"A CCIE is still the highest networking cert and the only one that is not a
paper cert. "
I'll save nrf the trouble of saying this.
Highest networking cert? Arguable. Depends how you define "highest". But
it's certainly not a totally unreasonable claim. Only one that is not a
paper cert? Hardly. Try doing a little more research.
However, if you substitute "Cisco" for "networking" in your original
sentence, it looks far more accurate.
Cisco is not the only player, or even the only significant player, in the
networking game.
JMcL
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"Wes Stevens"
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Subject: Re: How do I approach the company about my CCIE
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Is this part of a business decision process?:
If you look at Cisco over the last 18 months compared to it's competitors
it
has done well. It's sales have dropped much less then most other
networking
companies and they have actually gained market share in all major areas.
The
major telco's built out way too fast and the growth did not come like they
expected. But on the enterprise side companies took it a lot slower. This
economy is starting a slow recovery. Next year things will pick up. It
will
never be like 1999 as you say, but we will get back to the point where
there
will be plenty of jobs.
A CCIE is still the highest networking cert and the only one that is not a
paper cert. We have seen a lot more numbers comming out these days, but
Cisco doubled the number of lab seats in San Jose and RTP back in March.
Add
to that the one day lab and Sat and Sun testing and there are a lot more
people taking the test. Cisco keeps track of the passing percent and will
adjust the challenge of the lab if necessary. The other thing is we
probably
will see major changes in the lab before the end of the year. When they
get
rid of token ring who knows what goodies they will replace it with. It
will
take a while for the boot camps to adjust their programs to the new topics
and the candidates that take the self study route will be searching for
ways
to cover the new material. There will be a big slow down for a while at
that
point.
I guess my point is I do not see the value of the CCIE going the way of
the
microsoft certs. Thing will get better next year and the demand for CCIE's
will raise.
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