I will be thinking of you as I work legs today ( Marine Coprs birth day tradition for me)
i feel shitty....but its night...and i'm not any better....but there is a morbid pleasure involved in pushing on and studying when u feel like shit.......a certain "bring it" feeling involved......
its sorta like bbing.....i'll leave with what scott morris (uber geek) once wrote about "so you want to be a ccie"
http://certcities.com/editorial/features/story.asp?editorialsid=89
CCIE Social Life
No, no. You don’t get to have one. Along the same lines that drinking and driving don’t mix, neither does studying for the CCIE and having a social life. Otherwise, it’ll be like college all over again on an eight-year plan! Set your expectations, accordingly, for both yourself and your family/significant other/friends. You will need to reintroduce yourself when all is done!
The time you spend studying will greatly depend on your previous experience and study habits. I always cringe when people ask me how long I studied for any of the labs that I’ve taken. It’s a floating measuring stick. For my Routing and Switching lab (my first), I clocked in a good 2,000+ hours over the course of 13 months, and that’s just for studying. To put that in perspective, there are 2,080 hours in a full-time work year (assuming 40 hours per week for 52 weeks). That was starting from ground zero and playing around with my equipment—a lot!
On the other hand, when I took my Service Provider exam, I only studied for a day and a half before taking the lab. I had been teaching and consulting on many of those technologies for a couple of years prior to the lab. And I had passed three other CCIE labs before then, so the psychological aspect of preparing for the exam didn’t phase me any more. Experience—whether it’s your first exam or fourth—will definitely improve your chances of beating the CCIE lab.....its gone past wanting to make a lot of $ at this point.....its about self worth.....
i'll check in in another few months....if and when...
be well getbig
