I think that depends on the individual company. Our company currently has 6 CCIE's. I was dissuaded from going for CCIE by my company. The reason, although they haven't stated it in so many words is that they would just about double my pay from CCNP, but I would bring them very little more income. They would prefer me to go off and do something else that they can charge for, like security. I've not heard of any companies asking for CCIE security (yet). A senior engineer with security accreditations is almost as sellable to most companies and far cheaper to feed and water. For a lot of jobs, the same is true for Routing/Switching. Every job our company sends a CCIE to that could have been a Senior Engineer, they've lost a bit off their profit margin, and in the current climate where perhaps the jobs aren't rolling in quite so fast, there are obviously greater losses having CCIE's sat around on quiet days. CCIE is still the target I believe, but not everybody needs them at the moment. In 6/12 months if things pick up they may be pushing the CCIE again. I believe that Cisco's hiccup last year is the only thing that has devalued the CCIE. As Cisco gradually recovers, so will the CCIE....probably.....
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