Re: Anthony Sequeira's CCIE Security Lab Challenge

Wow. Such a great spirit man!

@ccie99999
Il giorno 27/ott/2012 15:26, "Anthony Sequeira" <terry.francona_at_gmail.com>
ha scritto:

> Hello everyone! Thank you so much for following my CCIE Security Challenge.
> I sat the CCIE Security Lab Exam Version 3.0 in RTP North Carolina, USA
> yesterday.
> Overall - what an amazingly enjoyable experience. I hit the Angus Barn the
> night before with David Blaire, the RTP proctor. What an amazingly awesome
> person he is. You will be very fortunate if you test at RTP - VERY
> FORTUNATE. He will make you feel relaxed and well cared for, and is very up
> front and clear about the ways in which he can help you try and pass. My
> only complaint was that the night before at Angus Barn - he made me try
> ostrich. Those poor giant birds. Even they could not escape our hunger for
> meat! I am complaining because the meat was really good. I am thinking
> about
> heading to the Lowry Park Zoo here in Tampa Florida with a really big
> knife.
> I figure I can get away with it since we are celebrating Halloween in the
> USA this weekend.
> So if you are reading this, it is at this point where you are probably
> wondering if I am ever going to speak about my results...well - here goes:
> I must have failed - by a few points - probably 8 to 10 points. I was not
> able to complete three 6 point tasks, so my chances of passing are slim to
> none. Yes, I fell into the classic case of needing just one more hour and
> being able to pass the exam with relative ease! As you will see from my
> rating scale below - it was indeed my technical knowledge (lack thereof)
> that failed me.
> So now I am on to my new challenge! I will be one of the first to pass the
> new Version 4 blueprint. I am so incredibly excited. So excited in fact,
> that I started studying on the flight back! (FlexVPN).
> By the way - here is how my four Cornerstones of Success held up for me.
> This is my self rating of how I did on those on a 10 point scale.
> 1 - Technical Knowledge - 4 (yes, this was indeed my big issue)
> 2 - Strategy - 8 (I almost passed the lab when I was truly ready
> technically!)
> 3 - Psychology - 9 (my head was "on straight" for this attempt - again it
> drove me to almost pass)
> 4 - Physical Wellness - 10 (I slept like a baby the night before - and felt
> amazing throughout the exam!)
> It was so flattering to be recognized for my Cornerstones of Success
> lecture
> at Cisco Live by many of the candidates in the lobby waiting to test!
> Another candidate was thanking me vigorously for teaching him QoS. I never
> cycled back with him after to see if he actually got those points! :)
> So - you are going to watch me here at the blog (blog.ipexpert.com ) as I
> prepare for Version 4. And watch how technical we dive. Get your scuba gear
> ready my friends! I am going to get crazy technical (for me) and present
> challenges that are in the spirit of how Cisco would present them. I have a
> better sense for that than ever!
> I am so glad that there will be plenty of seats for Version 4 in the near
> future at RTP- now I can go back to the strategy that works best for me -
> booking the lab the week before I am ready to crush it. I realized time how
> much I dislike the approach of booking and then trying to prepare for that
> date. Yuck. Not my style.
> Here are some nuggets for those preparing for their version 3 still:
> * The exam consists of 3, 4, 5, and 6 point tasks
> * Task value does an excellent job of conveying difficulty or conveying
> the
> time it will take you if it is easy
> * Troubleshooting is EVERYWHERE - it is crazy - trust the lab paper - do
> not
> trust your initials; the TS is NOT restricted to the tasks that are titled
> TS.
> * I do not think you can solve this lab doing the tasks in order and pass
> (but you knew that I am guessing)
> * When you get a task or two that seems really bizarre with a technology
> you
> have never heard of - do not panic - everything was really easy to find in
> the Doc-CD; also that task will most likely only be worth few points. The
> task was laid there to check you on the DOC-CD and to mess with your
> strategy.
> Thank you to all of the incredible people around the world that followed my
> challenge and gave me great mojo. And to the haters - please consider
> therapy.
> Anthony Sequeira, CCIE, CCSI, VCP
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