Shodown taking a bite out of the CCIE pie
I have deiced to go for it after a few weeks of thinking about it. After I passed the NP, I said I would prob not do another professional level exam(unless its security). So the options were CCIE R&S or Voice. I have decieded to do the R&S track. I have done voice for a while and I enjoy it, but I feel it would limit me to Voice roles. So I will be updating my blog entry as I work on a plan of action and strategy. My first plan on action is taking a honest assessment of my skills. Happy studying.
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If you need any advice then we are all here to help and support one another.
David.
like i said, there were lots of guys earlier this year who were stoked to start studying and created their own threads about their studies, but simply have fallen out. don't give up when you get overwhelmed. what i have noticed that has worked for me is to just take some time off if it becomes too much, give your brain a break because there is simply too much to digest.
i have been labbing for about a year now and there is still new material that i find and learn. it is pretty crazy the depth that the CCIE goes into. there really is a huge gap between CCNP and CCIE. I would rate on a difficulty scale of 1/1000, CCNA is 50, CCNP is 100 and CCIE is 1000.
we're all here to help you out, good luck with your studies!
I will be purchasing INE material and going to there bootcamp as they offer a payment plan and they are willing to give me a good price on material.
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Workbooks :: The Foundation 2.0 - The Gap from CCNP to CCIE - Micronics Networking & Training Inc.
take a look. for $100 you can't beat it!
good luck.
badda...bump........tshhhhhhhh......I'll get my coat
Seriously though, it's great to see so many working on this as I thoroughly enjoy reading the updates and see genuine progress along the journey. These threads always remain a good motivator for me even though I have no wishes to follow this path myself.
Good luck showdown, like everyone else I sincerely hope you reach your goals
Cool. Make this your techexams blog for your studies and we can all chime in. Good to have more for the ride. A counter of written study hours and lab hours would be good.
Done. I'll start a counter on the side for my written
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Good man.
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Go find a copy of Kennedy Clark's Cisco LAN Switching. Seriously. It is a mammoth tome, and a good portion of it is dated, but it will give you a good grounding in the fundamentals. I used to be the same way, all about the route, and had some holes in my switching fundamentals. That book gave me the schooling I needed to grow into more modern and advanced switching concepts. You can usually find used copies pretty cheap on Amazon.
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What are these tokens you speak of, good Sir?
[X] DCICN
[X] IINS
[ ] CCDA
[ ] DCICT
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How much of a discount can you get?
[X] DCICN
[X] IINS
[ ] CCDA
[ ] DCICT
This weekend they are having a special -- 150 tokens for $99. I'm probably going to buy some this weekend even though I have my home lab since you also use tokens to pay for mock labs. Looking at the R&S rack schedule it looks like weekday 5.5 hour slots are 18 tokens and the popular Friday night slots are 26 tokens, and the most popular weekend 5.5 hour slots are 30 tokens. There are a couple of "transition slots" that are 22 tokens (Monday morning and Friday afternoon).
Wow -- security racks are 17 - 23 tokens. Service Provider and Voice racks are 15 tokens. R&S Mock Labs are 129 tokens.
Mike: I cant find that offer. Do you have a link?
[X] DCICN
[X] IINS
[ ] CCDA
[ ] DCICT
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Sigh -- and the Graded Mock Labs are 199 tokens -- I guess I'll go back and see where I saw that 129 bit (maybe an ungraded mock lab?)
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Hasn't he already passed the written?
[X] DCICN
[X] IINS
[ ] CCDA
[ ] DCICT
No I haven't passed the written. Just around 10 or so hours into it. I'm shooting for the written at the end of NOV. Then I will start on the lab after MLK.
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"Remember kids when you are running HSRP the routing table points to the Standby Address not the interface you have PIM enabled with". I think I have said something to those affects over 100 times the past few days. Also Possible new job with a Huge service provider. So I may have to take a break to brush up on the requirements of the job.
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Man I enjoyed your blog about management. It was so Awesome and true
Thanks that blog turned out to be a hit or miss. Some people like it, others hated it. My next one will be multiast.
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