keyboard
>> at really insane rate :)
>>
>> I got my result next morning, and should say that I had almost
>> no worry if I will pass or not. I dont know why, maybe I already
>> got too much impressions from my visit :)
>>
>> To summarize my experience, I can say a few things. First, don't
>> be nervous or afraid of real lab. It is simple. If you worked hard
>> with workbooks, and really studied in well planned manner, you
>> should have no problems at all. Just don't hurry too much to
>> get your number :)
>>
>> Secondly, for me, the most funny part were preparations itself.
>> I really enjoyed working through numerous tasks (i guess my wife
>> did not :) And the most fun part was communications with really
>> interesting people over this list :) Thank you guys, it's the best
>> thing I got from my studies - a lot of people, whom, hopefully,
>> I could help a little bit.
>>
>> I guess it's time for me to take some rest, and go farther that
>> way, together with all you folks around :)
>>
>> HTH
>> Petr
>>
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