you have 18 months now to take yer first whiff at it, is that not enuff
time??
Bri
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Vanderschaaf"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:48 PM
Subject: Passed the CCIE written by accident-should I retake? [7:9733]
> Since I realized I would never feel ready for the CCIE, I figured the best
> way to prepare for the CCIE written was to take it once, try to get a feel
> for the subject material, topics and format, then go home, study anything
> that was a total surprise, and take it again. ($300 for the test, instead
> of $3000 for a class). Trouble is, I passed the test-- barely. I got a
70%,
> the absolute minimum passing score.
>
> I realize the lab is challenging, and since it's at least 6 months out for
> me (full schedule in NC and CA), I'm trying to figure out if there's a
good
> reason to retake the written. I did notice that you need to submit your
> score when logging in to the Lab scheduling system.
>
>
> BTW, I thought the CCIE written was too easy and too difficult at the same
> time. I really don't see the need to have memorized tons of TokenRing
> bridging techniques in today's Ethernet world, but concurrently, I would
> have liked to be more challenged with OSPF and BGP questions, things that
> are critical to today's Internet world. I wonder how many people on this
> newsgroup realize that ARIN has allowed backbone carriers to only
advertise
> /20 bits to BGP peers and how this threatens the integrity of the 'net?
> (Also hats off to uu.net for continuing on with /24! Damn you sprint!)
>
>
> Congratulations to anyone who has worked hard to learn internetworking.
> Certified or not.
>
> Nate Vanderschaaf
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