Re:

Does this mean you'll have to wait till Sunday for your results?

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On Jun 6, 2009, at 11:10 AM, "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb"
<nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Good Morning
> Group,
>
> I've just recovered from my
> visit to Brussels yesterday, to summarize my whole experience this
> was more of
> a psychological stress test than a test of technical knowledge depth
> (so i've
> been told until i realized first hand)
>
>
>
>
> The day before: Arrived at the hotel the
> evening before took a walk down to Cisco which was just a few meters
> behind
> the
> hotel i was staying. Did a little revision the night before at the
> hotel.
>
> The morning: We got called in and
> assigned our rack numbers moved in to our desk. I must say the sizes
> of the
> screens were of great help. They were 21" screens which really aided
> in carry out the exercise and isolating faults.
>
> I don't think of the time
> i've spents on this planet and through out my educational journey that
> I've experienced anything remotely close to what I experienced
> yesterday, Its impossible to describe even though I had practiced
> quite
> frequently to control such panic attacks -in short, I was broken (at
> least
> initially before I fought back). Basically, I spent the first 2-3hrs
> looking
> for
> my mouse on the table - (Oh it was on my desk alright i'd didnt go
> anywhere).
> At
> this point I realized I was heading for failure without the
> slightest chance
> of
> success , and only then did I step back and look back at the journey
> up to
> this point. Was i prepared to fail without an attempt? The dreaded
> OEQ went
> well
> so I had one leg in? eventually I got my act together shortly before
> lunch. I
> was just about to start redistribution when I heard the proctors
> voice saying
> .... 3min to lunch .... good time to save configs. OK, this IS IT.
> During my
> preparation I knew that section was not something I rush and it
> would usually
> take me some time 20-1hr depending how complicated it is. Within
> those 3min I
> put the requirements in my head and pondered over it at the lunch
> table. There
> were great options on the menu but I settled for 2 burgers and some
> chips. I
> ate
> as quickly as i could and requested to excuse my self for a
> cigarette. I had
> about 15min to come up with a solution to this redistribution and a
> method to
> approach the remaining sections if i still wanted to put up a good
> fight
> ..... shortly before lunch time was up I had my plan for
> redistribution and
> how to approach the last section. Also a previous configuration
> fault in my
> core!!!
> Went back in working as I
> should have been from the start, keeping track of time. I had made
> up my
> mind that if my redis. solution didnt work within 20min i would give
> up the
> points and move and just enable minimal connectivity .... i dumped
> my solution
> in a text file and went over it again again before applying. The
> solution met
> 80% of the requirement and i had to put additional changes in to
> cover the
> remaining req. this lifted me mentally.
>
> ........ to be continued
>
>
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Received on Sat Jun 06 2009 - 12:16:47 ART