From: Scott Vermillion (scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com)
Date: Tue Jan 15 2008 - 16:01:10 ARST
Hi David,
This is going to be my last post to the group for a while; it's time to get
serious!
Briefly, full-time study is wonderful - to a point. I have been at this now
mostly full-time since July, when I started studying for the written.
Cleared that in August and have been working lab prop ever since. Yes, I
have worked a few gigs here and there but mostly just lab prep.
In recent months I have gone through somewhat of a rebellion, finding it
difficult or impossible to focus my mind. I sometimes sit around and dream
up new ways in which I could cause physical harm to my lab gear. I may very
well fail the lab *because* of what essentially boils down to "too much of a
good thing."
A few months would be killer. Maybe even three. Not much more. IMHO...
Regards,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
David Altoft
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:41 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: OT: Time off to Study
Hi,
Does anyone have any thoughts/experiences on taking time off work to study?
I am contemplating taking 2 months off work to study, though I am yet to
approach my employer. I'm not sure whether it would be an effective use of
time or whether I would burn out after a few weeks of constant study. The
other option is that I use the money that I would have lost by not working
and spend it on a bootcamp, though realistically being at the beginning of
my study rather than towards the end, I'm not sure how beneficial a bootcamp
would be. I have the IE work book and CoD so I would rather spend the time
working through those and doing some labs.
I am aware of the financial impact that this will have but I am finding that
there aren't enough hours in the day to make serious headway in the material
that I need to cover for the lab. I can imagine that most people in this
group are suffering the same time scheduling problems and wanted to hear
from anyone that has taken time off to study and whether they found it
useful or not.
Thanks,
David
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