From: Mark Lewis (markl11@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 15 2001 - 19:31:37 GMT-3
I strongly agree. If this 'club' goes from being very difficult to enter
(and therefore well rewarded) to being a 'mass market' cert we'll all be
sorry ('members' and 'members to be' alike).
As Tyler said, we've just got to make sure that all our efforts are not
going to be undermined.
Mark
CCIE#6280 / CCSI#21051
>From: "Tyler Pomerhn" <tpomerhn@cisco.com>
>To: "Mark Lewis" <markl11@hotmail.com>, <brian@andyandbrian.com>,
><ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: RE: Number of new CCIE's (off topic)
>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:21:27 -0500
>
> > I know what you're saying, but it does SEEM like the pass
> > rate has really jumped since dec/lat/lane/etc. have come off the test.
>
>Let me lay out two very clear facts, here:
>
>1) The pass rate is higher, and
>2) The test is easier.
>
> > Remember, all the
> > resources (bootcamp labs/etc) have been around for quite a while.
>
>Yup. And back when these resources weren't around, the CCIE wasn't as
>hard as it was in late '99 because of fewer IOS features to exploit for
>"landmines" and such.
>
> > The CCIE numbers have been growing at about a thousand a year
>
>I think it's amazing that since 1993, the CCIE has grown from 1024 to
>6890 or so. Coming up on 6,000 numbers given out in only 8 years. I just
>want that trend to continue.
>
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