Re: Can a normal person pass RS LAB ?

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 06:41, Gary Duncanson
<gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Well aside from your undoubted ability I think that given you already have
> one CCIE and work fulltime for a training shop teaching IOS you would have a
> lot going for you in terms of your CCIE R&S lab preparations.

Having prior CCIE just shortened the amount of material I had to cover
from scratch. Yes, it helps greatly, but it's not a decisive thing. We
have people passong without even having prior CCNA! Being an
instructor, yes, that probably helps because I don't have to pay for
all the material, as it's all freely available to me, but... I still
had to go through it, read, practice, read again, practice some more.
There is no magic involved when you are an instructor. The only thing
you're not allowed to do is say certain things on GroupStudy, as it
becomes GroupMuddy quickly ;-).

> Even so it still took even you three attempts to clear the thing. This is
> probably why there are so many spare seats in testing centres. People are
> daunted by it. B I guess I will have no problem picking a seat up in October
> if this is the trend.

Me having to go there three times just show how much effort and
dedication this certification requires. It has always been the case.
There are very few people who pass their CCIE on first attempt. Again,
I am no special. Yes, I had to go three times, but I had only 3 months
to prepare and those 3 months were riddled with heavy development
work, travel and multiple bootcamps I had to teach. I was teaching
bootcamp in Chicago just week prior to my lab in Brussels from where I
went to deliver a course in Amsterdam. [ I love my busy schedule -
next week I'm in Columbus, Ohio and week after that in London -- come
and join me ]

I will repeat myself - CCIE is not a joke. It never was, it never
should be. I remember when I started my CCIE journey that people were
referring to it as "PhD of Networking" (similarly to how ATPL is
sometimes called "PhD in Flying"). While I don't want to compare
professional certifications with academic achievements, level of
dedication and required work is probably comparable.

It is doable, though. Hey, I passed. If I can do it, so can anyone
else. I'm not a genius.

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