From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Fri Apr 13 2007 - 09:07:50 ART
Congratulations on your milestone there! I hope it appears as a large and
valuable one for you!!!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
IPexpert VP - Curriculum Development
IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor
smorris@ipexpert.com
http://www.ipexpert.com
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
mariam.tatevik@yahoo.com
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 5:13 AM
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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