Re: Using the Workbooks

There is no magic bullet on how to use the WBs... In the course of studying for the IE, you will probably change the way you do things 20 times!

Your study techniques will evolve as you get further and further as working on your IE, there is nothing like it out there. It can't be compared to college because in college you take your 16 week course and your done. Yes, you still have that knowledge but you can let it fade. Thats what makes the IE so hard, its not the technologies by any means, its the being able to remember them just like you read the RFCs yesterday. I think after the first IE, the rest are a little easier in the sense that your first one is kinda like going through puberty up to the point where you are living on your own.

The obvious one is repetitiveness... Once you have configured OSPF over FR 100+ times is every way shape or form you will never forget it. Its the same with everything else on the blueprint! Thats why it pisses me off when I see people ask questions like, can frame relay use IP unnumbered interface's or simple multi-cast questions and 3 days later looking for praise that they just got there IE. You know they cheated because I know how much time and effort I have spent over the past year and how good I have become and questions like that would NEVER come out of the mouth of a CCIE that busted his ass to proudly wear AND earn that CCIE #!

So with that being said, I will tell you a few things that work / worked for me over the past year.

1. Flash Cards - When you configure something that you know you wont remember, write it on an index card (You will have a stack of them so start off by keeping them organized by technology) and if you have a few extra minutes or whatever, review them and soon enough you wont need to look at them anymore.

2. Dont mess with WBs that have excessive error's... I know you cant remove them all but wasting a whole day searching for answers for a task and to find out it was wrong the whole time does nothing for you. Find a vendor who's WBs are extremely accurate.

3. Get a white board, a big one with a lot of pens.

4. Use GS as a "Question of the day" sort of thing... Take someone's question that you don't know the answer too and research it, study it and respond! You will be amazed at what you will learn.

5. Get rid of the radio playing or any distractions.

HTHs!

On Aug 8, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Jeferson Guardia wrote:

> I think you should spend extra time looking up the documentation on
> Cisco doc-cd, even if you know the answer, search for it, it will not
> only guide you in the right way but also will make you learn more,
> then verify the solutions as you go thru and don't forget to take
> notes often, this helps a lot when you are stuck at something that
> you've done before.
>
> On 8/7/10, Garth Bryden <hacked.the.planet.on.28.8k.dialup_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hiya,
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>> I'm starting to wonder if the way I am using the workbooks is the most
>> effective; currently I'll work through an entire lab then compare mine with
>> the solution guide when I have finished to work out where I went wrong, I'm
>> wondering if it would be a better approach to implement a task then verify
>> that task with the solution guide right away?
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>> How would you use the workbook and what approach have you found best?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Garth
>>
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