From: Joe Chang (changjoe@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Oct 11 2006 - 14:13:27 ART
It's a good observation. When I made the decision to pursue the CCIE five
years ago I considered the two extereme possibilities. One possibility is
that there will always be the perception of too few CCIEs in circulation,
and the CCIE would retain some sort of premium value. The other extreme is
that there would be a great many CCIEs out there. Would the CCIE then be
worthless? That would depend on the difficulty and relevance of the test.
Unless Cisco decided to make the test far easier, the CCIE would continue to
be a high standard of proficiency.
So what kind of environment would exist if there were many tens of thousands
of CCIEs and the lab test were as tough, if not tougher than it is today? It
would be an unpleasant scenario where the CCIE is worth much less, but would
be considered mandatory if one wished to do any interesting work as far as
Cisco products are concerned.
Either future is unlikely. Most likely the CCIE population will stabilize at
a number that neither the haves or have-nots will be happy with. But unless
the Cisco drops the ball with the CCIE program, the certification will
continue to have some significant value.
Best,
Joe Chang, #16805
----- Original Message -----
From: "Swaroop Potdar" <swarooppotdar@hotmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 2:25 PM
Subject: CCIE Numbers Flying.......
> I just cant help but notice one thing that in past couple of months, the
> CCIE numbers have been moving so fast, as if they were flying. Hope CCIE
> doesnt become a common phenomenon as CCNP.
>
>
> On the lighter side;
>
> I wont be surprised, with due respect to CCIE, CIsco may come up with a
new
> track called
>
> CCIS - Cisco Certified Internetwork Specialist. # starting from 1024 -
NNNN
>
> CHeers!,
> Swaroop
>
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