From: Howard C. Berkowitz (hcb@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Mar 15 2002 - 19:30:31 GMT-3
>Many of the people who post to this list also post to the other
>Groupstudy lists that don't have any requirements to join.
>Some people feel that since we're all here to learn and get
>certified, it is helpful to let others know how far along that
>path we've traveled.
>
>Since certifications are about passing tests, an indication of
>where we are on the path just might be to show which tests
>we've passed!
>
>Including such information in a signature to be seen by the
>rest of the world would be silly, but to use it here makes
>perfect sense. It's quite clear that people who do this in the
>Groupstudy forums are not claiming to have the "CCIE Written
>certification."
>
>We do this for the same reason people taking martial arts
>classes wear different colored belts and people in the military
>indicate their rank on their sleeves and lapels. It's an
>indication of progress. The difference is that in this forum
>it obviously doesn't indicate rank.
I don't know--some of us have had to deal with kernel programming.
>
>Another analogy might be the usage of such terms as freshman,
>sophomore, junior, and senior. If someone were participating
>in a high school or college mailing list would you berate them
>for indicating what year they were?
>
>Hmm...you're right, anyone doing something like that would be a
>total l4m3r, d00d.
>
>John
>
>
>
>---- On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, cc13 (cc13@attbroadband.com) wrote:
>
>> This would be funny if it were not so indicative of my
>point. If one is
>> going to put CCIE written one might as well put things like
>you
>> mentioned in
>> jest. If your going to list your certs, list your certs. If
>you're
>> going
>> to list your tests, list your tests. If your going to list
>your certs,
>> and
>> list CCIE written in the same context, your a dumb ass poser
>and that's
>> all
>> there is to it. And don't say it's to let people on this
>list know you
>> passed the written and you're so proud. Isn't that a
>prerequisite for
>> joining this list? Judging by some of the questions I've
>seen lately it
>> seems not.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> CCIE Written
>> MCSE 2000 (5 tests)
>> MCNE (1 test left)
>> CISSP (1 test)
>> JNCIE (currently studying)
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On
>Behalf Of
>> Wojtek Iwanczyk
>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 3:15 PM
>> To: Manny Gonzalez; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> Subject: RE: Will you l4m3rz stop putting CCIE written after
>your name
>>
>>
>> me too ..
>>
>>
>> Wojtek Iwanczyk
>> Director of Network Engineering
>> Technical Advancement Inc.
>> 360 7th Avenue
>> New York, New York 10001
>> tel (212) 631 7496
>> fax (212) 631-7497
>> wiwanczyk@tec-adv.com
>> CCNA to be
>> CCIE (anticipated # 52098)
>> passed 3 tests for the CCNP
>> passed the MCSE after failing 5 times
>> CNA (had friend sit in and take test for me)
>> A+ (better than CCIE as CCIE does not designate excelence
>with a "+"
>> MCP will take exam today
>> I also like long walks on the beach and looking at sunsets
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Manny Gonzalez [mailto:gonzalu@nyp.org]
>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 2:50 PM
>> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> Subject: Re: Will you l4m3rz stop putting CCIE written after
>your name
>>
>>
>> :-)) I can't resist;
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>> Manny Gonzalez
>> CCI? Waiting for the E, CCIE Wannabe, Will be CCIE Soonish,
>CCIE Lab
>> scheduled, Candidate to be a CCIE Soon, I wanna be like CCIE
>like, CCIE
>> Written Expert, Cisco Certified Written Test Taker, Routing
>and
>> Switching Written Expert.
>>
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]
>On Behalf
>> Of
>> > cc13
>> > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 7:14 AM
>> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> > Subject: Will you l4m3rz stop putting CCIE written after
>your name
>> >
>> > I suggest you idiots visit Cisco's web site. CCIE written
>is not a
>> > Cisco certification... neither is CCIE lab candidate. The
>fact that
>> you
>> > put either of these after your name show you are either too
>ignorant
>> and
>> > don't understand this or you're so obsessed with putting
>letters after
>> > your name that you don't care. Either way you make
>yourself look
>> lame.
>> > How about you pass the lab, earn the cert, and then put
>CCIE #xxxx
>> after
>> > your name as officially sanctioned by Cisco. Until then
>stop posing!
>> >
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