From: paul cosgrove (paul.cosgrove@heanet.ie)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2008 - 04:17:16 ART
Hi Joe,
The journalist justifies their opinion using the exam pass statistics
they quote in the article; which are apparently significantly lower for
the CCIE. There is no perfect way of comparing the difficulty of two
very different exam paths, which different candidates posessing
different knowledge, skills and capabilities take, but passing
statistics are an empirical and common way of doing so.
Whether you have to attend school or not, how well the profession pays,
or whether there is some form of public scrutiny involved are factors
which do not necessarily make an exam any more difficult. These may
vary according to location as well as other factors, such as the effect
of the economic climate on pay which you have mentioned already.
Paul.
Joseph Brunner wrote:
> Love the stupid article Frog!
>
> Harder than the Bar Exam?
> Harder than the Certified Public Accounting Exam?
>
> LOL
>
> According to these "CCIE" experts who write about an exam they have never
> taken, the CCIE cert is always "harder" than anything that
>
> 1. Pays on average better than the CCIE (in NY about 3x-10x BETTER)
> 2. You have to attend school to get it
> 3. You have to undergo rigorous public scrutiny to get it
>
> Here's one from my finance workbook see how many CCIE's can answer it...
>
> "Interest rates are currently 7.5% per annum. I can afford to make monthly
> mortgage payments of $1000, per month for the next 25 years. In 25 years
> time, I will receive $100,000 as the proceeds of a life policy, which I will
> use to repay any outstanding amount on the mortgage. What is the most I can
> borrow to purchase a home right now"
>
> -J
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Radioactive Frog
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:12 PM
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> Subject: How Cisco makes CCIE lab exam questions - here is the answer
>
> Interesting...one
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2006/0522ed1.html
>
> -frog
>
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