From: Ryan Morris (ryan@egate.net)
Date: Sun Sep 30 2007 - 22:35:44 ART
Does that make me a "Starwars Lamer Type"? I moved my date once (see
below). I'm a little bit insulted (not much, but enough to write this
email) by the suggestion, based on the amount of material on this lab,
that people who drop their dates aren't serious or can't afford it.
I found having a deadline critical to my motivation and the scheduling of
my study time. I was originally booked for August 31st. In late July
after completing the Cisco Assessor labs and reviewing my position, I
dropped my date and picked up September 25th, after a few days of hitting
the CCIE scheduling site every morning. I passed on my first try. I'm
sure most people drop dates for exactly this reason: they want to be
ready for date X, but work and personal commitments as well as the volume
of stuff to know for the lab doesn't always allow it.
The fact is, lots of people want to complete this certification and Cisco
is having trouble keeping up. I think anyone who has tried agrees that
getting a date within a month or two is just a matter of refreshing your
browser every morning until a date pops up. Identifying your readiness,
estimating the date you should write based on this, and adjusting that
date within the constraints of the system are just part of the preparation
process.
If I may provide a general commentary to this list... some people have a
tendency to generalise in their posts (i.e. all proctors suck, or all
people who book early and drop a lab are "lamer types"). As with any
public forum or email communication people should think carefully about
what they write, realise it is going to appear in the public record, and
be very specific about who they are aiming their flame at.
I await your directed flame emails :)
Ryan Morris
CCIE #18953
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Gary Duncanson wrote:
> Joseph,
>
> These starwars lamer types as you put it are a pain in the arse.
>
> Is this why I can't get my end of March 2008 slot in Brussels when I 'know'
> I will be ready for the lab?.
>
> Gary
>
> (Studying late on a Sunday evening 5 months before intended lab attempt and
> not playing XBOX. I don't even know how one of those things work).
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joseph Brunner" <joe@affirmedsystems.com>
> To: "'John Hooper'" <homith@homith.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:22 PM
> Subject: RE: Lab Scheduling Confusion
>
>
> >> I just wondering, As we all know getting a lab seat at the moment is next
> >>to being a miracle.
> >
> > Yeah, the Miracle is your credit card company taking a $1,400 charge.
> > That's
> > about the only obstacle I have had during my scheduling of lab dates with
> > 3
> > or 4 weeks notice.
> >
> > So as I have posted before many IT "starwars" types obviously say "sure
> > I'll
> > be ready to take the lab in X months, on X/X/XX day, why not just book it
> > now I'll probably have the $$$ to pay for it by then too (if I stop buying
> > every game that comes out for the the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3).
> >
> > So as you can imagine this often yields only a percentage of people that
> > are
> > ready and do have the money to pay by 28 days out. I recommend you keep
> > looking....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > John
> > Hooper
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 5:46 AM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Lab Scheduling Confusion
> >
> > Heya Group,
> > I just wondering, As we all know getting a lab seat at
> > the
> > moment is next to being a miracle. If the scheduling only lists lab days
> > within 180 days why don't we see vacant seats tomorrow on the 181th day
> > etc
> > ..Maybe I am confusing myself here but I would have expected that. I am
> > checking the schedule many times a day and nothing even looks like
> > appearing
> > on the 181th day. I search today, 30 Sep 2007. It will search 180 days
> > bring
> > it up to 28 March 2008. OK no free dates. I search tomorrow 1 Oct 2007,
> > shouldn't I see lots of vacant seats on the 29 March 2008 (well the 31
> > March
> > 2008 actually as the 29th was a Saturday). Just a thought anyhow.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > John
> >
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