From: Church, Chuck (cchurch@netcogov.com)
Date: Mon Jan 16 2006 - 15:00:12 GMT-3
We seem to visit this subject every 6 months or so. Cisco adjusts the
difficulty of the exam gradually so that roughly 8 - 10% of the people
pass it on their first try. There is also the occasional debate on
whether lower # CCIEs know more than newer ones. The only thing the age
of your CCIE guarantees is how long ago you passed, and possibly how
long you've been working with Cisco products. I could see how an
employer might want a low-numbered CCIE as a guarantee for how long
they've been working on Cisco products. But even that doesn't guarantee
what you've done since passing. As long as you can back up your CCIE
with a strong resume, and do well in a technical phone interview, you'll
be fine.
Chuck Church
Lead Design Engineer
CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
Netco Government Services - Design & Implementation
1210 N. Parker Rd.
Greenville, SC 29609
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
CCIEin2006
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 11:30 AM
To: Leigh Harrison
Cc: Rick; Gustavo Novais; Cisco certification
Subject: Re: CCIE Numbers are Flying!
In the 90's all companies were talking about were MCSE.
By the time I got half way through my MCSE companies said there are too
many
MCSE's and they were looking for CCNA's.
In 2001 I finished my CCNA and companies responded with "thats all you
got?
We're looking for CCNP's now."
In 2004 I finished my CCNP and companies laughed at that. They told me a
CCNP and a 25 cents will get you a pack of gum.
In 2005 I saw some job ads were looking for CCIE's but only if your
number
was below 10,000. To humor those idiots I asked them why such a
stringent
requirement, they said it was because the CCIE exam has gotten easier to
pass and the newer candidates are not as knowledgeable as the older
CCIE's.
I just hope cisco doesn't fade away like Novell did...
On 1/16/06, Leigh Harrison <ccileigh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I passed on 7th November 2005 and am #15331, Anthony Squeira passed on
> 5th Jan 2006 and is #15626. That was nearly 300 in just under 2
months
> and that includes christmas break!!
>
> Is there a chance of a ccie becoming common ?
>
> LH
>
> Rick wrote:
>
> >I am #14319 and I passed on Jan. 5, 2005. That is basically 3.5 IE's
per
> day
> >for the year 2005.
> >11 days in 2006 = 3.5 IE's per day. I think 2006 will be very close
to
> >2005, just my opinion.
> >
> >just thought it would be a change of pace to post this for fun
> >
> >Rick
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Gustavo Novais" <gustavo.novais@novabase.pt>
> >To: "CCIEin2006" <ciscocciein2006@gmail.com>; "Cisco certification"
> ><ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 9:30 AM
> >Subject: RE: CCIE Numbers are Flying!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>As long as I can tell, I was the first on groupstudy this year (not
on
> >>Cisco, I asked the proctor!) and I was 15622... We've been receiving
> >>word of #15661... so in 11 days (counting weekend!) we've had 39
CCIE's!
> >>
> >>
> >>Gustavo Novais
> >>
> >>Cisco CCIE #15622 (R&S-----Original Message-----
> >>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> >>CCIEin2006
> >>Sent: segunda-feira, 16 de Janeiro de 2006 15:23
> >>To: Cisco certification
> >>Subject: CCIE Numbers are Flying!
> >>
> >>Is it just me or are CCIE's passing at a faster rate with the new
exam
> >>format than the old exam format?
> >>Am I just imagining things?
> >>
> >>One of my goals was to get a CCIE number below 16000 but it looks
like
> >>by May we will be well beyond that.
> >>
> >>What do you think the monthly average of new CCIE's is?
> >>
>
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