Sometime about two weeks ago...
It's been real rewarding after putting in enough effort to make it. I am now a certified Cisco trainer. I've completed the CCSI program and passed. It's very tiring (for me at least) but as I've said earlier, it's real rewarding. A bit of a background on this exam/program.
It's an acronym for Certified Cisco Systems Instructor. You have to achieve a certain level of proficiency in order to qualify to take the exam/program. A minimum qualification is 90.1% score on CCNA but CCNA level isn't good enough but you do not have to be a CCNP certification holder either. So a minimum standard is in between that.
"You must have hands on technical experience in bridging and routing, switching, and/or WAN environments, plus at least a year of technical teaching experience. You must be sponsored by (or yourself become) a Cisco Training Partner. In addition to meeting those conditions, you must attend the course you wish to teach, and then pass the related exam. Afterwards, you must attend and pass a two-day Instructor Certification Process (ICP) at Cisco. Your sponsoring Cisco Training Partner pays the ICP fee."
So what's so tough about the thing? Nothing to some people but to others its a big deal. Getting a diploma isn't a big deal to Masters but it is a big deal to some people. So what's my stand then? It was not a big deal but I am glad that I could achieve it. I am glad I survived that 8-hour (plus 1 hour lunch) exam.
Eight hours I said? Yup. It is an eight hour exam that every candidate must take. Several methods which you can take the exam and I was taking the exam via connecting to U.S. of A. I had to telnet (a fancy word for connecting to a computer network miles away) to a terminal server (the computer that I had to connect to) to take the exam. Then I had to show, proof and configure in front of a proctor (i.e. the bosun) all the requirements given. Nine candidates took the exam, three survived. I came in second. I was dead tired (mentally, emotionally and physically, mentally for the most part) when I came out of the exam hall. Esther had dinner with me to congratulate me and it was nice (of course she’s nice). Unfortunately I was too bushed even to smile properly. It was a problem, for me at least, because of the connection to the U.S. of A. was kinda slow. Frustrating at times but at least I survived. A big sigh but I've made it.
It's an acronym for Certified Cisco Systems Instructor. You have to achieve a certain level of proficiency in order to qualify to take the exam/program. A minimum qualification is 90.1% score on CCNA but CCNA level isn't good enough but you do not have to be a CCNP certification holder either. So a minimum standard is in between that.
"You must have hands on technical experience in bridging and routing, switching, and/or WAN environments, plus at least a year of technical teaching experience. You must be sponsored by (or yourself become) a Cisco Training Partner. In addition to meeting those conditions, you must attend the course you wish to teach, and then pass the related exam. Afterwards, you must attend and pass a two-day Instructor Certification Process (ICP) at Cisco. Your sponsoring Cisco Training Partner pays the ICP fee."
So what's so tough about the thing? Nothing to some people but to others its a big deal. Getting a diploma isn't a big deal to Masters but it is a big deal to some people. So what's my stand then? It was not a big deal but I am glad that I could achieve it. I am glad I survived that 8-hour (plus 1 hour lunch) exam.
Eight hours I said? Yup. It is an eight hour exam that every candidate must take. Several methods which you can take the exam and I was taking the exam via connecting to U.S. of A. I had to telnet (a fancy word for connecting to a computer network miles away) to a terminal server (the computer that I had to connect to) to take the exam. Then I had to show, proof and configure in front of a proctor (i.e. the bosun) all the requirements given. Nine candidates took the exam, three survived. I came in second. I was dead tired (mentally, emotionally and physically, mentally for the most part) when I came out of the exam hall. Esther had dinner with me to congratulate me and it was nice (of course she’s nice). Unfortunately I was too bushed even to smile properly. It was a problem, for me at least, because of the connection to the U.S. of A. was kinda slow. Frustrating at times but at least I survived. A big sigh but I've made it.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
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