Re: Practice lab pacing

The way I did it was starting with technology specific labs at the
beginning. The first time through, you will likely get owned and need to
look at the answers. I found that to be OK as long as you truly were a
seeker of knowledge and went after understanding WHY the solutions worked to
each and every task. Those technology specific labs the first time through
is where you really cut your teeth and gain hardcore experience. After
that, I started the full mock labs much the same way, just working through
not timing or anything like that but just grinding it out, truly
understanding the solutions and doing the best I could.

Now, once you get through all that, THEN start over....do your technology
specific labs again but this time closed book. Only peak at a solution if
you are absolutely stuck. You will not be perfect, but you should notice a
significant improvement from round one if you truly put your soul into it
the first time. At that point, then I would do the full labs, and take mock
labs while timing myself to 8 hours and see how I did. Repeat.

I never used Narbik's material specifically (although I'm sure it is
fantastic) but the idea should be the same no matter what vendor you choose
to work with.

HTH

On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Stephen Lynch <slynch_at_absnt.com> wrote:

> Alright, so I'm working through Narbik's workbook - which is excellent btw.
> But I find myself feeling that by the time I finish the workbook, I'll
> forget the labs at the beginning. I'm curious on how everyone else paces
> themselves for practice labs?
>
> My current plan is to first complete Narbik's workbook to get me warmed up
> and then start the workbook over again, but this time adding a mock lab
> each
> week out of INE's workbook II. How does everyone else practice?
> Additionally, when you first started doing mock labs did you reference the
> answers a lot and then gradually start to remember solutions or would you
> take the mock lab - not referencing the solutions and then identify your
> weak areas that you would need to study individually?
>
> Thanks,
> Stephen Lynch
>
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