Re: Failed 1st attempt Friday

Marcus,

Remember this is a long process and NOT a short one, and you should NOT be
afraid of V3, V4 or even V8, they added some new stuff to the lab, but they
did not make the lab impossible, i honestly believe that a person that
passes the new version is exposed to more and better stuff than a person
that passed the older version.
Take you time and go over the recommendations i gave you guys, my new 2.0
material will be totally completed within the next two weeks, and i highly
recommend retaking the boot camp again, and remember that consistency will
pay off, you need to study and create a study plan, attacking each protocol
separately and you should not let go unless you know that protocol inside
out. The question is "When would i be ready?" well....when ever you are able
to answer all of *your *questions.
Let me know if you need any help. Was the class and the work books
relevant? If they were, then, its matter of finding the time to study, but
your study plan should be a comfortable one, so you wont get bored with it.
Don't rush, you have what it takes, and you will do it, but when you are
ready.

On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Piyoush Sharma <piyoush_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Erm Joe,
>
> I think you missed the announcement from Cisco about their 90-day
> cancellation policy. So unless someone out there paid for the lab but dont
> feel like attending and cancel, it is almost impossible to get a date
> before
> the blueprint (or topic, as Cisco now calls it) change...
>
> Piyoush.
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Joseph L. Brunner
> <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>wrote:
>
> > Like pretty, smart, single, educated women our age, Lab seats become
> > available
> > DAILY.
> >
> > Keep looking...
> >
> > I have picked up both kinds of "dates" at the last minute, when I least
> > expected it...
> >
> > The 28 day rule will kick in and smash some guys little Capital One Visa
> > card
> > with a $1415 limit... his date will be dropped... Take and enjoy
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> > From: Ramanpreet Singh [mailto:sikandar.raman_at_gmail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:44 AM
> > To: Joseph L. Brunner
> > Cc: Marcus Bedford; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Failed 1st attempt Friday
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > You are probably right in your suggestion but there are no dates
> available
> > (
> > at least in US) before October 18th. I think for people like Marcus and
> me,
> > we
> > only have a option for CCIEv4 which should be doable by the time-frame
> > mentioned by Marcus.
> >
> > Marcus,
> >
> > Hang in there my friend, you will be CCIE pretty soon.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Raman
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Joseph L. Brunner
> > <joe_at_affirmedsystems.com<mailto:joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>> wrote:
> > Marcus,
> >
> > Itb s a process, not a single event to become a CCIE.
> >
> > I donb t think you should wait so long for your retake.
> >
> > I think your next retake should come in Sept.
> >
> > I think you should dive back in, perhaps go over the "Tech" with one of
> > us...
> > I would be more than happy to get you some webex training sessions with
> me,
> > gratis.
> > Lots of this stuff is quite easy, personally I was underwhelmed by the
> NON
> > switching/routing stuff in there... There were some questions that I
> > thought
> > were canned, and
> > IT SEEMED CISCO LET A CCNA WRITE PART OF THE LAB
> >
> > Unicast me and I'll be happy to work with you to "affirm" you
> > qos/multicast/security facets when you're ready to get back on the horse.
> >
> > GRIN:)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com<mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com>
> > [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com<mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com>] On Behalf
> Of
> > Marcus Bedford
> > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:31 AM
> > To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com<mailto:ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> > Subject: Failed 1st attempt Friday
> >
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I wanted to share my experience from my first attempt in San Jose on
> Friday
> > 7/17. I passed the open ended questions. I had four of them. Two were
> > very
> > easy, one was borderline CCNA level, and the other 2 were challenging,
> but
> > are
> > doing if you have been studying for your CCIE. Don't panic so much about
> > those. I think they were inline with the Written exam.
> >
> > 90% in switching, 75% in IGPs, and I nosed dived after that. Getting
> > either
> > minimum to no points. Some partially do that i did not have complete
> > functionality with my IGP's.
> >
> > I took Narbik's boot camp the weak before and I was weak in Multicast and
> > QOS.
> > I did not have enough time to lab up the workbooks to master those
> > technologies and it showed as i spent much of my time searching the DOC
> cd
> > for
> > help. The funny thing is, I did take the time to read all Narbik's 2.0
> > workbooks and I did not get asked a task that was not explained in his
> > books,
> > LOL.
> >
> > Narbik's workbooks, are like Prego spaghetti sauce, it's in there.
> >
> > Next steps.
> >
> > For now, I am taking the remainder of the month off other than some light
> > reading.
> >
> > August will declare war on Qos and Multicast. I want to get rid of them
> as
> > I
> > have been putting them off too long. I want to retake Narbik's boot camp
> > in
> > October and get the new materials for the new format and plan to have
> > myself
> > positioned to re-take my 2nd attempt in jan/Feb 2010 time frame.
> >
> > Advice,
> > I noticed that the subjects that i felt comfortable in, switching and
> > IGP's(most of the time) I offer my assistance on. Those areas, I was not
> > comfortable in, I would sit back and be quiet. My Lab scoring followed
> > that
> > pattern. I would recommend hitting all core areas that you do not feel
> > comfortable explaining it to someone else, right or wrong, because if you
> > are
> > not confident, you will fail that area or waste time searching the DocCD
> > for
> > answers like I did.
> >
> >
> > Marcus
> >
> >
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