My thoughts are and have always been that...we are expected to troubleshoot, implement and design networks when there are plenty of distractions (music, vendors, stress, family, weather)....so...why not be expected to do the same with a lab that is expected to prove our knowledge which is to be applied in our work?
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From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:10 PM
To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Sob Story
Thought I should share my sob story with fellow sufferers.I passed the CCIE written in Mar 2007 and then took my first Lab attempt at Sao Paulo.All through the first attempt the proctor kept on talking over the telephone and I was not able to focus.Cisco charges an obscene amount for the Lab isnt it logical they should provide a Test environment which is quiet and necessary for a 8 hour battle.Perhaps we should file a PIL so that the company wakes up and realises they are not fulfilling their obligations by not providing the required Lab environment.My experience in my subsequent two attempts were hardly any different.Ideally there should be sound-proofed cubicles for each test-taker and take my word for it ear-plugs and ear-muffs DO NOT work.What I found from my subsequent desperate research is even if you use ear-plugs/muffs speech gets conducted through the head bones and of course they will not allow you to play music to drown out the speech.
Also when I took the written test there was no rule stating that one had to take the Lab at least once a year or the written exam would become invalid.Again perhaps a PIL...
Very frankly if the correct exam environment is provided and the company didnt keep on playing with the exam format/contents etc. there would be many more CCIEs.Which is obviously why they resort to these nasty methods.What is the logic of introducing MPLS VPNs when the topic is already covered in the Service Provider track?
PIL anyone...?
Just in case my language is as convoluted as that of Cisco by PIL I mean Public Interest Litigation.
Received on Tue Aug 18 2009 - 12:41:36 ART
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