Sweet, sweet revenge on the 70-680!
Iceman25k
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Hi everyone; I've been perusing these forums for some time as I was studying for my CompTIA certifications, but I finally decide to make an account since it felt like I was missing out 
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Anyway, some history about me; I grew up with computers and knew I wanted to make a career out of IT, however last year I had an eye-opening experience at a job that put a lot of weight on having certified IT workers, so after I left, I decided to hit the books hard and quickly get the CompTIA "holy trinity" so to speak; A+, Network+, and Security+ done within the first six months this year.
A colleague of mine who also works in the field said good things about Microsoft's certifications, so I decided to give the 70-680 a try since it seemed to be right up my alley since I deal with Windows problems for other users on almost a daily basis. I found out two things the hard way: 1. My existing study habits needed changing because 2. Microsoft knows how to write a hard exam. I thought I did decent, only to get slapped with a 580 score
I re-evaluated my studying and went with a totally different approach that included much more labbing and flash cards, something I haven't used since high school. This Tuesday, I went in determined to save face and managed to pull off a 800
. The clerk at the testing center gave me a high five and said, "I know the feeling my friend, I failed the 70-640 exam three times before I passed it."
Next on the hit list is the CCENT; a couple very good looking jobs opened up in my area but they won't even look at your resume without a Cisco certification listed.
.Anyway, some history about me; I grew up with computers and knew I wanted to make a career out of IT, however last year I had an eye-opening experience at a job that put a lot of weight on having certified IT workers, so after I left, I decided to hit the books hard and quickly get the CompTIA "holy trinity" so to speak; A+, Network+, and Security+ done within the first six months this year.
A colleague of mine who also works in the field said good things about Microsoft's certifications, so I decided to give the 70-680 a try since it seemed to be right up my alley since I deal with Windows problems for other users on almost a daily basis. I found out two things the hard way: 1. My existing study habits needed changing because 2. Microsoft knows how to write a hard exam. I thought I did decent, only to get slapped with a 580 score
I re-evaluated my studying and went with a totally different approach that included much more labbing and flash cards, something I haven't used since high school. This Tuesday, I went in determined to save face and managed to pull off a 800
. The clerk at the testing center gave me a high five and said, "I know the feeling my friend, I failed the 70-640 exam three times before I passed it."Next on the hit list is the CCENT; a couple very good looking jobs opened up in my area but they won't even look at your resume without a Cisco certification listed.
11/29/12: Begin CCNP ROUTE.
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al3kt.R***
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Nice job m8, keep going
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Dr IT
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Congrats on the Pass - Well Done - i had failed the Exam first time with a 500 only to slay it again( after 3 months ) with a perfect score
. Venturing in to the Unknown
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E1Ga11o
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Taking 70-680 Saturday for second time, any resources you could point me to? Thanks! -
Dr IT
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Professor Messers Videos and the MS Press book should be fine - What were your area of Weakness when you failed the first time ? Make sure your restudy those areas again . I did you the Don Poulton Win 7 Book as did find they quite in depth as well in certain areas which the MS Press books didnot cover .
Hope it goes well - All the bestVenturing in to the Unknown
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Iceman25k
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I second Don Poulton's book; the first time I went in, I just used Professor Messer's videos along with CBT Nuggets, which wasn't enough for me. I picked up Don's book due to it being highly recommended and I fell in love with it.
I tried using the MS Press book, but the amount of errors in the book AND in the practice exam it had led me to stop using it altogether.11/29/12: Begin CCNP ROUTE.