From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2006 - 23:03:40 ART
Also note:
I, personally have some 18 vacation/personal days and
three paid training weeks to use this year more or
less.
Not to mention exams that are either reimbursed if I
should pass as well as other misc opportunities that I
work as well.
So I'll presme this includes the ability to buy
additional materials like COD/VOD/Mock Labs etc.
I can tell you now that I will be using my money and
whatever is covered by policy to use towards building
a very flexible training schedule this year.
I'm even going to use the money that is allotted for
college courses to try and get in a couple of extra
classes as well - I think some of the local colleges
teach QoS and other more obscure topics and the like.
So, what I am saying is consider your options. Use
you funding (if available) and try to get a little of
each type of education. The end-to-end plans are the
best things since sliced bread in my opinion.
Networkers is also a bargain for technical seminars -
pay one price and get everything under the sun. I'm
going to try to go to it as well this year.
Spend time and money wisely.
--- Darby Weaver <darbyweaver@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Erin and anyone else who may care,
>
> I used their COD, it was very well done and
> maintained
> my attention. I thought the Brians did an excellent
> job.
>
> Now recall the COD teaches the technologies and is
> founded on building a firm foundation. It
> accomplishes that goal.
>
> I did attend the Mock Labs and I found the Brians to
> be quite engaging.
>
> Most of the Mock Labs is geared towards actually
> doing
> labs.
>
> They spend 2-4 Hours Reviewing the lab material with
> you. Just as if you were in a real class.
>
> I can say this since I also attended NMC-1/NMC-2. At
> NMC-2 they followed pretty much the same schedule
> and
> routine as the Brians.
>
> The Brians only allow 8 hours per exam - very
> strict.
>
> The NMC-2 class allowed us to work till 10pm per lab
> as I recall.
>
> Both Vendors - thoroughly covered the labs and
> particulars and individual questions per lab.
>
> At NMC-2 one has 3 instructors to ask and at least 2
> are always on premise.
>
> Val is a routing and switching god and is usually
> 100%
> available for one on one.
>
> Bruce or Bob teach the materials and handle the
> review
> of each lab each day at NMC-2.
>
> -------------------------------------------
>
> Final Analysis:
>
> Both formats are quite excellent in terms of Mock
> Labs
> and I would say that how you score on these labs,
> will
> pretty much mirror your actual lab performance.
>
> Now the other shoe.
>
> To get to the point where you are ready for the
> classroom or distance learning option COD:
>
> 1. You should be a CCNP, 2 Years experience, and
> have
> at least passed the lab.
>
> 2. The Brians at IE cover each technology in depth.
> Great for learning technology or review.
>
> 3. NMC covers a few timeless issues that you simply
> must master, such as BGP, QoS, Cat Qos, Multicast,
> IPv6, etc. And of course they cover the material
> presented in the first lab and the last lab.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> So the 80 Hour COD is perhaps more comprehensive on
> all topics.
>
> The NMC-1 is excellent for familiarizing and
> exhausting things like a strategy, Golden Moment,
> and
> the problem areas that most people fail with.
> I'd say know your L2 and L3 IGPs coming in and be
> familiar with BGP, QoS, and Multicast.
>
>
>
> --- "Erin Brown (erbrown)" <erbrown@cisco.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Morning folks,
> >
> > I am planning to attend the IE end-to-end CCIE
> class
> > and had a question
> > considering the online classroom option.
> > Unfortunately the existing
> > schedule for in person classes does not fit with
> my
> > current lab
> > schedule, but there are a few virtual classroom
> > options that do. My
> > question is has anyone here attended the online
> > version of the CCIE
> > routing and switching advanced technologies class
> > and Mock lab classes
> > and if so how would you rate them? Is the material
> > easy to follow in a
> > virtual setting and is the delivery reliable and
> > easy to follow or
> > should I push my date again (not sure this is an
> > option with my boss)
> > and go for the in person sessions?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Erin
> >
> >
>
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