Re: trainer/coach

Hi Gary,

My company paid for the bootcamp and the workbooks etc, so I have some left
over that I was planning on spending for training.

I'm not looking to be spoon fed, only to climb the mountain with someone
that knows the way.

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Gary Duncanson <
gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
> Honestly. 100 dollars an hour for one on one instruction?
> What can any instructor teach you in an hour that is worth those rates?
>
> There is no shortening the learning curve. You got lost? We all do on this
> journey. You can fill your house with every workbook provided by every
> vendor, every CoD to listen to while you go for the burn on the stair
> climber, you can do every bootcamp. The bottom line is using whatever
> resources you obtain on your own time and patiently. This takes hundreds if
> not thousands of hours. Those resources may be meagre, but that's not
> important. What is important is that while a trainer may *assist* you to get
> where you want to be, they cannot do it for you. That has to come from you
> and only you and it takes hard graft.
>
> Any instructor on the list that wishes to disagree with me, you know where
> I am.
>
> Regards
> Gary
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kevin dalby" <ieorbust_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:33 PM
> Subject: Re: trainer/coach
>
>
> Hi Experts,
>>
>> I had a few requests from other students asking what I found out about
>> individual one on one training/coaching. So, here it is. I did find
>> several vendors that will accommodate this type of request and it's
>> usually
>> in the 100/hr price range. One side note, I would much rather pay a CCIE
>> directly via paypal than pay a vendor company, so if there are any CCIEs
>> or
>> CCIE instructors that want a little extra money unicast me. Otherwise
>> I'll
>> go with the vendors.
>>
>> I am planning on meeting with an instructor for an hour twice a week for
>> the
>> next three months to cover any issues that I run into on the labs.
>> Especially QoS and Security. I am hoping that this will shorten the
>> learning curve and that I will spend less time lost and be more productive
>> in the practice labs. I am then going to a 12 day bootcamp to try and put
>> all the individual pieces together. I've had several emails mentioning
>> that
>> while bootcamps are great don't go until you are very solid on the
>> individual technologies.
>>
>> I also got an email from Anthony Sequeira at INE asking if I wanted help
>> putting together a study plan, which I gladly accepted.
>>
>> So, that's what I've found out so far, thanks all for your suggestions and
>> help.
>>
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>> On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 8:25 PM, kevin dalby <ieorbust_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Experts,
>>>
>>> I have my CCIE lab date coming up on Oct 1st and I am feeling unprepared.
>>> I've been studying consistantly for about 3 months now, going through the
>>> INE workbook #1. I feel like I waste a lot of time because I get lost on
>>> a
>>> topic and then spend hours on the Doc CD / cisco.com trying to find out
>>> where the topic is covered ect.
>>>
>>> So, I am looking for a CCIE out there that would be interested in being a
>>> trainer/coach. I would like to meet for an hour or so twice a week at
>>> your
>>> conveniece to go over issues in the Workbooks or labs that I'm doing.
>>>
>>> Unicast me if there is any interest, and also let me know what you think
>>> would be a fair hourly rate.
>>>
>>> Thanks, looking forward to your response.
>>>
>>
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