From: Anthony Sequeira (asequeira@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Mar 10 2009 - 14:45:16 ARST
This is so awesome - congrats!
Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626, CCSI #23251
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On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:38 AM, Grant Shackelford wrote:
> 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
>
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