From: Anekwe, Abdul (Abdul.Anekwe@sig.com)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2007 - 23:41:02 ART
Thanks Scott. I figured as much. I agree with you about the
fundamentals. So very important in any of the flavors or paths.
What I've found is that even with the higher numbers of R&S CCIEs vs
other paths, clients/employees are still hiring say an R&S CCIE to do
security. When I was consulting for a provider, we had a lot more R&S
CCIEs than SP CCIEs. In fact, I only recall only 1 engineer on any of
the Backbone or Datacenter teams possessing a SP CCIE. And as you so
rightly have...with providers...I found myself facing other engineers
with Juniper certifications as well.
CCIE no matter what path you take, is a highly regarded certification.
Kudos to gurus like you and others who have more than one under your
belt.
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Morris [mailto:smorris@ipexpert.com]
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 10:18 PM
To: 'Anekwe, Abdul'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: CCIE- Paths - (A Non technical question)
That is going to depend very much on where you are located, what the
market
is like and who you are (or want to be) working for.
Voice/Communications and Security are certainly hot "areas" of
networking
and there is a lot of marketing buzz about them. But interesting
enough,
you cannot forget the basics there, and if your R&S infrastructure is
screwed up, no good voice/security engineering will fix that. :)
There's certainly demand for lots. On the flip side, there are more R&S
CCIE's than any other track, so if you are interested in standing apart
you
may want something different. But it's all about what you want to
accomplish. If you hate telephones and dial plans, don't go for voice!
:)
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Anekwe, Abdul
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 8:56 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: CCIE- Paths - (A Non technical question)
All, ..I'm real curious. Been in the network engineering field for like
12 years, and after passing the CCIE-RS written and failing at the lab,
I
took time off, but I'm back at it again (passed the written and now
prepping
for my lab). But I have a question for you all.
... in today's market place, which one is more valuable.
CCIE-Voice, CCIE R&S, CCIE Security or another other CCIE path?
I'm just curious .....is there anyone more asked about than the other?
Any more valuable in today's market place than the other? What are
clients,
employee's asking about when it comes to skill set or demands.
Curious to hear your input.
Oh by the way....been a silent listener to Groupstudy for years. Very
very
good bulletin board.. Been like that for sometime.
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