Re:

Ryan, I suppose so :-( or could be Monday

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From: "Ryan West" <rwest_at_zyedge.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 5:16 PM
To: "NayYar Hakeem-Habeeb" <nyrhh_at_hotmail.co.uk>
Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re:

> Does this mean you'll have to wait till Sunday for your results?
>
> Sent from handheld.
>
> 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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