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Taking written friday

shodown

I've put this off for about 3 months, so a total of 6 months of prep time. Lots of study and I feel there is no structure on what the focus should be of my time. The material I used is below in my sigs. I had to do a decent amount of labbing on some things I wasn't sure off.

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Good luck!

Good luck!

Good luck man!!

Good Luck! Great time to review BGP best path selection, MPLS, OSPF LSA Types, and QoS Congestion Avoidance vs Management.

shodown

im taking the voice written. If those were the topics I wouldn't even show up.

FloOz

Goodluck!!

down77

shodown wrote: »

im taking the voice written. If those were the topics I wouldn't even show up.

Hahah Touche! I keep forgetting you are more on the voice side. Voice is currently my weak spot.

Kelkin

Good Luck man.. Rooting for ya.. You got this..

networker050184

Good luck!

bobfromfpl

How did you do shodown?

shodown

I passed by the skin of my teeth. I got a 810, passing was 790. The area's that i'm strong in didnt' appear much, and the area's I'm weak in showed up everywhere. To pass the exam all you need to use is the books in my sig and the gateway gatekeeper book.

networker050184

Pass is a pass. Congrats!

swild

Congrats! Do you have a plan for your lab studies?

NetworkVeteran

Congratulations! A pass with that score buys you everything a pass with a perfect score would.

shodown

for studying, I will be studying 3 days a week in the beginning and push that up to 4 days around half way through. Only studying in 2-3 hours a day on specific topics off a spreadsheet/calender. With INE having shorter rack rental periods and having my own lab I will work my way through the technology slowly. I was suppose to have this test done in December, but life got in the way and its almost april. I plan on a lab attempt in april of next year. Unless I feel more ready, I just had a co worker who passed in 6 months of study. But he was studying everyday and every non billable hour he used on studying, I dont want to keep his tempo.

down77

Great job passing the written. Now comes the fun part, studying up for the lab! I've heard many voice candidates tell me that the first attempt they faced "The Beast."

Good Luck on the lab!

shodown

Thanks, me and the wife have worked on a study plan. She's a part of the journey as well. Its just up to me the execute.

aaron0011

Congrats Shodown!