From: Scott Morris (smorris@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 14:20:36 ARST
Congratulations! And a great place to be on that long and winding path it
seems you have taken towards the CCIE!!!
Spend some time again with your family now!
Very well done!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 #4713, JNCIE-M #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al.
JNCI-M/JNCI-ER
Senior CCIE Instructor
smorris@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
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Knowledge is power.
Power corrupts.
Study hard and be Eeeeviiiil......
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Grant Shackelford
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:38 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Passed my Lab in RTP
GS - Just wanted to send my information in for those compiling stats
and also toss in my $.02 worth of advice. I passed the R&S lab in RTP
last Thursday (3/5) on my third attempt.
I thought about what great advice I would pass on to everyone that is
still striving for their turn to send this email and I came to the
conclusion that sometimes the most simple advice is the best. So I
want to pass on some of the most simple and best advice I have gotten
that helped me along the way.
1) I learned from Scott Morris that sometimes you need to consider not
trying to complete an objective based on the possible impact to your
overall score. If you have a task to apply an ACL to an interface that
is involved in your routing protocols, look at how many points you
could lose if you break your routing protocols vs. how many points the
task is worth. In some cases, you may be better off to just give up
the points for the ACL task. As always, YMMV.
2) I learned from Narbik that you need to focus on the core topics. In
my final push to the lab, I focused on switching, IGP, and BGP topics.
3) I highly recommend the great class-on-demand on the new
documentation layout from Brian McGahan from Internetwork Expert.
4) If you can figure out a way to take the stress out of the lab
environment, it helps. For me, I went in Thursday with a primary goal
of taking the lab so my written would not expire (again). I did not
have high expectations of passing the lab and it was very liberating.
If you can figure out a way to remove some stress from your lab
attempt, it will have a positive impact on your lab attempt.
I started on this path in 2002 and took my last lab attempt (prior to
Thursday) in June of 2003. To answer the question of how much of this
you retain, the answer is that you might be surprised. Once you dust
off those old brain cells, things start to come back pretty quickly.
Like many of you, I had to take a break from my studies to deal with
some family and career issues. Fortunately, I was able to return to my
studies a couple of years ago.
Thanks to Paul for maintaining this forum, which is one of the best
resources for CCIE lab candidates available. For now, my journey has
ended. Best of luck to those of you still on the path.
Grant Shackelford
CCIE 23746
Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
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