What leads you to believe that they "will be at the tail end of the recovery?"
At 09:04 PM 5/27/2002 -0400, Wes Stevens wrote: >Jenny I assume you are talking about Juniper. I really don't know anything >about their cert. The company I know pretty well. I would not want to be >looking for a job in this market place with only Juniper experience. Juniper >will not go away for sure, but they will be at the tail end of the recovery >at best. > > > >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >Reply-To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: How do I approach the company about my CCIE [7:40261] > >Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 19:15:12 -0400 > > > >"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 > > > > > >----- Forwarded by Jenny Mcleod/NSO/CSDA on 28/05/2002 08:39 am ----- > > > > > >"Wes Stevens" > >Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >27/05/2002 11:40 pm > >Please respond to "Wes Stevens" > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > Subject: Re: How do I approach the company about my CCIE > >[7:40261] > >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. > > > >[snipped] > > > > > > > > > >Important: This e-mail is intended for the use of the addressee and may > >contain information that is confidential, commercially valuable or subject > >to legal or parliamentary privilege. If you are not the intended recipient > >you are notified that any review, re-transmission, disclosure, use or > >dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited by several > >Commonwealth Acts of Parliament. If you have received this communication > >in > >error please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this > >transmission together with any attachments. >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45231&t=40261 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
