I firmly disagree that a one day combined lab would be
a better method of evaluating ones knowledge of both design
and troubleshooting. This is just another way of demanding
one to be "working in Internet time"!
>From what I have read on this discussion group about the
troubleshooting scenario is that it may not be on the same
design configurations that you have completed the first
day - and in fact may be a different set of configurations,
which were TFTP loaded for your trouble shooting evaluation session.
I am most likely one of the oldest CCIE study members monitoring
this study group having just started to obtain certifications
this last winter CCNA and CCNP a couple of months ago.
This week I just passed the CCDA as a career specialty change move
next CCDP and hopefully CCIE early next year.
This is now necessary as my former telecommunications engineering
management position was abolished and the company now wants and/or
recognizes certifications as essential for advancement.
I truly enjoy this new endeavor, however find that having to
compress two days of activities, (While even making the tasks harder)
with an expected shorter execution time would be a handicap for
someone with a slower legacy processor (brain) and a lot more data
stored in my memory to sort out (a life experience of 35 years of
electronics and computer related activity).
Originally even programmed in Octal on 8008 and built several Altairs
with an 8080 CPU also met Bill and Paul in Albuquerque at what must
have been one of the first computer fairs in 1975.
I understand that time management is one of the most critical issues
with the CCIE lab and think that trying to obtain the same level of
candidate assessment in a one day event would not be as fair to
someone like myself who is quite a bit older than an average CCIE candidate.
I for one think a good nights sleep would help me to better
tackle the difficult trouble shooting now required on the second day.
I also think this will cheapen the presteege that a two day event engenders!
What do others think?
In any event I hope to be tackling this difficult and respected
objective ... irrespective of how much time is allocated.
Stay tuned.. Ray, CCNP, CCDA(Tuesday)
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