[asterisk-users] Digium training course

[Craig Guy]

I got my dCAP by turning up to the exam at Astricon in Madrid a couple years
ago without doing any training.  It may have changed since then but I found
that the practical exam would be difficult if not impossible to pass without
knowing what you were doing - either through real world experience or having
done the training.  

I felt at the time the written portion was heavily biased towards people who
had done the training - in fact I would go so far as to say that it was
designed specifically to discriminate against people who had not attended
the official training.

Anyhow, the point I am making is that a brain dump will help you pass the
written but you'll be humiliated (and rightly so) when you sit the
practical.

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Steve Totaro
Sent: Friday, 19 September 2008 2:23 AM
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Digium training course

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Eric ManxPower Wieling
<eric at fnords.org> wrote:
>
>
> Tilghman Lesher wrote:
>> On Wednesday 17 September 2008 21:42:20 Steve Totaro wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:37 PM, Pascal Bruno <tipascal at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>> Anybody knows how to get a Coupon Code for the discount on the Asterisk
>>>> training classes???  I am interested on taking that upcoming Asterisk
>>>> Advance course, and 3K is kinda steep and considering I am still a
>>>> college student paying this training out of my pocket, every bit helps.
>>> Sorry to thread jack.
>>>
>>> For that matter, I think old timers like myself should automatically
>>> get a dCAP.
>>>
>>> Six or seven years of Asterisk extensive experience should grandfather
>>> the dCAP and maybe even the training.
>>>
>>> I am sure I have a few tricks up my sleeve that the instructors don't
know.
>>>
>>> If memory serves me correctly, there was talk about this very issue
>>> when the training and dCAP track came out.  I will google it later.
>>
>> Nobody, including Mark Spencer and myself, have gotten a free pass on the
>> dCAP.  That said, I think you may be able to take the test for cheap.  I
don't
>> know the exact price, but in any bootcamp, they allow people to come down
on
>> the last day and take only the test, as I did, if they have the space and
>> resources (specifically, for the practical portion).
>
> I also used to think the old timers should get grandfathered dCAP cert.
>  Then I looked at some of the stuff the dCAP certification tests for
> and realized that almost nobody out there that learned Asterisk from the
> docs and use it in a real world install would be able to pass the dCAP.
>
> As Tilghman said you can take JUST the dCAP test for a reasonable fee
> without having to take the classes.
>
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Another paper mill to bring down the reputation of the dCAP.

Are there braindumps out there, or TroyTec (http://www.troytec.com) 13
page cheat papers that will allow you to hold the highly coveted dCAP?

Maybe I should create a site for a nominal donation to the practice
tests and braindumps.

dCAP is useless if not based on real world experience.  That is how I
got my CCNA, real world experience.

Thanks,
Steve Totaro

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