From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Mon Jul 21 2008 - 01:13:29 ART
Utah,
That was serious man!
Don't worry there is always a next time. Keep your head up... Let us know if
you need some drill downs on a specific technology or 2.
BTW: I'd rather have a $1500 lunch than a $1.5 Million divorce...
Joe "married to the RTP lab"
LOL
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
johnnieutah1@gmail.com
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 11:44 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: $1500 Lunch
First off, I'm a pseudo newbie on the list, but have transparently
gravy-trained off of the archives for years now, so I thought I'd finally
*try* to give back, since this thing called the CCIE lab has pretty much
been my life for the past year.
Second, I thought I'd post a note on getting the wind knocked out of me on
my second attempt this past week in RTP. Yes, CCIE R&S 2, this candidate 0.
I have now scheduled my third attempt for Sept, but enough about the future,
I am going to share a few things on where I think I went wrong this past
time.
In both of my attempts, I've calculated the scores to where I was in the low
70's the first time, and high 70's this past attempt. Great - this is like
the best looking girl in high school telling you what a great friend you
are...I'm close, but not there yet. Both times I walked out thinking I had
a good shot, in fact this past time I felt I had passed.
Time Management: I finished the lab with about 2 hours to validate, and go
back to a section I deliberately skipped until the end. No real issues
here, except I did not put enough attention to detail on validation in a few
sections. I think I was trapped on a few specific tasks where I felt my
solution to the task was best and did not allow myself to consider the range
of possibilities.
Thus, I spent time on other areas and allowed this to hurt me.
Checking with the Proctor: I believe I'd have my number had I did this on
(2) occasions on tasks that certainly required clarity (at least to me). I
knew the technology, knew how to configure the required task, but did not
verify with the proctor that my interpretation was consistent with the
question. Big mistake. BIG, BIG Mistake.
Making a last hour change: I found an error in a task I'd configured
previously, decided I didn't like my original solution, and spent 20 minutes
reconfiguring and validating the second go 'round. A bad decision
considering the point value of the task, and the timeframe of the exam
itself - I was at about hour 7 when I did this. My decision to make changes
and the time I burned doing so prevented me from focusing on a section I
needed to spend more time on.
Not doing a final, thorough, "show run": I don't know for certain if this
even impacted my result, but for peace of mind and the fact that I'm
replaying this past attempt over and over in my mind, I did not do a
complete "show run" on
every device in the last hour. I did do a "show run | begin, or | include",
but not a full "show run". Seems like a rookie mistake, would feel a whole
lot better now if I had.
Reading: Just thought of this, I read fast, I can glance at a few sentences
and get the meaning. This technique is better served when skimming emails,
leisure reading and the like. I found myself reading the test in this
manner,
but realize I need to read word by word, line by line. I need to adjust to
the
test, not the other way around.
So now, I'm getting out of my denial that I failed this past attempt and
trying to remotivate myself to getting back on the horse. It was brutal
looking at the results - thanks for sending them at midnight, I couldn't
fall asleep after knowing I'd have to show up at work the next day and
report the news. But nonetheless, I'm gonna continue to grind, as a lot of
you have done and currently do.
BTW - I've used IE Workbooks and NetMasters DoIT as study material. I've
made huge strides in studying and progress through these materials over the
past year.
Thanks everyone , thought I'd share...
JU
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