From: Chris Trevino (ctrevino@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri May 31 2002 - 14:43:24 GMT-3
I recently had the same experience when interviewing for a consultant
position. I indicated that I have my lab date scheduled for less than 2
months away and that I would like to get the certification to help obtain
more consulting jobs. The hiring manager said that he had 3 CCIE's on staff
and that it really wasn't a big deal anymore for the customers "because
there are alot more CCIE's out there now then before."
My take on the whole thing is that, to be a Senior level Cisco Engineer the
CCIE helps. I also personally know 2 guys who have less then 2 years
experience total in networking and are CCIE's. I wouldn't trust either of
them with a large network design, but they sure know alot about passing the
lab. Just my opinion.
Christopher Trevino
-----Original Message-----
From: Emmanuel Oppong [mailto:e-oppong@attbi.com]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 9:55 AM
To: Ccielab@Groupstudy. Com
Subject: CCIE: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
I interviewed recently for a sr. networking position and mentioned to the
interviewing manager, in passing, that I will be taking my ccie lab soon.
His response got me thinking and wondered what your thoughts are. This is
exacltly his response:
"Guys these days pass ccie depending on what test they get. ccie is
rediculous these days since the scenarios and questions asked are non-real
life and no good practicing engineer will ever use the methods stipulated in
the test" And then he goes on to say: "If you tune you ears to
groupstudy.com and pay attention to some of the rediculous questions and
scenarios being posed, then maybe you have a chance of passing". Guess
what? This guy is a ccie himself with a number in the 3000s. By the way, I
didn't piss him off for him to say these things, he actually was very
impressed with my years of experience and educational background.
It has gotten me thinking and quite frustrated at the thought of this
certification being branded as "ridiculous" by the same employers we are
trying to prove that we have top notch certification.
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