From: Jared Scrivener (jscrivener@ipexpert.com)
Date: Tue Jul 01 2008 - 17:33:32 ART
Yep, people fail. The truth of the matter is that failing a CCIE lab seems
like a much bigger deal than it actually is.
All it means is on that day, with those questions, you didn't configure
everything as well as was asked. So what?
In my life I've failed 5 certification exams (not CCIE's though, which is
weird) and between failures the comment I made to those around me was this:
I never fail anything I don't go back later and pass. And right now I've
passed everything I've ever attempted.
My favourite quote is this:
"I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not
trying." - Michael Jordan
I had it up in front of my desk in Australia (before I moved to the US) and
read it every time I started to feel the fear of failure. And it's also the
tag line in my personal (non-work) email signature.
And just so you know - my first attempt for my SP lab is scheduled for
August 6th (unless I have to reschedule as payment isn't due for a few days
yet).
If I fail, I guess now everyone will know. Thanks for paving the way for me
to say that. :)
Cheers,
Jared Scrivener CCIE2 #16983 (R&S, Security), CISSP
Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc.
Telephone: +1.810.326.1444
Fax: +1.810.454.0130
Mailto: jscrivener@ipexpert.com
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Morris, Jason L.
Sent: Tuesday, 1 July 2008 3:40 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: does anyone fail???
I know it's a silly question, but I think the only 2 people I've seen
say that they recently failed the test were both asking if they should
request a reread.
I assume people just don't talk about failing. Again, silly question,
but why not? Are people actually embarrassed to fail the test?
I know you can't really help anyone by telling them what was on your
test with NDA and what not. But if I'm going to cry to someone about
failing, I'd think it'd be on this list. Who better to understand what
just kicked your ass than the people here?
I'm scheduled for August 21 and you can be sure that if I fail, I'll be
on here bitchen by the 22nd... then hitten labs on the 23rd.
Just surprised at the ratio of 'I PASSED' to 'I SUCK' messages I
guess....
Jason Morris
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Joseph Brunner
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:28 PM
To: 'Azher'; 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: CCIE: 21354
$10 buys a lot of watermelon juice, no?
LOL
congrats bro (btw: I exceeded $10 twice in food stuffs, they don't
care!)
-Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Azher
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:11 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: CCIE: 21354
Wow ... Got my number # 21354
It was long journey, but this year i had a chance to attend Internetwork
and
Narbik's bootcamps and found them very useful. Both of them have
excellent
work books and help you a lot.
I took my exam in SanJose yesterday, both of the proctors were nice, lab
was
cold but my hands were swetting all the day. They allow you to take
coffee/drinks upto to your workplace which is nice, you also get a $10
coupon for lunch :)
Much relaxed now and need sleep for a week atleast before any new
endeavors
:)
-Azher
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