Hi all

Studying for the R&S, at times has had to take a back seat to my job hunting.

My contract is ending somewhat shortly so I am on the lookout.

Anyway, I am continuing to progress through Narbik’s workbooks.

Progress is slow, but sure. Like Nickelby I am making sure I understand what I am doing.

I am also at times coming up with different solutions to Narbik’s; it’s certainly good to know one’s options.

However, in the midst of all this, I didn’t book my lab date. With all the version 3 lab dates pretty much taken, I’ve resigned myself to version 4.

This is not a big deal for me as such…I’ve spent a large amount of my career troubleshooting, and I am CCIP, plus the network I currently manage has an MPLS backbone, so I’m by far no stranger to MPLS.

So I am looking at version 4 in a positive light.

Sure, more work will be needed, but I will be a better engineer for it.

So my plan still stands in that I will study until I feel I am ready, and only at that point will I book the lab for the earliest available date.

Additionally for me, with time being taken on the job hunting aspect, for me it’s better that I do not have a lab date booked.

Narbik will, at some point, be returning to our UK shores, with his new spangled “best of the best” bootcamp . Having attended his bootcamp previously I am very interested in seeing how his new bootcamp will differ, seeing that he is also incorporating the 360 program into the bootcamp…

Narbik also mentions the new bootcamp will be more intense.

I found it pretty intense the 1st time around, and sometimes had to rely on red bull (it gives u wings) to keep focused. I think even after awhile red bull stopped doing its thing

Anyway back to studies.