My manager said that we will send you for the CCIE lab training but you must pass the exam by 6 months(time could be changed) and they will pay for 3 tries . If i fail 3rd time they will take alllll the expenses from my salary(offcourse i told himn to increase my salary then you can cut whatver you want ) . But i did'nt accept his offer.
One of my colleague accepted his offer and he went to take the lab training . One day before going to the lab training he attemted to give the written exam in which he was failed. When he came back from the lab trainging i asked him how was the trainging he said that the training was very very difficult . And you should know all the concepts before going to the lab training . Now the company will order the lab for him . 9 routers,isdn simulator, ATM and 2 3550 switches This guy will be dedicated to study only . So he will not be going on calls .CCIE ASKS FOR EXPERIENCE .
My question is should i accept my manager offer and go for training ? Do you guys think so i can pass in 3rd try with in 1 year ? Or should i wait for the lab to come in the office and do practice in my office on that lab ? ANY SUGGESTIONS ?

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wow .... if it would be a year i'd snag it
or 6 months and a bootcamp such as net master or cyscoexpert.
honestly i'm jealous. if i had 40+ hrs a week to give to study i would have passed already. instead i've made no attempt yet and my written will expire in june.
have 3 kids at home
and am working on ip telephony pilot, cisco iptv and implementing 300k worth of 3550's
(that's 84 switches)
paid for by nasa for science and research.
all while supporting a 1500 node network and the bs that comes with it.

really pass the written first .... or your putting the cart before the horse.
only after passing the written and going to a bootcamp did i realize how much i didn't know.

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HI,

hum my written will expire in december i think. i would realy like to take a bootcamp and dedicate my whole time for the lab

ciao

adorik

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For me if i get that kind of offer i will grab it with both hand .

I am sheduled for august and my company does not seem to care how i do it.

I am currently in a remote location and all i have assess to are my book but i still believe very well that the ccie lab is a doable thing. With enough dedication and practice you can pass at the first trial.

My sincere advice to you is try to do the written first,which you can do in say 2 months,find out your weakness and strength then start reading for your lab-another 3 months(practice during this time will be very important-do all the lab practice you can lay your hands on)

Then go to the bootcamp(by then you will know exactly your what you need to improve upon and use the last 1-2 months to fine tune your skill set for the exam.

6 months is enough time to prepare and if you are really ready u will not be afraid of failing.

This is assuming you dont have 3 kids and you have good practice time and lab access.

Rgds

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Well why don't you pay for the written yourself, and if you pass it, then take them up. If you fail you probably aren't ready. I for one, would do it, even with 2 kids!

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In all honesty it doesn't matter what we would do because we are all at various levels of readiness. Only you can judge if that will work for you.

Passing the written is not an indication you are ready for the lab (mine already expired once with no lab attempts), but at least it will give you some indication as to if you want to tackle the company's offer.

Take the written then make your decision.

Yankee

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Thanks everybody for your responses . Well that offer is gone for the time being . I am now residence engineer somewhere else . My contract will be finishing in July(after 5 months so uptill that time i will try to finish my CCIE written exam) with the company i will see whether i can get better job with better salary . If i will get handsome salary from some other company then i may leave this company , because from that extra money i may buy my own lab with one of my colleaugue .
What do you guys think about this idea ? Because even if i stick with the company for 1 year (for my ccie) with the same salary then with more salary i may join other company and can get my own home lab . Any suggestions on this ?

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Hi

I am not so sure about the so call CCIE training that your company is sending, in fact i don't believe that a CCIE can be train. I have see a company sending 10 persons to a so call 3 months CCIE bootcamp, and end up none of them pass the lab in the first three attempt.

To me the lab exam is testing on your understand of theory, it not just about your hand on speed. I have mentor a few of my colleague and friend for the lab exam, most of them pass at the third attempt.

cheers!
csyeo

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I have mentor a few of my colleague and friend for the lab exam, most of them pass at the third attempt

Your colleagues are dumb asses!!

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As per to Cisco, the average number of attempts a candidate takes to pass is 2.5. So, I won't consider passing it from the third attempt as dumb. That's around average.

Rudeness is one way of hiding ones weakness. You may also need to do something about your nick name before using it on labeling others.

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