Both authors/publishers are different. I used cisco press for one test and
sybex for another. I felt better prepared by cisco press material. I don't
think that is due to a lack of a certification on the sybex end of things,
but
more due to the fact that c.p. just goes into more detail in their books,
therefore increasing the level of material covered on a particular subject.
Comparing you way via subject matter with both books is really the way to
go.
Just a opinion and what I plan on doing for my next test.
Jenn
>===== Original Message From "Chuck Larrieu" =====
>personally, I appreciate good advice wherever I find it. I don't believe
>that good advice is limited to those who have the exact qualifications to
>which I aspire. there are plenty of folks on this list who have no
>certifications, or did not have certifications when they wrote the books
>that have helped me. not to mention the ongoing learning they contribute to
>this list. I believe it is a disservice to yourself to base your selection
>criteria solely on certifications in hand.
>
>Chuck
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Oletu Hosea Godswill CCNP, CCNA.
>Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 2:35 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Cisco Press Vs Sybex Which Way Forward ===> [7:13243]
>
>
>Hi group,
>(Please contribute to this trend from you own experience.This is my own
>experience and perception and I will accept responsibilities for been wrong
>and will learn from my errors through your contribuctions)
>
>I wrote my last CCNP exam 23rd of last month and that was BCRAN, all through
>my CCNP series I used Cisco press except for BCSN ---I did not use any book
>for this exam, I depend on the internet, CCO and many white papers on RIP,
>RIPv2, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF and BGP.
>
>I wrote my CCDA exam two days ago and I used Sybex cos I could not lay my
>hands on Cisco press. Guess what, I saw hell in the exam hall. At the end of
>the day I passed not because I have read the sybex book but because of the
>residual knowledge I had gathered from my CCNP series and other things. From
>then I made a decision never to read sybex. Even 20 minutes before the exam
>at
>the exam centre I saw cisco press book displayed on the bookstand,
>curiousity
>made me to pick it and just flip through it, on going through it, I
>discovered
>that I was not yet prepared for the exam going by the standard set by Todd
>lammle in his sybex book, but it was too late to cancel the exam, I had to
>write it anyhow and thank God I passed.
>
>I will be taking my CID to obtain my CCDP by the end of this month, I have
>taken the extra effort to comb the whole town and have secured a Cisco press
>book for that exam.
>
>Todd Lammle would do us in the networking field a lot of good if he go and
>get
>his CCNP. He can't be writing CCDA, CCNP and CCIE books gear towards the
>exam
>proper, without passing through the examination process. Good, he might be a
>good writer and also might have some wealth of experience. But you would
>agree
>with me that, the exams are different scenerio from the day to day hands-on
>job and it is a different ball game from one having experience. Many who
>boast
>of tons of years of experience can go in for these exams and still fail it.
>
>Let Todd Lammle at be patience and only write books for which he is
>certified,
>by this he will gain more popularity. I like his books for their simpilicity
>and easy of understanding, but what am against is that do not use that to
>shield me from difficult and complex areas the exam would be bordered on.
>
>Am sorry, not against Todd Lammle in any sense, I appreciate his great
>contributions to us the networking folks, am only trying to suggest ways
>through which he can really be of more immense surpport and help to us.
>
>Please you are free to confirm or otherwise contradict what I have just
>said.
>
>I wish you all well.
>
>My 2 cents
>Regards.
Have a great day!
Jenn
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