From: Usankin, Andrew (Andrew.Usankin@twtelecom.com)
Date: Tue Aug 21 2007 - 16:40:28 ART
I have 9 years of experience and now studying CCIE labs on Dynamips. So
believe me when I'm telling you - it is as good as a real hardware. If
you take usual small implementation project you see that it takes about
one hour to build configuration and about 20 minutes to rack equipment.
Some times vise versa :) If you on support you usually don't touch
equipment at all.
If I had to hire "virtual" CCIE I would have no doubts in his ability to
rack equipment. If guy managed to get CCIE then he is DEFINETELY capable
to reading maintenance and installation guide. After all those guides
are at the level of telecom technician comprehension.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Gregory Gombas
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 7:19 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Virtual CCIE's?
Guys,
I was checking out Dynamips and its pretty cool and all, but it does
worry me a little bit....
How will employers view the CCIE certification after they've been burned
by hiring a CCIE who has never touched a real router in their life?
Do you like the idea of a pilot flying your plane whose only training
was with a virtual flight simulator?
I remember the days when the MCSE was a hot cert until an army of paper
CCIE's hit the job market.
Maybe they won't call it a paper CCIE, maybe they'll coin a new term
like virtual CCIE.
Just food for thought...
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