From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Fri Aug 17 2007 - 14:41:58 ART
Get a new credit card, (hopefully it will have at least a $5000 limit...)
Go into debt to pay for the 3 more lab attempts. You can make that back in 1
week of consulting with a CCIE...
-Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Joe
Carr (Enventis)
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:55 PM
To: Robert Hosford; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Failed Again
That is not an option. I currently work for a Gold Partner and Cisco
(normally) does not hire employees of partners. Plus the closest Cisco
office is over 2 hours away from where I live.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Robert Hosford
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:37 AM
To: Joe Carr (Enventis); ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Failed Again
Get a Job at Cisco. That will cover at least three more attempts.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Joe
Carr (Enventis)
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 10:50 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Failed Again
It's true that I have been working on this test since 2003.
I would like to take the exam again and I know I am very close to
passing but I just cannot afford it right now. If money was not the
problem I would just head back every 30 days until I got my numbers. My
work was paying for me to take it and this was the last one they were
going to cover.
Joe
________________________________
From: Narbik Kocharians [mailto:narbikk@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:35 AM
To: Guyler, Rik
Cc: Joe Carr (Enventis); ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Failed Again
Joe, just the fact that you finished three hours earlier and tested and
went over your configuration should tell you that you were ready and you
knew the stuff, you got out feeling good. I personally think that the
reason you failed is because you misinterpreted the questions, you
basically did them one way whereas, they wanted it done in another way.
What you are NOT telling people is that you took few attempts and then
got busy and just started again; I honestly would try till I get it.
Some are not good test takers but they are excellent engineers.
On 8/17/07, Guyler, Rik <rguyler@shp-dayton.org> wrote:
Joe...8 times? Man, I feel REALLY bad for you! I know you must be
terribly
disappointed but I can empathize with your decision. That's a lot of
time
and money and sacrifice to take the lab that many times. I applaud your
determination to this point as I don't know if I could have continued on
that long.
Maybe this is just one of those "testing" things where somebody is an
ace on
a subject but just doesn't test well on it. I know some real "rain men"
just like that. I have to think that even if you don't have the paper
to
show for your efforts that at least the work you put into studying has
made
you a much stronger Cisco engineer and networker in general.
Anyway, maybe you'll change your mind after some of the disappointment
has
worn off. If so then hopefully you'll be back to the group. If not
then we
wish you well with whatever you decide to do. ;-)
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto: nobody@groupstudy.com
<mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com> ] On Behalf Of Joe
Carr (Enventis)
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 9:39 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Failed Again
I took my lab for the 8th time yesterday and I left feeling pretty good
about my attempt but when the score report came out it was a fail.
During the lab I was able to finish all configurations 3 hours early and
then checked and double checked all the requirements. I thought I nailed
Switching, IGP, and EGP but my scores were very low in the IGP section.
The proctors at the location where I took my lab were not that very
helpful.
In fact one of them was downright terrible. I like to ask for
clarification
on all items I am unsure about and every time I went to this proctor to
ask
questions he would roll his eyes and let out a sigh.
It was almost as if I was bothering him to ask questions! By the end of
the
day I would come to him with my two options to configure a certain task
and
he would just tell me that I could do it both ways and not loose points.
Well I now believe that cost me at least a few points.
Overall I am not happy with the CCIE track and I think I am going to
throw
in the towel because I can no longer afford to keep taking this exam and
failing.
Joe
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