Studying for my CCIE is making me dumb at work

shodown · May 2013

I thought it was suppose to make you better? Case in point. I'm starting to over think problems I encounter at work instead of sticking with the basics 1st. In my military days the officers who had EE degrees where the main culprits of this. They would overlook Ohms law and think the problems something involving thermodynamics or some other heavy engineering concept.

Mrock4 · May 2013

I've actually felt studying for the IE has improved my ability to resolve issues at work. I don't always know the answers to my problems, but I have a pretty methodical approach to fixing issues. Most end up being fairly simple, but there has been a time or two when I was troubleshooting routing, for example, only to find out that I forgot to bring an interface up, so I get what you're saying.

QHalo · May 2013

I can imagine so given the depth of the material necessary to complete the exam. You now have almost too many avenues to consider. Not that I have anything existential to provide, but now that you have acknowledged it, refer back to it as your first step. I keep coming back to Occam's Razor when I think about that situation.

aaron0011 · May 2013

shodown wrote: »

I thought it was suppose to make you better? Case in point. I'm starting to over think problems I encounter at work instead of sticking with the basics 1st. In my military days the officers who had EE degrees where the main culprits of this. They would overlook Ohms law and think the problems something involving thermodynamics or some other heavy engineering concept.

I'm no where near the IE level but in my experience with Voice...the majority of issues are basic. There are just so many pieces that it only takes one minor change or wrong config to break it. The only time I really have to do in depth troubleshooting is when we move to a new release and discover some crazy bug.

I definitely can understand what you are saying even though...and I'm not near as experienced as you are. Even CCNP Voice has a lot of details that I rarely use in the field.

Danielh22185 · May 2013

I can imagine that. I wouldn't think it makes you dumb just makes you over analyze. If anything you know you now have the IE knowledge to fall back on just need to know where to apply it. I would image many people have the same problem time to time.

SteveO86 · May 2013

I'd take a small step back and review the basics. One thing my CCIE studying has taught me, is teach how the simple show commands can easily point you to the issue.

A quick glance over the config will tell you if it is right or wrong, then follow the traffic flow verifying L2/L3 as you go. 9 times out of 10 the issue is something easily that I hate, only in that odd ball situation does a network issue resemble an episode of House.

Studying for my CCIE is making me dumb at work

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