From: MADMAN (dmadlan@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 19:35:54 GMT-3
I thought better for a moment than to even respond to your email but I
think you may be missing a clue.
I'm one of the 1996 test takers. Yes you are correct, there was no
voice, QOS, switches nor several of the knobs available now. In 5 years
from now there will be new technologies that people will be learning,
does this mean people who are currently passing will be the equivalent
to your view of the "1996/97" CCIE's?
What else has changed Mingzhou? There was no Cisco press, CCNA, CCNP,
CCXX..., no bootcamps, no world wide mail lists brimming with NDA info,
no virtual labs etc. You learned by working on networks and studing
based on the little info available concerning the lab and when you felt
up to it you went to San Jose.
So do you suppose those who took the test then fell off the face of
the earth or what?? Who do think helped test, implement, troubleshoot,
teach etc. the new technologies that are currently being tested???
BTW, I don't think most of the "old" CCIE's give a damn what you think
of us technically anyway but thanks for sharing your ignorance.
Dave
Mingzhou Nie wrote:
>
> I don't agree, Sean. Do you know what had been tested in 1996/7.
> There's no voice, not Qos, no new techs that has since been added. I
> won't ever thing earlier CCIEs are better technically.
>
> --- Sean Wu <vpivci@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Peter, I agree with you in that experience is important to this
> > field,
> > and most network managers tend to think in the same way. But what
> > about
> > the quality of experience, in my mind, 2 years' experience with
> > intensive cisco hands-on is much more valuable than 5 years' first
> > level
> > network support.
> >
David Madland
Sr. Network Engineer
CCIE# 2016
Qwest Communications Int. Inc.
dave@interprise.com
612-664-3367
"Emotion should reflect reason not guide it"
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