From: Joseph Brunner (joe@affirmedsystems.com)
Date: Thu Aug 14 2008 - 21:55:18 ART
That is probably the best answer or post on here in a long time Felix!
Very very well said!
Multiple workbooks! What's next? Removing the 30 day fail period,
You can just go to rtp for a week and take the lab five times?
;)
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Felix Nkansah
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:37 PM
To: Hobbs
Cc: kmoorman@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: which workbook are you using and why
Hi Hobbs,
First of all, using a vendor workbook or attending a vendor bootcamp is not
a prerequisite to taking the lab or passing it. I know of some CCIEs who
passed their labs through self-study and practice, and not through the use
of any workbooks (Brian Dennis of IE is a typical example).
One thing you need to understand is that even though we call it a LAB, your
theory and understanding of networking concepts, technologies and their
interworking is tested much more than it appears on the outside.
You want to be a good network engineer when going for the lab (to pass it
and also for your career). Most candidates go for the lab with 'holes' in
their networking knowledge. Thanks the labs are good at exposing these
holes.
You could use a million workbooks from a million vendors, and if you still
dont seal the holes in your networking knowledge, you would still not pass.
Granted, vendor workbooks are supposed to help you do so. If you come to
think of it, how many different ways could one be tested on frame relay?
It's finite.
So if you settle on a workbook from a vendor who teaches the technologies
well and passes you through all the numerous scenarious of FR setups and
configurations (in about 10+ labs) so that you fully master the concepts, do
you think you've got to need a billion more workbooks before you can pass?
As experiences show, the key to passing the lab is mastering the concepts
and gaining the hands-on exposure. Any SINGLE good vendor could help you
achieve that.
Buy time to study and practice, rather than buying thousands of workbooks
and doing little study. And don't think Reading is the same as Studying. Go
figure!
Regards,
Felix Nkansah, CCIE
Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
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