Re: Petition: Revamp or Replace OEQ

Sorry Brad,

Maurilio addressed nearly every possible question on Jives already. I'm
sure there are a lot of people who might want to ask some of those same
questions again.

If you'd prefer I could ask a question or two here just to see how many of
our vendors can answer a deck of 4 OEQs and their best instructors in under
30 minutes.

Maybe they can? Individually or collectively and with outside resources -
Who is to say and better yet...

Ask them to reference where they cover the question in their own materials?

Now I can do this pretty quickly. And maybe I'm wrong... Maybe these
questions are pretty common fare all the time.

What about when they are not?

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 1:21 PM, Brad Ellis <brad_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:

> Well said William. There's always going to be people complaining for one
> reason or another. I think it's great that Cisco is constantly changing
> the exam. It helps keep it as legit as possible. Maurilio is going to be
> presenting in a webinar we are holding on August 6th. One of his topics
> is going to be how to properly address the OEQ part of the exam. If you
> haven't signed up for the webinar with Maurilio and others, please make
> sure and do so. We have a limit of 500 people in the Webex room.
>
> http://www.ccbootcamp.com/cciewebex.html
>
> thanks,
> Brad Ellis
> CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security)
> CCSI# 30482
> CEO / President
> CCBOOTCAMP - Cisco Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP)
> Email: brad_at_ccbootcamp.com
> Toll Free: 877-654-2243
> International: +1-702-968-5100
> Skype: skype:ccbootcamp?call
> FAX: +1-702-446-8012
> YES! We take Cisco Learning Credits!
> Training And Remote Racks: http://www.ccbootcamp.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> William McCall
> Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 10:05 AM
> To: Darby Weaver
> Cc: ccie forum
> Subject: Re: Petition: Revamp or Replace OEQ
>
> Call the waaaaaambulance.
>
> I passed it with the core knowledge section. Many others have too. If
> you
> didn't pass because of the core knowledge section, Cisco intended for
> you to
> not pass.
>
> Play the game or get left out. Petitioning Cisco to dumb down the exam
> to
> make people happy isn't going to work. I think the next thing they
> should do
> is include the requirement of knowing full PDU structures.
>
> For people who failed solely because of core knowledge, I'm sorry. Pick
> yourselves back up and start again. Moaning and groaning about it just
> makes
> you look whiny to people who had to do it. Failure is one of the things
> that
> you must learn to accept in life, even if it is at $1400 plus travel and
> lodging a pop. Just because you paid for the opportunity doesn't mean
> you
> earned the cert.
>
> An example, when I was going for my CCNP, I failed the ISCW 3 times
> before I
> finally passed. On the 4th one, I thought, "I should probably just give
> up
> on this and go get my CCIE written," but instead, I went back and took
> it
> and finally passed it.
>
> If you have some concrete examples (no NDA breaking, please!) of
> questions
> that cannot be solved, I will be more than happy to find the answers for
> you. I will take a maximum of 10 good questions.
>
> Ladies and Gents, Cisco does not really want you to fail, but they DO
> want
> to have prestige in the CCIE program.
>
> --WM
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Darby Weaver
> <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Seems like we need a petition to make the point clear.
> >
> > Now if some of you guys don't think that some of the OEQ's are fair...
> I
> > have to ask the question is repeating "Hearsay" even close the
> breaking the
> > NDA?
> >
> > Because if I were to show you some questions that I've run across you
> > might now find them so easy and if the instructors themselves can't
> find
> > reasonable answers... in a reasonable time-frame... (Ummm....
> Candidates
> > only get 30 minutes for 4 of these puppies and no use of Google.com
> btw).
> >
> > I've got to ask you? Who are we trying to get to pass the CCIE Lab?
> >
> > Disclaimer: See the first batch of OEQ. Straight forward mostly.
> >
> > If your questions start asking "Why"...
> >
> > You might as well just hand in your lab guide and catch your plane and
> go
> > home... Unless you know you nailed them and did not second guess
> > yourself.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Darby Weaver
> > Network Engineer
> >
> > 407-802-7394
> > darbyweaver_at_yahoo.com
> >
> >
> > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
> >
> >
> _______________________________________________________________________
> > Subscription information may be found at:
> > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> William McCall, CCIE #25044
>
>
> Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Subscription information may be found at:
> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

-- 
Darby Weaver
Network Engineer
407-802-7394
darbyweaver_at_yahoo.com
Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net