I do not think Cisco wishes to have an exclusive elite of highly paid
individuals which form part of an club. What Cisco surely wants is a group
of highly certified individuals that can support their products (as per the
comments of another poster). Cisco are not in the business of creating elite
clubs but like all big business making money. The Certification System and
tracks is there for Cisco to validate their products and systems and to beat
off the competition. I think that in the future the mere possession of CCIE
will not guarantee riches but a spread of Certifications, Cisco, Microsoft,
Nortel, Checkpoint....might. Work harder you slaves and for more masters!
Having just gone through Windows 2000 I cannot wait for XP.....not!
K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raul F. Fernandez"
To:
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 8:07 PM
Subject: RE: FYI CCIE Changes announced [7:12345]
> I dont believe its going to get any easier from what I understand. Also,
it
> works your troubleshooting skill throught the Lab. I think this is good. I
> dont think you have to worry about the prestige diminishing.
>
> Raul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> anand ghody
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 2:31 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: FYI CCIE Changes announced [7:12345]
>
>
> I think this also means that you are going to see the prestige of the
> certification
> diminish. Part of the prestige is that only a few people in the world
have
> the
> certification. If say 80- 85% of people taking the exam pass then
> increasing the number
> of people taking the exam will increase the amount of people that pass
(more
> people will
> be certified at a faster rate). Part of the reason CCIE are paid so much
is
> that there
> are so few out there. From a supply and demand perspective does this not
> decrease the
> monetary advantage of attaining the certification for the individual. For
> Cisco this is
> great ( more people being certified in their equipment at a higher level).
> This comes
> at an especially opportune time when the competition is beginning to creep
> up on them.
> What better way to market yourself than to say look at the amount of
"highly
> trained"
> individuals out there who can support my equipment.
>
> John Hardman wrote:
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > Well Cisco has announced their plans...
> >
> > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/ccie_program/whatsnew.html
> >
> > --
> > John Hardman CCNP MCSE
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