I've never understood why Cisco can't just make the written harder, much harder. For example, they could just put the pass percentage at 95% or 98% or something, and/or they could stipulate that if you could only attempt the written a certain number of times per year. Not only would that get rid of this glut of "CCIE-written-certified" guys (OK, I know, such a cert doesn't exist, but everybody here knows people who call themselves CCIE-written certified), but it would also have the nice side benefit of seriously cutting down on the lab wait time.
""Ken Diliberto"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I am participating in a study group at Cisco here in the Dallas area. Even > the Cisco Engineers in the group are there for their own edification to help > them pass. I know if I had access to the lab equipment all the time like > they > do, I would be feeling fairly confident. I haven't even attempted the > written > yet but I have years worth of router time in a production environment. The > number of CCIEs get depressing if you look at them for too long. Just keep > looking at dice.com, hotjobs.com and such for jobs requiring a CCIE. Keeps > me > interested. :-) > > Ken > > >>> "Thomas Larus" 10/21/01 10:52AM >>> > I wouldn't worry too much about the raw numbers. A lot of these supposed > 1700 a month are VERY good at memorization, and have not touched routers and > switches for more than 10 or 12 hours altogether. I have trouble believing > the number is quite that high, because the lab dates do not seem to be > getting booked up anywhere near that fast. People haven't a prayer of > passing the CCIE Lab until they get many hundreds or perhaps a thousand or > two thousand hours of work configuring routers and switches. > > It is a long road, and I am still a long way from getting to the CCIE Lab > milestone myself, but the journey itself is very satisfying. > > Thomas Larus > > ""Hello Hello"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > ccie r catching up with ...mcse now > > > http://searchnetworking.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED] > xa4O3aKi^[email protected]/114!viewtype=threadDate&skip=&expand= Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23727&t=23680 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
