Congratulations Jonathan!! I know you've worked hard - and you deserve this! Hope you will stick around and share the love :)
-- Mark Snow CCIE #14073 (Voice, Security) Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Fax: +1.309.413.4097 Mailto: ms...@ipexpert.com -- Join our free online support and peer group communities: http://www.IPexpert.com/communities -- IPexpert - The Global Leader in Self-Study, Classroom-Based, Video-On- Demand and Audio Certification Training Tools for the Cisco CCIE R&S Lab, CCIE Security Lab, CCIE Service Provider Lab , CCIE Voice Lab and CCIE Storage Lab Certifications. -- On Sep 2, 2009, at 12:53 AM, Jonathan Charles wrote: > OK, took v3 again in RTP today... finished 30 minutes early... > > Well, not really... what happened was that I was doing some last > minute tweaking (just retesting stuff, cleaning up some config) and > some key huge point items stopped working... I undid what I did to > break stuff, got up and walked away... yes, there was 30 minutes on > the table, but it could have been the death of me... > > Anyway, waiting on results.... I would like to claim optimism, as I > studied the crap out of my shortcomings last time, but I have done > this before where I walked out of a lab pretty confident to see zero > on sections I thought I aced... to be honest, I am like 85% sure I > failed again. > > As they all say, the test is fair, nothing out of left field, some > surprises on what was on there and what wasn't... there are some > sleazy traps, but if you have a clue, you will work around em pretty > quick... > > > Took the first one in SJ, took this one in RTP... so, I can compare... > > In SJ, the phones are nailed to the walls in the cubicle... in RTP, > they are on the desk (so you can flip em over and look at em...)... > not sure which I prefer... I kinda like throwing them at the wall... > But then again, in SJ, Ben Ng is sitting 4 feet from you, so, no > intimidation there... > > I saw the remnants of the old v2 labs sitting in RTP, still had phones > and fax machines... looked abandoned... > > Everything else I could say would be NDA... so, guys, do what you > always do, look for the flurry of questions on 'how do I...." in this > group or as veiled customer issues on Puck.... > > As a joke, here are the four questions I would ask: > > Why on this day are we limited on how we can dial? When on all other > days we can dial however we want? > Why on this day must we use frame-relay, when on all other days, all > of our customers have MPLS? > Why on this day are we running unpatched, basically beta-versions of > CUCM, CUPS, CUCCX, when on other days we can install patches to get > around bugs? > Why on this day do I have to fly all the way to Raleigh and start the > test at 7:15AM, when the guys who go to San Jose get to sleep in and > take their test at 9:00? > > > > > > Jonathan > If you are Jewish, those are funny. > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, > please visit www.ipexpert.com _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
