RE: One Journalist's Opinion of CCIE [7:18843]

[[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)]

On Jan 28, 10:39am, "Buri, Heather L." wrote:
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} Just some food for thought...I wonder how many people on this list would be
} getting this upset if the journalist had used the MCSE certification as an
} example and not the CCIE?  :-)  

     Being an MCP (Workstation 4.0, Server 4.0, Server 4.0 in the
Enterprise; which are the core OS exams for NT 4.0), I would not get
upset at all.  The stuff on these exams barely qualifies one for an
entry level position.  The Enterprise exam was a complete joke.  I
studied for it in two weeks at Christmas time.  The stuff tested on
that exam was real basic and wasn't anywhere near the level of
knowledge that would be needed in an enterprise.  For example, somebody
that only knows the stuff taught at the MCSE level would think that the
only way to add an account is to use "User Manager for Domains", which
is a gui app.  Somebody that has gone beyond the MCSE level would know
that you can type "net /useradd ..." at the command line; which, of
course, is something that can be scripted.  The MCSE stuff barely gives
lip service to the command line; the only commands taught are ipconfig,
ping, tracert, and nslookup.  To be a real admin, you need to be able
to automate repititious or complex stuff, as well as understand how
things work so that you can troubleshoot when things go wrong.

}-- End of excerpt from "Buri, Heather L."




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