From: Tyler Pomerhn (tpomerhn@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 17:02:49 GMT-3
Your graph isn't linear in any respect.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Foster, Kristopher
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 5:19 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Number of new CCIE's (off topic)
>
>
> ugh. I can't believe I'm taking part in this thread. I
> quickly grabbed some
> numbers from the archives a threw a graph together. please
> stop this thread
> when you see that the growth over the last year has been
> linear. the recent
> level of 'i got my number' posts is because more people know
> of this list
> and actively post that information. if you would like to
> discuss this i
> will only respond off of this mailing list.
>
> http://www.packetheads.org/cciestat.html
>
> *do not reply to this on the mailing list, thanks*
>
> Kris,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Van Oene [mailto:pvo@usermail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:48 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Number of new CCIE's (off topic)
>
>
> Quick comment on the following below
>
> Greg Posey mentioned the following:
> >My reaction has been to plan for the bar being raised. At
> one time, having
> >a High School diploma was considered an accomplishment. In
> the Engineering
> >field, a B.S. was the mark of excellence - and the M.S. is
> quickly becoming
> >the standard. In the IT field, how could we expect the
> trend to migrate
> any
> >slower? After (hopefully) passing the R/S CCIE this year, I
> realize I need
> >to get a 2nd (or 3rd) CCIE if I really want to be in the
> upper-echelon.
> I'm
> >working harder, and studying more for this certification
> than I did in 6
> >years of undergrad and grad Engineering - but I realize that
> at age 27, I'm
> >far from the "I've done it, now I don't have to study
> anymore" status.
>
> Although I agree with most of your sentiment, the concept
> that more CCIE
> certs (ie becoming multiply certified) adds little additional
> value. In my
> experience, the CCIE certification is a decent barometer of technical
> competence, but somewhat wide in focus. For many employers,
> much of the
> material tested in the R/S exam (which represents the lion's share of
> CCIE's) is outside the scope of their requirements. Hence, a
> candidate will
> attain some respect for having passed the test, but will be
> evaluated on
> their relevant knowledge. With that in mind, having double
> the unrelated
> knowledge seems to add very little to the candidates profile
> outside of
> indicating that the individual spends a fair amount of their
> personal time
> working on personal certifications.
>
> Pete
>
>
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