Peter, I have many times come to the similar conclusion in regards to Cisco's ways of screwing up the whole certification recognition. It's no more one of the ways to validate individual's knowledge of technologies and Cisco products...However, as hard as I have worked to get the # I don't think I can afford to simply not recertify. Sure, there may be no reson right now as I'm still employed, but I might need it later on. The cert is still one of the things people look at before deciding to invite you for the interview, I don't necessarily say this is good, but that's what it is and at least for that one reason it makes it worth it to recertify for me.
Well, don't get too discouraged.. ""Peter van Oene"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 07:31 PM 3/18/2003 +0000, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > >Maccubbin, Duncan wrote: > > > > > > How is the industry supposed to keep up with this?? > > > >What's the issue? Not sure I'm seeing your point. What's wrong with Cisco > >announcing that their product received some sort of certificaton? > > Exactly.. I think the poster mistook the possibly ambiguous announcement as > yet another CCXX cert. > > >Now, if you were concerned that Cisco has too many ways for people to get > >certified and that the situation is getting out of hand, I might agree. > > I really am surprised at how many folks pour their heart/money into getting > one after another. I'm also amazed at how many folks will try and devote > a good portion of interview time to showing me their various certificates. > After the first couple I pretty much grasp that you have enough short term > memory to get through a multiple choice exam and we should really get back > to talking about technologies. > > Cisco makes big bucks on these certifications. The recert requirements > create a beautiful residual revenue stream making this business unit very > attractive internally to Cisco. Since they doubled the cost of the CCIE > recert, purely for profit, I have decided to let my certification lapse vs > give in to this obvious cash grab. Kudos to Cisco for making their VAR > channels one of their more lucrative revenue sources. > > >Priscilla > > > > > > > > > > "Cisco also announced today highly prestigious certification > > > support across > > > the entire PIX Family of security appliances. Certifications > > > earned include > > > the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4) > > > certification, and > > > both ICSA Labs firewall and IPSec certifications. These > > > certifications > > > provide customers with independent and objective validation > > > that a company's > > > product meets certain levels of quality and reliability, and > > > are among the > > > industry's most respected and stringent criteria for > > > certification. > > > Providing customers broad certification support across the > > > Cisco PIX family > > > within a common operating system increases operational > > > efficiencies and > > > lowers support and management costs." > > > > > > > > > Duncan Maccubbin > > > US Network Support, Cable and Wireless > > > CCNA, CCNP, CSS1, MCSE4 > > > Work (703)287-6975 > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65744&t=65676 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
