Re: From CCIE R&S to R&S+SP -- commitment required

Antonio might have some pointers. He can't be far off passing SP.

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Shaw" <dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>
To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 8:39 AM
Subject: From CCIE R&S to R&S+SP -- commitment required

> Hi all,
>
> There are lots of posts on GroupStudy where people are asking for
> pointers to good CCIE SP study resources -- that's not the intention
> of this post.
>
> I'd like to hear from people who went on from CCIE R&S to tackle and
> pass SP. Was the time and effort required comparable to that of your
> CCIE R&S journey, or was it more like a logical progression that
> required less from you in terms of time and commitment?
>
> Obviously some people tackle CCIE SP without R&S, and presumably for
> them the end-to-end effort is similar for someone doing R&S from
> scratch (otherwise plenty of people would be out there saying "SP is
> easier than R&S"). Noting that everybody is different, I suppose I'm
> curious about things like:
>
> - Did you take a break after R&S, and if so, how long?
> - How much of your retained R&S knowledge helped with your SP prep?
> Did it allow you to skip much/any content?
> - For the SP Written, how long did you prepare and how did you find
> the exam, difficulty-wise? Same as R&S Written?
> - How long did it take you, from end-to-end, from the beginning of
> your SP prep to passing the SP lab? How many hours, roughly
> - Any other observations re: changes in the way you prepared for R&S
> versus SP?
>
> Having recently passed R&S, I'm keen to capitalise on my study 'mode'
> and habits, but for me, pursuing SP is more about an interest in the
> technology than any other imperative. I know if I leave it too long,
> some of those strange tidbits of information still clanging around
> inside my head will disappear, study habits will give way to life,
> work will ramp up, and it will be harder to get motivated to get stuck
> into SP.
>
> Cheers,
> Dale
>
>
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