From: rich (rich@pixguru.com)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 22:04:09 GMT-3
A couple of years ago, at the height of the dot com era, a CCIE in my area
could easily pull in 150k. Did I start down this road for the money? Hell
yes. I already had field experience, a good job, seniority, respect, and all
that stuff that makes work fun. Besides, CCIE would be a challenge. But a
LOT has changed in the past couple of years. Bad economy. Fewer jobs.
Lowered salaries. And apparently a butt load of CCIE's! I mean wow! And to
hear that many of them are just lab ccie's really brings the 8000+ CCIE's into
a different light. It brings my own efforts into the same light. It reminds
me of what happened to Novell certifications... I had just gotten my CNE when
I heard the term 'paper CNE' about a guy at the same company who carried cue
cards around to customers with commands written on them.
I haven't gotten my ccie yet but I'm hoping to. My chances would probably be
greatly enhanced by going to a boot-camp, but I feel that would just add to
the problem. Maybe limiting the number of active CCIE's in a country would
keep the certification from getting too bloated. Or maybe just stop the
certification process now or at a fixed number. Or better yet, allow no more
than 1000 a year (total) to be certified. Candidate selection process could
be a weighted drawing (increased chances every year).
I'm not trying to criticize anyone's efforts, but rather express the results
of those efforts. It's kind of liking moving into a new, quiet, expensive
neighborhood. It's great until everyone else moves in, and suddenly that
expensive house isn't worth what you paid for it.
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