I've been on the other end.. a CCIE with a really bad 'tude. He was called in since management did not want to believe my results from testing.. go figure. So he comes in with the CCIE on his forehead and ready to show us how good he is. He may have been good on something but it sure was not using the Sniffer nor taking that data and working backwards. At the end of it all I called him on his results and asked why he thought they were correct when I had stats in front of me that said otherwise. He never called back or responded to my email. In the end, I was correct with my inital assumptions and results.
The lesson learned is the CCIE letters alone do not make a good engineer. On the flip side, I do know some CCIEs that I will trust on my networks without a problem. MikeS George Murphy CCNP, MCSE wrote: > > Good Stuff!, Sounds like my shop Chuck. We have similar real > world > scenarios that end up just like that...ya know...enterasys, > lucent...etc... kinda gets one inspired!.... > > Chuck Larrieu wrote: > > >I had the extreme good fortune of sitting in a meeting today > with a > >customer. The project has moved out of the sales phase ( a > year in the > >making ) and into the project phase. In attendance were the > customer's top > >IT networking staff and my employer's project team. > > > >This ended up being a four hour meeting, completely dominated > by Customer IT > >Director and my employer's Mr. CCIE > > > >One of the high points? the customer had sent Mr. CCIE an L3 > switch > >configuration the previous day. Mr. CCIE was to offer comment > on the design. > >Mr. CCIE said "from what I see here, I'll bet you have a > routing loop. I'll > >bet that if you do a traceroute from that switch to this > particular network > >it will go nowhere." The customer said "you're on", telnetted > into the > >switch, performed the trace, and sure enough, the * * * * * * > appeared after > >three hops. You shoulda seen this guy's face! > > > >this was but a small part of a fascinating dialogue between > the customer and > >Mr. CCIE. > > > >Oh, it did not hurt that Mr. CCIE had fifteen years technology > experience, > >and ten years in networking. > > > >Anyway, back to the books. I'm jazzed about learning the dirty > little BS > >things again! > > > >Chuck > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=31724&t=31705 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
