If I put in the effort to pass the written, I'd have no problem telling people that in an interview. From the employer's perspective, if a candidate says I'm a CCIE, its up to the employer to ask him/her to prove it.
Brian "Sonic" Whalen Success = Preparation + Opportunity On Sun, 21 Oct 2001, nrf wrote: > 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=23734&t=23680 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
