From: Peter Rosenthal (perosenthal@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 13:06:09 GMT-3
The figures absolutely do NOT speak for themselves. If the opportunity were
there for Cisco to test 1000's of people per day instead of a few dozen, the
numbers would be well on their way to MCSE type numbers. The only thing
holding it back is capacity and the costs of taking the exam. Make it a
Sylvan test and open up 1000 racks (hypothetical I know) and I can assure
you we would have a LOT more CCIE's than 7404. Plus, only in the last
couple years has every guy off the street decided to become a CCIE in a few
months. Notice that the numbers have doubled in the last 2 years compared
to the 7 years before it. Sure the exam is difficult and a lot more so than
the MCSE. But, it is certainly nothing that the average Joe can't achieve.
The person that mentioned Mensa made me laugh. Come on guys, this stuff is
far from genius.
Certifications are great. They are easy to achieve and it pleases the
pointy head hiring people. If it wasn't for them, certifications wouldn't
carry nearly as much weight. I participate in the certification process and
don't mind doing so. But, I will NOT respect anyone just because of a piece
of paper or the ability to configure 6 routers. It proves very little
except for a couple months of hard work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Micheal Knight" <micheal_nite@yahoo.com>
To: "Troy Rader" <troy@onenet.net>; "Robert Carter"
<Robert.Carter2@telus.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: CCIE #9240
> ALL
>
> The figure speak for themselves. If CCIE is becoming
> the next MCSE, how comes there are only 7404 active in
> the world. Surely there would be ten times or even a
> hundred times as many CCIE's. But the figures speak
> for themselves. CCIE is still the most respected and
> sort after networking qualification, and even if the
> number doubles or even trebles in the next year or
> two, say by the end of 2004 we have 25,000 CCIE in the
> world, hell it will still be no where near as many
> MCSE's, which know number is the hundred of thousands.
>
>
> Total of Worldwide CCIEs: 7404*
>
> Respect and congrats Munib !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> P.S. No one in there right mind can ever conclude that
> certification will ever replace experience. But
> certification is here to stay....so you better get
> used to it!
>
> Regards
> Mike
>
> >
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