From: Sam Munzani (sam@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jan 19 2001 - 12:39:06 GMT-3
You are 100% right. CCIE without experience is not a money maker. A lot of
companies look at CCIE with other backgrounds line Novell, Microsoft, Unix
and Security. If you have combination of all then you are a hot cake.
Regards,
Sam Munzani
CCIE # 6479, CCNP, CCDP, MCSE, CNE, SCO Master ACE
> Hi, all,
>
> I heard many stories about how difficult to get the CCIE and how valuable
it
> is. So now I'm.
>
> I joined Cisco last June as a new graduate student without any cisco
> background.
> I passed the CCIE in last Dec. My salary is still as low as 68,000. My
> grade is still as low as 6. And it seem there is no big promotion in the
> near future. No promotion to grade 8.
>
> I don't feel it is difficult to pass the CCIE. I also doubt the value of
the
> CCIE. In my opinion, even you have CCIE, it still depend on whether you
have
> good experience. Like me, without any work experience except in cisco for
> several months. Can you see I'm a valuable CCIE?
>
>
> Dezhong Cai
> Cisco Systems, CCIE # 6621
>
>
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