Jeferson.  Very subtle... CONGRATULATIONS!




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From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeferson Guardia
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:04 PM
To: Max Pierson
Cc: Smail Milak; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] To give up CCIE SP and change to R/S?

Last year I considered SEVERAL times changing from R&S to SP... here is my
R&S number #28157

Dont EVER give up on your dreams/goals. Keep it up!



2011/2/20 Max Pierson <[email protected]>

> >But I have more experience in enterprise-like network designs.
>
> Completely opposite for me. I've been in the SP world for 10+ years, and
> I fortunately have access to gear that runs XR, XE, NX. I can see this
> being
> a problem soon for folks on the new SP track though. Will be interesting
to
> see how the Certification community deals with the changes (hopefully
Cisco
> will provide some help). I can attest, the gear is beyond expensive, so a
> EMU is almost gonna be a must. Guess I have no excuses for not going SP
> track when I finally pass the R&S  :)
>
> Max
>
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 4:14 PM, BNM <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi Smail,
> >
> > I somehow agree with you. Im pretty much in the same dilemma - well used
> > to...
> > R&S has quite a good representation and given the fact that 4.0 covers
> > MPLS,
> > I actually think its worth the effort.
> > In my opinion if you have CCNP, CCDP and other enterprise certs and
> > experience, 'digging deeper' into it shud be interesting. I have strong
> > interest in SP too.
> > But I have more experience in enterprise-like network designs.
> > So I need a smooth transition into CCIEville before I can harness
> > everything
> > else it can offer.
> > Tyson and team seem to have everything for everyone though!! :P
> >
> > At the end of the day, it just depend on your interest and passion.
> >
> > All the best. Please comment guys, I want this number too!!
> >
> > On 21 February 2011 05:43, Smail Milak <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I checked the SP blueprint a few times and I think that it will be
> pretty
> > > hard to study some topics like Packet over SONET, 10GE and VPLS
without
> > the
> > > hardware, Plus it is not known to me when IPX will update their books.
> > >
> > > Is it smart to change to R/S? I have already the IPX SP books. Until
> now
> > I
> > > covered only the IGPs, BGP, Multicast and MPLS TE.
> > > In the last three months I have not learned for CCIE SP because I had
> to
> > > learn for some other certs (CCNA Sec, CCDA and CCDP). In 1-2 Months I
> > will
> > > hopefuly have my CCDP.
> > >
> > > I took a look at the R/S blueprint. It looks interesting and I think
> that
> > I
> > > will rather encounter the R/S topics than the SP ones in my job.
> > >
> > > These are my arguments for a change to R/S:
> > >
> > > - No High-end hardware needed
> > > - Bigger online community
> > > - Topics are more real world than the SP topics (in my job)
> > > - Cisco 360 Learning program (I dont know if the IPX courses are
> better,
> > or
> > > cheaper)
> > >
> > > What do you guys think?
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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Jeferson Guardia
CCIE #28157
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