From: alexandros.sichlimiris@bt.com
Date: Fri Apr 13 2007 - 07:15:59 ART
Hi Mariam, congratulations on your achievement.
Just wanted to say with regards to the designer skills that you mention,
that there are cases, especially in big Service Providers, that the
designers have to be specialized in one manufacturer and a lot of times
on a specific platform as well(i.e. 7300 series routers etc.) This
happens because there are so many features on every platform that the
company cannot afford not to have someone focused more on it than the
rest of the team.Usually he is the one that will communicate with the
manufacturer effectively when problems arise.
I agree of course with you that especially a designer has to be well
versed in a lot of technologies and protocols and furthermore (in my
opinion most importantly) to have been exposed to real world scenarios.
Cheers,
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
mariam.tatevik@yahoo.com
Sent: 13 April 2007 10:13
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Interim milestone of a long and unplanned journey
Hi GS
Since my CCNA in 1999, only one time (after passing exams for CCDP) I
had planned CCIE - Designer. Unfortunately the Cisco retirement came
out
BTW referring to the recent Designer discussion in GS:
In my opinion, Designer Skills & Qualifications are not directly covered
by current tracks. To be a designer you must really know technologies,
protocols and different vendors (!) and not only a deep knowledge of
(proprietary) IOS implementations based on very small subset of Cisco
network gears Did you ever see a customer network based ONLY on
Catalyst3550/3560 and cisco37xx/38xx? Id say a "good" Designer for e.g.
Enterprise Networks do need a lot of skills and at least
ccnp/ccvp/ccsp/ccvp/ccdp ;-)
CCIE R&S was not in my PDP till last summer. In meantime, I did pass 14
network exams (not only for Cisco certifications, but also Lucent &
Foundry).
Here in GS I have read a ccie exam is 50% psychology & methodology and
50% technology. My interpretation is 80% psychology & methodology and
only 20% technology. So now I may say with my R&S labs I have gained
most frustrating exam experience >> == >> On the other hand everybody
must know the ropes!
This week I finally got the digits after passing in Brussels
If you have options (like me)between labs in SJ and in Brussels.
Id highly recommend Brussels due to outstanding facility; furthermore,
all proctors in Brussels are really gentle, smart, and most helpful.
I used different sources for my preparation.
Pay attention! All documents incl. CiscoWeb docs & CiscoPress books
could have not only mistyping and legacy commands but also mistakes and
wrong examples ;-((
Verify as much as possible Dynamips is an excellent tool for everybody
and
for any small verification
The GS was one of the most important sources for my preparation.
Of course, the VERIFICATION is valid for answers & solutions from GS
too.
It is a good way to study ;-)
Therefore I wish to thank all active & passive members,
in particular I thank so much the most valuable input
of Senior Leaders (in alphabetical order):
Bob, Brain(s), Narbik, Scot,...
Take care & stay with us ;-)
PS
if ever Id go the SP track
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