From: Adam Elghafri (ccie.adam@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Aug 28 2008 - 13:58:39 ART
congrats !!!!
but what are the rules of the game u learnt b/w the 2 attempts
u uncovered one (verifying every task).. others?
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 10:16 PM, sirus MOGHADASIAN <cyrus.mgh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I used to be a passive member of groupstudy, so I didn't participate a lot
> in discussions.
> A little bit about myself ,I'm 24 and currently studying MS of
> Telecommunication in Melbourne. Since I'm studying full time ,I had no time
> to work officially for a company yet.
> My story goes back to 2 years ago ,when I decided to take CCNP exam ,at that
> time I knew roughly about CCNA level stuff, after studying for 9 month ,ccie
> written and ccnp passed in July 2007.
>
> So I decided to start studying for lab exam immediately, I was about
> finishing my BS ,so stuff not runs as smooth as I expected ,so after 7
> months I sat 4 lab exam in Dubai on Jan 2008,every thing goes well ,I spent
> about 4 hours checking my configs ,so pretty confident that I nailed it,but
> surprisingly I failed!
>
> I remember that it was really hurts ,the worse part was I had no idea what
> was my fault, at that time I already planned to come to Australia , so 20
> days later I moved to Australia to complete my MS.
> It took couple of months for me to get used to new place ,so hardly touch
> router till previous month , I started studying again , it was really
> painful ,all of stuff got blurry in my mind and need serious clean up.
>
> After studying for one bloody month for about 10 to 12 hours per day, I went
> to Sydney on 26th August, I usually very calm at exams even my first attempt
> I was very relaxed but in Sydney stressed out very much during exam . I had
> a doubt on one of switching part questions, and it was a critical questionso
> couldn't leave without making it works, after asking proctor that maybe
> initial configs is wrong for three times ,he said it does not wrong but u
> may change it!!!!! So issue cleared but already I lost 1.5 hour working on
> that issue. So I finished only one hour before end time, only one hour left
> 4 verifying , so I couldn't verify in away I like to, being not satisfied
> came back to Melbourne, surprisingly see that I was passed!!!
>
> CCIE seems scary when it's story told by others and seems require years of
> experience but in my opinion it's just a game. U should learn how to play
> this game's rules to win the game. I knew Tech for my first attempt but
> didn't pay much attention to rules of the game ,so failed on my first
> attempt.
>
> My main resource of study materials was IE WB 4.0 , IE COD and DOC CD.
>
> I built up my lab in past ,but after Dynamips came just use 3550 at home and
> using Dynamips for routing part. For missing feathers of 3560 I rent some
> online sessions.
>
> Tips: Just try to pay attention to details ,and learn how to verify each
> task u r doing. U HAVE TO VERIFY EACH TASK and make sure your config works.
> This is the most important part IMO.
>
> I'm currently looking for part time networking role in Melbourne, but chance
> of finding part time professional networking job in Melbourne is very slim.
> Hope to find one soon!
>
> I'd like to acknowledge people in GS and particularly Brian(s) for their
> great devotions to CCIE training program , Scott Morris 4 answering
> questions when SB really calls for him and other Pro folks gathering here to
> help each other.
>
> Sirus Moghadasian
> CCIE #21862 (R&S)
>
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