Re: CCIE R & S Difficulties

To be ready and be honest with yourself.

There is no hard part in this exam, the hard part is the part that you did
not spend as much time and as a result of that you are not as good as you
like to be.

On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:54 PM, Jeferson Guardia <jefersonf_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Totally agree.. Tshoot is the hardest section.. Time, you need to have a
> strategy of all your time.. Not only during the exam but specially how you
> manage your time on the final 6 months preparing for it.
>
>
>
> On 19/06/2011, at 16:30, Max Pierson <nmaxpierson_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> balancing my time between work, wife, kids, and study
> >
> > +1
> >
> > I tried the `study full time and consult on the side`, but even that has
> > it's own set of challenges.
> >
> > Technical wise, getting my lab configuration section down to 6 hours or
> less
> > has been the most difficult for me. One could say "then you need to learn
> > the very deep details of the blueprint", however I spend most of my time
> > having to read the task once, then twice, then 3 times etc, which takes a
> > lot of time away from me actually typing in commands. Sometimes I get
> caught
> > up second guessing myself on what it's actually asking me to do rather
> than
> > me not knowing the technology. I've had to just move on and mark that
> task
> > as not complete and go back and try again once I get time.
> >
> > I'm still trying to tweak my strategy, but I believe if you learn what's
> on
> > the blueprint, and I mean really learn it as in do it as many ways as the
> > protocol can be configured, you should be ok. I'm finding the more 8 hour
> > mock labs I take down, the faster I am getting. So it would seem at least
> in
> > my situation, just stay in the lab as much as possible, even thought it
> > gets repetitive, that's how i'm building up my speed.
> >
> > One other thing I would recommend, if you start getting that "burned out
> or
> > not motivated" feeling, step away from the keyboard and go and do
> something
> > you like to do that doesn't require a lot of thinking. After I do that, I
> > get back in the lab and feel MUCH better than just trying to "punch
> through
> > or cram". I wouldn't recommend taking more then a few days off. I took 2
> > weeks off and felt that I lost some my touch, but YMMV.
> >
> >
> > HTH's,
> > Max
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Steve Di Bias <sdibias_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> For me the most difficult part is balancing my time between work, wife,
> >> kids, and study. Of course there are many other challenges, like having
> the
> >> knowledge of a doctor but in networking, however balancing my time is
> >> probably the hardest...
> >> On Jun 19, 2011 9:35 AM, "lijo varghese" <lijoccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Hello geeks
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> What is the most difficult problem, that you have faced in CCIE lab and
> >>> during the Preparation of CCIE studies ?
> >>> What is the Main Troubles you faced in your Lab and your Work space ?
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> >>>
> >>> Please send your Experience.....
> >>>
> >>> Thanks in advance............................................
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