From: joshua lauer (jslauer@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Feb 24 2007 - 15:43:23 ART
Here's a good tip and I hope it makes sense;
The day I passed I just didnt care anymore, I walked into the test center
like it was any other day and completely relaxed. Personally, I was more
exited at the drive back home than actually doing the lab. I finished 2
hours before the deadline and that's after having plenty of time to check
things over a few times.
Relaxation is key, everything else is gravy. When I went into the lab that
day I saw people who were so wound up tight it was pitiful. One girl wouldnt
talk to anyone because she "was concentrating", I thought that was pretty
pathetic. To make a long story short, just chill and you'll do fine.
JL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk@gmail.com>
To: "Darby Weaver" <darbyweaver@yahoo.com>
Cc: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: TIP - Or at least some personal observances/reflections...
> Darby,
>
> HAve you ever written anything less than half a mile?
>
>
> On 2/23/07, Darby Weaver <darbyweaver@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe it is just me, but as I am watching the IE CODs
>> there are a lot of things that I am catching this time
>> around (about my third time around with them more or
>> less) that I just somehow missed or overlooked before.
>>
>> Some things, I am simply more keen to and perhaps know
>> what to look for since I was originally introduced the
>> "issues" by IE or NMC since about this time last year.
>>
>> But overall, I feel like I am now a lot clearer than I
>> was the first time around and even by the time I went
>> to my first and second lab attempts.
>>
>> Or maybe I am just taking a little more time to smell
>> the roses this year.
>>
>> One things for sure, whatever I did last year, for
>> better or worse, helped me qualify for better (more
>> Cisco-centric) career opportunities this year.
>>
>> Anyone else felt like this at some point in their own
>> journey?
>>
>> I mean I recall Bruce Caslow saying things about how
>> things just pop up in our heads and we just start to
>> "get it".
>>
>> Kewl feeling when the plans start to come together.
>>
>> There are still things I am working on but I can see
>> where I am visisbly stronger this year than I was this
>> time last year.
>>
>> I went through my self-eval from NMC last night, where
>> one evaluates the skills one has - a self-evaluation.
>>
>> Last year, I did the survey and I came up with about
>> 55% - Strange enough almost all of my graded labs
>> averaged out to 54-61% - with the 57 bing the number.
>>
>> I did it last night, and now it appears my
>> self-evaluation is now 81% or so.
>>
>> Now this is number is just gathered from how one
>> gauges their own ability on each topic area and
>> somehow NMC has devised a mathematical formula to
>> compute a percentage based on one's answers.
>>
>> But, I think I find this little trick refreshing.
>>
>> Also it is a nice little checklist that helps one
>> figure out where he/she may still have areas for
>> improvement.
>>
>> It goes something like NONE (No experience) to EXPERT.
>>
>> There are 4 values per topic and seem to be a fair
>> estimation of one's skill familiarity of one is honest
>> to one's own self while marking them.
>>
>> I thought it odd how this little self-eval seemed to
>> be right on the money with where I actually was and
>> where I actually tended to be scoring in real life on
>> graded labs.
>>
>> Now as I am gearing up to meet Mr. Heinz Ulm and try
>> my luck at his graded Mock Labs, I am hoping to gain
>> some ground on my weakest areas.
>>
>> If I were say a 55 last May or June or so...
>>
>> I'm hoping to be closer to an actual 80 or so by now.
>>
>> Hopefully, I am not too disappointed with my studies
>> and my level of actual achievement gained thus far.
>>
>> But also recall, I am specifically trying to close the
>> gaps on a few things I simply did not understand, or
>> rushed through, or failed to complete before.
>>
>> Being able to complete my Golden Moment confidently
>> meant a lot to me and now cornering QoS and Multicast
>> mean quite a bit to me as well.
>>
>> There have been other topics that were sore for me,
>> and I've been nailing them as well. Literally one by
>> one.
>>
>> I must commend the Brians for their work on
>> Spanning-Tree on the current set of IE CODs -
>> amazingly clear examples that one can try at home.
>> Love the "reverse Z". The work they did with HSRP and
>> Port Security is very nice as well. It was probably
>> as good before, but maybe I did not quite appreciate
>> the intricacy of it all at the time.
>>
>> I actually implemented HSRP and Port Security and so I
>> could definately appreciate the thorough lecture with
>> CLI examples. And the same for Spanning Tree and the
>> Order of Operations for Path/Port selection. My
>> coworker and I recently had to contend with RST issues
>> with Foundry and so this topic was fresh and the
>> lecture and CLI examples burned away any remaining
>> cobwebs.
>>
>> Good job guys...
>>
>> Overall - don't be afraid to revisit topics if you do
>> not totally understand something - or better yet when
>> you actually think you do understand a given topic.
>>
>> Later...
>>
>> Darby
>>
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