From: Anthony Pace (anthonypace@fastmail.fm)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 15:24:38 GMT-3
One thing to consider when trying to average this out, is that during the
"Internet boom years" allot of Info Tech people were to busy to devote
the necessary time to the CCIE study effort. Now with all the layoffs,
some of us are getting the first "breathing space" in years. That could
partially account for the inordinate number of people actually passing.
Anthony Pace CCIE 10349
Tue, 25 Mar 2003 08:32:24 -0600, "MADMAN" <dmadlan@qwest.com> said:
> The program actually started in 93, next to me is CCIE 1040, I took
> mine 2 1/2 years after so I would say it is growing more quickly;)
>
> Dave
>
> Phong Tran Tien wrote:
> > Hi group,
> >
> > I see the truth that the number of CCIEs grows faster today than before. I took and passed the lab on 19 March, got the number #11285 and I notice that Mr Ozan Ocal, CCIE #11318, got his number on 22 March. It means that we have about 33 new CCIEs (11318-11285) in only 3 days (19 to 22 March). Someone told me that the number of new CCIEs is 400 each month this year, is it true? If it is true, in this year we will have about new 4,800 CCIEs.
> >
> > The CCIE program started in 1994 and up to this time, it's about 10 years long, and the total number of CCIEs in the world is now about 10,300 (the first CCIE got number 1025). It means that on average the number of CCIEs grows 1,030 each year (10,300/10). But compare with the number above, 4,800 this year, how do you think? Does this mean that, when the number of CCIEs increases faster, CCIE certification is easier to get and the value of the certification decreases?
> >
> > Tran Tien Phong
> > CCIE #11285
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> David Madland
> CCIE# 2016
> Sr. Network Engineer
> Qwest Communications
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>
> I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one
> behind me."
> --- General George S. Patton
>
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