Re: Chronicles of Narbik - Reloaded 2011

Thank you sir!

Good to be back in the game!

On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Tanvir Afsar <tanvir.afsar_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Welcome back
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 26 April 2011 17:32, <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well back on GS once again courtesy of our host Paul Borghese. He's in
>> class
>> with me this week evaluating, assisting, and may even take to the
>> whiteboard
>> later in the week... as part of the Cisco 360 Program Evaluation Process.
>>
>>
>>
>> http://darbyslogs.blogspot.com/2011/04/narbik-chronicles-reloaded-2011-edition.html
>>
>>
>> I got my graded lab back and have updated with blog with my current score.
>>
>> It's not perfect but for me - It's been a while since I took a graded lab
>> -
>> 2006 or so...
>>
>> So my first score is some ~13 points above my average back in the day and
>> I was
>> trying something new for me in using notepad as a lab configuration
>> technique.
>>
>> I just scored 20/22 tasks on the Cisco 360 Beta Troubleshooting Lab only
>> about
>> 1.5 weeks ago and it had ~30 Routers and was very similar to what I expect
>> to
>> meet in the CCIE v4.0 Lab.
>>
>> I get another TS Lab on Thursday followed by another full 8-hour lab.
>>
>> The Cisco 360 has revamped their labs and these graded labs are similar
>> but are
>> not the old labs either...
>>
>> Lots of tasks, twisters, redistribution is still in there, allong with
>> mostly
>> all the other "gotcha" type topics which are really par for the course
>> anyway...
>>
>> It's a lot of fun and...
>>
>> Being in a class with a pair of illustrious Triple CCIE Instructors...
>>
>> FYI - Paul Borshese took to the whiteboard and quite cl early and
>> consisely
>> delivered a masterful demonstration of Frame Relay to one of the
>> attendees...
>>
>> I think I am in the class with one Cisco employee who has been to more
>> different bootcamps that even I've been too....
>>
>> Hah!
>>
>> Lots of people who have been to the lab and there are at least 2 guys in
>> the
>> class who have caught my eye as immenent CCIE-2-BE's already...
>>
>> Nice!
>>
>> Andrew Lissitz is here and he has "The Eye of The Tiger" for sure.
>>
>>
>> Good stuff!
>>
>> Visit my blog this week if you have time and care to check in on how
>> things are
>> going.
>>
>> I'm going to submit the final and whole report for the CCIEflyer May
>> Edition
>> after I tally the whole week.
>>
>> Narbik is still doing his thing and is the CCIE Instructor to beat...
>> Umm....
>> There are 17 students in the room...
>>
>> I've been to classes with as few as 4... Feast or Famine, this industry
>> is
>> rough.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Darby Weaver
>>
>>
>> http://darbyslogs.blogspot.com/2011/04/narbik-chronicles-reloaded-2011-edition.html
>>
>>
>> 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
darbyweaver_at_yahoo.com
Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net