From: Thomas Perrier (thomas@perrier.name)
Date: Sun Mar 16 2008 - 07:38:47 ART
On 16/03/08 02:10, "nrf" <noglikirf@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I don't understand why it's so stressful/exhausting. Like I said, if you
> fail the lab, so what? You just go back and do it again. And again and
> again and again. Sure, you have to pay the fee, sure you have to take the
> time to go to the lab again. But other than that, there is no penalty for
Unless you're a millionnaire, the perspective of potentially losing $1500
(plus travel expenses) in one day can be *slightly* stressful, believe it or
not. Incredible, really! Yeah, you'll happily go again and again, and soon
you'll have a $15,000 debt. Not the best way to manage your career and your
finances.
Besides, most people don't like to lose. Psychologically, they're in the lab
to win the battle, and aren't prepared to lose it, but at the same time
aren't sure and persuaded they're able to win. Hence the stress. It's just
human nature.
> failing. Nobody will ever know how many times you needed to pass.
If you're lucky to have the CCIE exam funded by your employer, you know he
won't pay for ten attempts. Eventually, the money will have to come out of
your pocket if you fail too many times. And in this case, your boss and
colleagues will know how you fared in the lab!
> Eventually, assuming that you have some reasonable skills, you're going to
> pass for, if no other reason, if you keep going back over and over again,
> you're eventually going to receive a set of test questions that you happen
> to know very well. It's hard for me to see why people stress themselves
> out over something where failure is penalty-free.
This is where you're wrong: failure isn't penalty free at all, see above
why.
> Contrast that with any respectable school where if you keep failing over and
> over, you're going to get expelled. Furthermore, employes will be able to
> request your transcripts and they will be able to SEE how many times you
> failed, and then make a hiring decision accordingly. That's real stress.
That's true too.
That whole argument is absurd anyways: the point is one should have *both* a
good academic diploma and one or more CCIE(s). :)
-- Thomas Perrier CCIE #18731 (R&S)
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