From: Alexei Monastyrnyi (alexeim@orcsoftware.com)
Date: Tue Apr 17 2007 - 07:30:36 ART
To tons of right stuff said before I would just add a bit.
1200 greens for brain dump + ~1500 to pass at first try...
Why not try to be decent for the beginning and study honestly and save
1200 greens for the second try? :-)
I remember reading what Scott Fisher (a mountain guide for Himalayas -
may he rest in peace) would say to those clients, climbing in his
expeditions, who complained about rough times they had been having
during the ascent.
"It's attitude not altitude."
A.
P.S. There is always time to screw things up and join the dark side
after all. :-)
on 4/15/2007 11:13 PM CCIEwnaB wrote:
> OK smart peeps,
>
> I have a friend who is currently working on her CCNP, and keeps giving me a
> hard time for not having passed the lab yet (1 failed attempt under my belt)
> but I'm still hitting it hard and will be going back in another 2 moths.
>
> Anyway, she's convinced that when she finishes her last NP test she'll just
> pay the $1200 to the folks who shall remian nameless and study the "3 real
> CCIE labs" and pass on the first attempt." I agree with what's been said
> here so many times before, that the cert only means something if you truly
> are an expert and have earned it. So let's not get everyone all wound up.
>
> That being said, does anyone have a few stories I can share with her, that
> might be helpfull in keeping her on the "HIGH ROAD". I keep trying to tell
> her, she's going to pay $1200 for a couple useless old files and then what,
> go to the proctor on test day and say, hey this isn't the test I was
> expecting you must have made a mistake?
>
> I'm sure there are other folks here who have fallen for it, please share
> your experiences so my friend will see the light and not surrender to the
> dark side...she knows who she is
>
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