From: Keith Foster (kfoster@xtelesis.com)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 17:47:47 GMT-3
There are also a lot of individuals trying to find a job and they are going
after the CCIE certification to help their efforts. I have met at least 3
individuals who had very little or no real world experience, just out of
college, and were new CCIEs.
Keith Foster
CCNP, CCSE
Network Engineer
Xtelesis Corporation
http://www.xtelesis.com
Email: kfoster@xtelesis.com
Direct: 650.239.1424
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Anthony Pace
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 10:25 AM
To: MADMAN; Phong Tran Tien
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: The number of CCIEs grows faster today
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
> 612-664-3367
>
> 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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