From: BRZYSKI, ADAM E (SWBT) (ab1723@xxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Aug 17 2001 - 12:25:14 GMT-3
I am breaking one of my rules by responding to this e-mail. However, one
can only take so much of this. I would like to mention a couple of things.
At one point before I started my prep work for the lab I held the CCIE
certification at a networking god-like level. However as I have gone
through the prep I have realized that the CCIE prep and the skills required
for the CCIE certification are a strong basic foundation necessary to tackle
today's internetworking infrastructures. Let's be honest with ourselves.
Most of networking revolves around some pretty basic concepts and ideas.
Most of us that are involved in the networking world simply learn these
concepts and ideas and become really good at applying them. Very few of us
actually are involved in the development of new technology. I am not sure
why, but there seem to be a lot of people in the networking field that are
very full of themselves. Let's face it, we are not rocket scientists. At
the same time I do not want to imply that networking is easy. The challenge
comes in at being able to sort through and internalize the enormous amount
of information that makes up today's internetworks. This will never
subside. New technology will continue to emerge and replace and/or
supplement old technology. With that said I perceive the CCIE cert to be a
test of endurance. The thing that makes the CCIE certification "hard" is
the amount of information and technology that one needs to be able to
interpret and implement. For somebody to get this certification they need
to commit a serious amount of energy and time to study. If someone is
halfway intelligent and is willing to invest time and energy there should be
no reason why they should not be able to achieve this cert. From my
perspective the prep work for the lab is simply a matter of endurance and
commitment. From simply a perspective of difficulty nothing that I have
encountered in the networking world even comes close to some of the concepts
I have encountered during my studies to get my Electrical Engineering
Degree.
So why do it? Once again lets be honest with ourselves. Most of us are
doing this because of money. Because of that reason the CCIE numbers are
going up. For myself I see the CCIE simply as a good internetworking
foundation. Anybody that sees it as anything beyond that is fooling
themselves. Last time I checked the number of CCIE's in the US was still
under 3000. Considering the amount of companies, networks, and people in
networking that number seems pretty small to me. For somebody to say that
the CCIE numbers should stay down is foolish. I don't know about you but I
am sure glad that there are more than 3000 doctors in the US.
My final though is --
Why can we just all get along?
My 2 cents :)
Adam Brzyski
Design Engineer II
CCNP, CCDP, NNCDE
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Barone [mailto:steve@chetona.com]
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 8:31 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: 1000 CcIE's every 6 month's
The run from CCIE #6,800 to CCIE #8,000 was from February
to August 2001. Who say's this certification has and will
maintain it's value with CCIE #10,000 less than 1 year away.
Probably faster with the number of one day lab candidate's
increasing the number's.
Steve
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