From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Wed Aug 20 2008 - 18:23:48 ART
Verification, verification, verification....
That's the biggest thing that lets you discover, fix and/or avoid stupid
mistakes as you go through a lab. Step by step by step.
In the beginning this will take a while. You need to adjust your mind to
think about verifying everything. But it's well worth it in the long run!
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Hobbs
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:16 PM
To: keith tokash
Cc: Christopher Copley; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: OT maybe? Preventing stupid mistakes
It's hard to remember them all :) I try to keep track of them by writing
them down. Sometimes the mistakes are so task-specific thought it might not
really help you on another lab. I seem to always miss a vlan, but I find
that during L2 connectivity test....it always costs me a few minutes
thinking...wtf is going on. I guess the key would be to know symptoms of
certain issues and troubleshoot them fast. Keith said it well, know the
task, read every word...learn how to verify things fast too. know the best
show commands to verify things.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:02 PM, keith tokash <ktokash@hotmail.com> wrote:
> My greatest fear going in was the dumb mistakes. My approach was
two-fold:
>
> 1. Know the material so well that I can finish with at *least* two
> hours to recheck my work 2. Poke every word as I read it so I don't
> skip things like the vlan number if they tell you which to use
>
> I found two definite mistakes when I re-read my test; both were really
> stupid.
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> > Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:13:55 -0400
> > From: copley.chris@gmail.com
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: OT maybe? Preventing stupid mistakes
> >
> > Experts,
> >
> > I have been studying very hard the past few months and I feel I have
> > a
> very
> > strong understanding on all the technology and wording. But I have
> > been taking Graded Mock lab tests and I am just failing by a small
> > margin. I look back and review them after I get done, and it ends
> > up that I am just making stupid minor mistakes or missing one bullet
> > point causing the solution I have to be incorrect. I am wondering
> > if anyone else is having the same problems, and if anyone knows a good
way to keep from doing it.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Chris
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