Re: My Failure Report

Ravi,
      Don't get bummed out. I recently joined the "close but no cigar list".
Remember, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. I will be back in
that lab and I will punch that rack of equipment square in the nutz before I
let in make a fool out of me. You do the same.

-Hammer

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Anthony Faria <tfaria72_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Dont give up I felt the same way. I was a little took back when I seen the
> wording of the exam. It is different than the other vendor wording. One
> thing I can say is know the doccd in and out. The Aset labs are good to get
> a feel for the wording. Try not to use the doccd unless you have too. Any
> labs you cant remember syntax do it over and over till you can do it in
> your
> sleep. I agree Narbik is a stud!! The CCIE is like a relationship sometimes
> it sucks but you have to hang in there because you have invested so much
> divorce or quiting is not an option. Just my opinion. Dont weaken Cowboy!!!
>
>
> Tony
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Ravi Singh <way2ccie_at_googlemail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > HI Group,
> >
> > I failed my first attempt at Brussels yesterday and looking at the score
> > report I feel I missed it by just a few points ...I would not say that I
> > was
> > not prepared .. I was very much prepared technically but what I was not
> > prepared with was the format the actual lab is given .. So here I present
> > to
> > you a small report on what are my observations, opinion and
> recommendations
> > about the lab ..This is just my opinion of how I felt so it is totally
> upto
> > you how you take it..there may be people agreeing to this ..there will be
> > lots of them not agreeing to it ..
> >
> > PREPARATION
> > 1) If you think you will focus on just the core topics and will manage
> the
> > non-core ones...you may be proved wrong on your lab day ..I'd suggest you
> > should know every part of the blueprint in-and-out ..I learnt it the hard
> > way ..
> >
> > 2) Whichever vendor's workbooks you are doing do it only to understand
> the
> > technology and concepts..If you are doing the full scale labs to build
> your
> > strategy/speed or whatever for the actual lab, no matter whatever
> > difficulty
> > level it is, it won't help much because the actual lab is not formatted
> > that
> > way ..In fact if you have completed all the labs that a particular vendor
> > has and you can now complete any lab that vendor gives you, you will
> > definitely pass an exam that is that vendor's own certification but not
> > Cisco because you haven't had a taste of the actual lab ..But since
> > practice
> > is also one of the keys to passing the lab , the labs may be helpful in
> > some
> > sense who knows ..
> >
> > OBSERVATION on the LAB
> > 3) Due to the NDA constraints the only thing I can say is remember point
> 1
> > above..
> >
> > RECOMMENDATION/ADVICE
> > Since I haven't passed the exam I cannot really recommend anything but
> for
> > people who would still like to know ..here is some advice/recommendation
> >
> > 4) For the learning material I found Narbik's workbooks the best because
> > they explain the technology very clearly and in a very simple and
> straight
> > forward manner..I mean if ARP ,for example , can be explained using two
> > routers why go and build an enterprise network setup for it..Narbik's
> > bootcamp is also highly recommended because the guy knows the value of
> your
> > money..It would have hurt me more if I would have failed the exam after
> > taking a 5000$ bootcamp and some 1000$ workbooks ..During the preparation
> > for this attempt Narbik had been a great mentor and a very good friend
> who
> > had helped me more than he actually could ..Narbik, I am sorry to
> > disappoint
> > you on not passing the lab but I am personally very satisfied that your
> > mentorship had helped me so much in the exam that I was really not
> worried
> > about the technical difficulty of the questions being put in..
> >
> > NEXT-STEP
> > 5) I still haven't decided anything on it yet, because all these gone
> days
> > and months when I used to study in my room and my 15 month old daughter
> > came
> > to me asking me to play with her I would have to turn her away on the
> > pretext that I would surely spend time with her soon..And now when I see
> > her
> > face I just don't get the courage of doing the same thing again ..Its
> just
> > one day that has passed so once I get over the "loser syndrome" , I would
> > think about it...I am not gonna give up so easily ...
> >
> > LAST FEW WORDS
> > 6) As I mentioned initially there will be loads of people saying .." He
> is
> > just a whiner ..had he been technically prepared he would have passed
> the
> > lab " but according to my score report I scored a 100% in what everyone
> > calls the core topics and the OEQs..What took me to doom was two things
> > a) even though I had a strategy/plan etc. ready for the lab it didn't
> > actually work because it was not made while doing any labs of that
> > calibre..
> > b) Point No. 1 of this email
> >
> >
> > Now for people who have passed the lab,,it's easy to say that failure is
> a
> > part of the journey or stuff like that..but for people who failed nothing
> > can be more consoling than the CCIE number in the signature..I anyhow
> > accept
> > that in my failure it was nobody else's fault than mine so I would now
> need
> > to work much harder and rise back from the ashes ;-)
> >
> > I forgot to add that this forum is still the best place to be for the lab
> > prep..and I would in anycase would like to thank people who are a member
> of
> > this forum ..Keep up the good work guys
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ravi
> >
> >
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