[j-nsp] 13 Tips for Passing Juniper Lab Tests

[Mark Calkins]

DUUUDE Really?  flame a guy for trying to be helpful.  At least we don't
need a comprehensive test for being an asshole.

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Richard A Steenbergen <ras at e-gerbil.net>wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 01:14:52PM -0600, Chris Grundemann wrote:
> > New blog post that folks on this list might find interesting / worth
> > reading:  http://bit.ly/43A7K (13 Tips for Passing Juniper Lab Tests)
> > ~Chris
>
> Dude, really? Study a lot, read the question thoroughly, manage your
> time carefully? What kind of pussy advice is this? :) I think you forgot
> "eat a balanced breakfast" and "sharpen your #2 pencil". :) Only like
> 20% of the book it actually on the exam, the only thing studying left me
> with was a hurt liver from all the drinking it took to get that QoS crap
> out of my head afterwards.
>
> Seriously though, your best advice is item #1, have some experience. If
> you're new to this but you think you want to be a JNCIE, you will be
> infinitely better served by getting a job at a company with a decent
> network than you will be by putting 1000 olives in your basement and
> memorizing the handful of artificial scenerios that they were able to
> squeeze into an 8 hour lab. And probably have a lot more money at the
> end of the day too.
>
> I once had a quad CCIE customer who intentionally configured his router
> to leak a full table from their other transit provider to me, because
> (and I really wish I was joking here) "why does it matter, your
> prefix-list will catch it anyways". Alas they haven't figured out a
> comprehensive way to test for stupid yet. :)
>
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