From: David Altoft (davidaltoft@googlemail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 16 2008 - 08:34:30 ARST
Hi Brian,
I agree that time spent myself would be better than a bootcamp. I am
constanting flipping between topics rather than just focusing on 1 topic or
technology, thinking about bgp, then ospf, then switching etc instead of
just sticking to a technology and learning and documenting everything that i
have learnt then moving on in a methofical way.
You're right about cutting yourself off from the internet, it's easy to
waste time surfing for things rather than studying. That's good advice about
settings things up the night before so hit the ground running the next
morning.
Thanks,
David
On 1/16/08, Brian Dennis <bdennis@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>
> David,
> If you have to choose between a bootcamp or taking off from work for two
> months to study I would recommend taking the time off. At the end of the
> day there is no substitute for getting hands-on experience doing labs and
> with all of the self-paced classes (CoDs) out there you can still get most
> if not nearly all of the live bootcamp experience. On top of that I would
> be surprised if you can't get nearly 100% of any questions you have
> answered here on GS.
>
> Personally when I prepare for a lab I'll go "off line" a few weeks prior
> to my lab date. By off line I mean very limited email, phone, chat or
> even Internet access. Before starting to study I make sure I have
> everything I need downloaded and then disconnect from the Internet. For
> off line DocCD access you can either buy the documentation DVD from Cisco
> or use something like HTTracker to download the sections of the DocCD you
> want for off line viewing.
>
> You will also need to make a study schedule and stick with it. If you are
> married you should share this schedule with your spouse. Every night
> before going to bed look over your schedule for the next day and make sure
> that everything is ready to go for when you start back up in the morning
> (rack cleaned up, labs printed out, etc).
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian Dennis, CCIE4 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP)
> bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > David Altoft
> > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 1:41 PM
> > 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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