From: Farrukh Haroon (farrukhharoon@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 08 2007 - 15:14:34 ART
I personally think this is the only way Cisco could come up with to
'limit' those flying numbers :)
but I don't think this would work out for them.
On 9/8/07, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think the motivation is the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$. The discount that some firms
> get having certified pros on staff. The salary that you enjoy when you get
> your cert. But i know what you are saying.
>
> On 9/8/07, Darby Weaver <darbyweaver@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Exactly what is the "increased" value to test takers?
> >
> > Somebody help me here...
> >
> > Another $150.00 per attempt...
> >
> > Pretty STEEP.
> >
> > And where's the 6 months notice.
> >
> > It's like I went to sleep last night, checked my mail
> > and on September 8th I found out that the price
> > increase was on Spet 7, 2007...
> >
> >
> > Pretty shoddy....
> >
> > Did this come up at Networkers in July at least...?
> >
> > Funny - some exams went up like 5% - from $300.00 to
> > $315.00
> >
> > Others went up from 25% - from $125.00 to $150.00 like
> > 640-801
> >
> > And the lab jumped like 12% or so by $150.00
> >
> >
> > Any one else steamed?
> >
> >
> > Explain the added value? Why are not all exams going
> > up...
> >
> > Well, I guess one can always study Cisco, but not take
> > the exams at all.
> >
> > I mean how impressive one might appear to be if one
> > knows the IOS pretty decently and does NOT even hold a
> > CCIE, CCNP, or CCNA...
> >
> > Lots of jobs do not necessarily require certification
> > at all.
> >
> > Most of my previous jobs have not required
> > certification - so I wonder where's the added value?
> >
> > What motivates a seasoned veteran to hang on... paper
> > holds anything?
> >
> > Did they add more questions?
> >
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