From: Brad Ellis (ironbrad@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Jul 08 2000 - 10:11:17 GMT-3
Earl,
Let's do some math:
365 available days a year
Half of that - holidays etc leaves us approx 175 lab spaces possible per
year (this will help take into account staggered lab start times, etc)
Where can you take the exam???
1 Bangalore, India
2 Beijing, China
3 Brussels, Belgium
4 Chatswood, NSW, Australia
5 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
6 Johannesburg, South Africa
7 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
8 San Jose, California
9 Sao Paulo, Brazil
10 Singapore
11 Tokyo, Japan
Let's estimate each site has 8 pods...
Now for the heavy math: 175*8*11*1000 = $15,400,000 (remember - just a
quick approximation)
That's only their approx. income for the lab portion. Let's keep in mind all
of the equipment they sell to support training. Yikes! There's some more
$$$$. And after you pass the test...you've just been through hell and
back...are you going to use anything else besides Cisco after that??? lol
They got you by the kahunas. :)
-Brad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Earl Aboytes" <earl@linkline.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2000 4:16 AM
Subject: Passing the test
> Is no one passing this exam? I have seen only one post from our group by
> Erik CCIE #5983 in the last few months. I also heard that only 14 people
> have passed a particular test in San Jose and the test has been out since
> April. The lead-time to schedule this test is up to 3 and a half months.
>
> There are a lot of bright, knowledgeable people on this list that are
> failing this test. This is really starting to p!$$ me off. Is anyone
else
> as frustrated as I am?
>
> I consider myself a solid candidate. The last time I took the exam I
didn't
> even make it to day two. What is going on here? Somebody clue me in,
> please! I am starting to NOT see the point of this certification anymore.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Earl Aboytes
> Senior Technical Conultant
> GTE Managed Solutions
> 805-381-8817
> earl.aboytes@telops.gte.com
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>
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