From: Hardin Les - SMTP (hardinl@xxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 15 2001 - 16:48:46 GMT-3
Hey folks,
No disrespect intended as you all make good, mostly valid, points, but I
think everyone interested in this subject should write Cisco (or your
Congressperson), find a chat room, and go have a good group chat. The rest
of us would like to discuss technical matters. Thank you.
Les
At 02:43 PM 2/15/2001 -0500, Tyler Pomerhn wrote:
>Well, I can't speak for foreign sites, but RTP and SJ have done weekend
>dates for a LONG time, now.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John A Field [mailto:fieldja@us.ibm.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 2:39 PM
> > To: Tyler Pomerhn
> > Cc: Mark Lewis; brian@andyandbrian.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: Number of new CCIE's (off topic)
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a little wrinkle to point out. More and more locations
> > have opened
> > up weekend test dates inorder to accomodate the backlog of
> > people waiting
> > to take the exam. Hence, we can conclude more individuals are
> > able to take
> > and pass the exam each month.
> >
> >
> > John Field
> > CCDP, CCNP + Voice Access, CCNP + Security, MCSE
> > Sr. IT Specialist / Design Architect
> > IBM Global Services - Integrated Technology Services
> > Phone: (818) 539-3123 (T/L 396)
> > Cellular: (714) 235-2287
> > Internet e-mail: fieldja@us.ibm.com
> > Visit our Website at: http://w3.ibm.com/services/pss/us
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> >
> >
> >
> > "Tyler Pomerhn" <tpomerhn@cisco.com>@groupstudy.com on
> > 02/15/2001 11:21:27
> > AM
> >
> > Please respond to "Tyler Pomerhn" <tpomerhn@cisco.com>
> >
> > Sent by: nobody@groupstudy.com
> >
> >
> > To: "Mark Lewis" <markl11@hotmail.com>, <brian@andyandbrian.com>,
> > <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > cc:
> > Subject: RE: Number of new CCIE's (off topic)
> >
> >
> >
> > > 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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