From: Hansang Bae (hbae@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2001 - 21:23:23 GMT-3
At 06:42 PM 10/2/01 -0400, Roberto wrote:
>CCIE : 2 semesters of Grad school? Which bit did you byte? I'll give you 2
>cents to save your opinion. CCIE's are tops in the Networking industry just
>like specializing doctors are tops in the medical field. A doctor who
>graduates from med school with no experience isn't worth much until he gets
>experience. CCIE's have experience and prove it by passing a lab exam. By
>the way, go into an ISP and tell them you are an engineer with PHD and want
>$150000/yr to configure BGP. They'll laugh in your face. On the other hand,
>tell them you are a CCIE and watch them drool!!!
I didn't even say GRAD school. I said upper engineering courses. Like
300/400 level comp sci, advanced math (Complex Variables etc.), electrical
engineering etc.
I CAN GUARANTEE that a person with VERY little networking experience can
pass the lab. I ought to know as the company I work for hired one
(different department, but we do interface from time to time). Took a
bunch of practice labs and passed.
What if the Ph.D happened to invent BGP?
Don't get me wrong, I pursued the CCIE because it was the only cert I
wanted. I'm glad for having taken the lab, and having a number (8041), but
it certainly does *NOT* mean that the person is VERY WELL versed in
IOS/Routing etc.
It means that the person was able to configure 5+ routers in a very short
amount of time.
But like someone else said, most CCIE's I've dealt with are pretty damn
good. Our company has over 150 of them so I should know.
hsb
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