From: Darby Weaver (ccie.weaver@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Nov 13 2008 - 12:23:18 ARST
On value of any given CCIE:
1. While there may be some 20,000+ CCIE's numbers in operation, numbers
alone do not equate to quality. Some CCIE's are no longer working in a
purely technical capacity and other not at all. Let's not forget the CCIE's
who do not actually work on enterprise class networks for whatever reason.
2. CCIE's hold value to Cisco Gold/Silver partners, and strangely enough
CCIE is held to be even more valuable by Cisco's Competitor's in competing
market areas (whether or not the CCIE is actually a CCIE or not in that area
like Voice, Security, or even storage for example). We can call CCIE's in
this category "ANTI-CCIE's" since they are being used to market "against"
Cisco's product line. The theme being "we have a CCIE and he knows Cisco,
but more importantly knows where our products outshine Cisco's products"...
a sort of testimonial by a reputable source, Cisco's own product - a CCIE.
3. Again, there maybe 20,000+ CCIE's worldwide, there are not 20,000+ CCIE's
in the USA. This is where a lot of demand is and the salaries/benefits are
probably best for most CCIE's (some highly paid western European countries
being the possible exceptions to this rule).
So again we are back to supply and demand.
4000+ CCIE's in the USA.
"X" are working for Cisco directly (say 55-75% - pure estimate)
"X" are working for Cisco Gold Partners
"X" are trainers or independently employed
"Y-3X" is what's left for normal companies and competing vendors.
Therefore we have a dry supply line for CCIE's in the USA.
Granted the rest of the world needs CCIE's too, but they might not always
pay as well for them. Is it worth it for a candidate to spend large sums of
money and never realize the return on investment in some areas? Maybe or
maybe not?
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