More To Come
Posted by Aragoen Celtdra on June 15th, 2010
I’ve been offline far too long. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been working though. I’ve been getting ready for the BCMSN exam, trying to beat the July 31st deadline before it expires. I feel kind of ready but I’m not 100 percent. I’m in the stage where I think I can pass the exam if I took it now but also too cautious not to be too confident. And when I feel that way, then I’m not ready. 
Studying has been very hard. I have not had the motivation I once had. Last night I was reviewing some of my blog notes and humbly, I felt these notes were pretty damn good. I ask myself why I stopped doing these notes. And I have to believe that others also find my notes pretty helpful as well based on a small sampling of positive comments I was getting.
Anyway, I came to a resolve last night that after I’ve taken the BCMSN exam, I’ll resume back with my old note-taking style and start blogging my notes again. Why after the exam? Taking these notes is incredibly time consuming. It literally takes at least 4-6 hours per blog entry. That’s taking into account one full reading of the subject matter, re-reading the important points, taking a summary, researching Cisco docs to verify that what I’ve written is in fact correct (and even then I still make factual mistakes). If I were to start these note-blogs again, I will not be ready to take the exam before the expiration date.
Anyway, based on the still-decent-daily-hit-count I get on my blog, thanks for visiting and continuing to support this blog through your comments, suggestions, and readership. 
June 15th, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Good job, man! And also wish you good luck in you BCMSN exam.
June 15th, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Welcome back!
Best of luck with BCMSN.
June 16th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Glad to see you back. GL with the exam.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Thank you Simon.. appreciate that!
@seraphus Hey bro. Been a while. Thanks a lot.
@keeron Thanks. It’s always good to find your way back.
June 17th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Hi man, good luck with your studies…
Just to ask you about the BSCI, do you think that the book “Buiding Scalable Cisco Internetworks, Cisco Press Third Edition” is enough to study for the BSCI exam ?
Thanks in advance,
June 18th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Mohammed.. I highly recommend that book. That is the primary material I used for studying. However, I did supplement my studies with a lot of other resources particularly the technology focused docs in the Cisco Documentation website. As far as studying solely using the Authorized Guide, I believe it’s doable. Good Luck.