From: Darby Weaver (ccie.weaver@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Jan 20 2009 - 11:48:21 ARST
Well, aside form the CCIE, I'm certified in just about everything else with
only a couple of small exceptions. And I'm working to close those gaps....
or update those certs.
I can't speak for Cisco. They also seem to offer a lot of freebie classes
to a lot of technologies too. I only wish I had the time to go to them all.
On 1/20/09, Pavel Bykov <slidersv@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Lol! It almost seems like:
> "Are you CCNP Certified? Great! Design CCIE Certification!"
> The experience and other requirements seem adequate.
> There are complicated tasks that you have to solve in large environments
> that go beyond CCIE (a lot are not even solvable with any Cisco technology)
>
> But I trust that Cisco does thorough check on people before they are
> admitted into SME circle
>
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Let Cisco decide:
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>>
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>> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Unless you are a CCNA with a lot influence with a lot of CCIE's and
>> those
>> > aspiring to be.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Scott Morris <
>> > smorris@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Tell ya what... I'll get a shirt printed up with ALL of the new logos
>> >> that I would be allowed to use, and wear it to a Cisco function just to
>> see
>> >> how many people tell me what a dork I look like. Then I'll change into
>> a
>> >> shirt with the "old" logo on there and see what the reaction happens to
>> be.
>> >>
>> >> Some people may still tell me I'm a dork and I'm ok with that... but
>> it
>> >> won't be nearly as many.
>> >>
>> >> And to vote, one should obtain the certification. No sense in having
>> a
>> >> CCNA tell me what's good for the CCIE program, is there?
>> >>
>> >> Scott
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: nortic @hackermail.com [mailto:nortic@hackermail.com]
>> >> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 4:49 AM
>> >> To: Groupstudy @ CrespoNetworks; Scott Morris
>> >> Cc: 'Marko Milivojevic'; swm@emanon.com; 'Scott M Vermillion'; 'Yandy
>> >> Ramirez'; 'Andrew Larkins'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> >> Subject: Re: New CCIE logo
>> >>
>> >> The old one looks like it was designed almost 20 years ago, ooh wait,
>> it
>> >> was! The new logo's look much better and the "CCNP - Service Provider"
>> move
>> >> is a good one. It shows Cisco is serious about branding their
>> >> certifications. That said some bad moves have been made as well e.g the
>> CCDE
>> >> number format, after that the CCDE dropped from a 9/10 to a 4/10 on my
>> >> awesometer.
>> >>
>> >> For every petition to keep the old logo there will be a petition to
>> keep
>> >> the new ones. I am glad the new logo designs favor multiple IE's as I
>> prefer
>> >> to have a logo for each CCIE than to have one for all.
>> >>
>> >> Is change really that hard?
>> >>
>> >> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> > From: "Groupstudy @ CrespoNetworks" <groupstudy@cresponet.com>
>> >> > To: "Scott Morris" <smorris@internetworkexpert.com>
>> >> > Cc: "'Marko Milivojevic'" <markom@markom.info>, swm@emanon.com,
>> "'Scott
>> >> M Vermillion'" <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>, "'Yandy Ramirez'" <
>> >> yandyr@gmail.com>, "'Andrew Larkins'" <Andrew.Larkins@bytes.co.za>,
>> >> ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> >> > Subject: Re: New CCIE logo
>> >> > Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 04:09:33 -0500
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I agree... Where do sign up? We should start a online petition or
>> >> > something. The CCIE logo absolutely should be different from the
>> rest
>> >> > of their cert's. The old one is more than adequate. If they want to
>> >> > update it, then they should just introduce a cool colored version of
>> the
>> >> > B/W one. That way everything is preserved:
>> >> >
>> >> > Maintain Brand Recognition
>> >> > Ten Year Achievement
>> >> > Multiple Track Signification
>> >> > Different that the lower certs
>> >> > Updated logo (colored in addition to B/W) <-- for Cisco
>> >> >
>> >> > See... Everyone happy... (except, of course, for people that like
>> the
>> >> > new logo...)
>> >> >
>> >> > J
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Scott Morris wrote:
>> >> > > They likely are. Or someone will forward it on. Whether it
>> >> > > makes a difference or not is another story.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Or whether it gets forwarded high enough up the chain, I'm not
>> >> > > sure. There are a lot of things that can be changed in the world
>> >> > > with grassroots movements... perhaps this could be one of them?
>> >> > > :)
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Scott
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
>> >> > > -----Original Message-----
>> >> > > From: markom@gmail.com [mailto:markom@gmail.com] On Behalf Of
>> >> > > Marko Milivojevic
>> >> > > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:01 PM
>> >> > > To: swm@emanon.com
>> >> > > Cc: Scott Morris; Scott M Vermillion; Yandy Ramirez; Andrew
>> >> > > Larkins; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> >> > > Subject: Re: New CCIE logo
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 23:47, Scott Morris <swm@emanon.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> Just promise me you won't open up a cert support ticket about it!
>> :)
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Ah, you see! That's a bloody good idea! If I do that, the whole new
>> >> > > thing may collapse and they may be forced to roll back.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Btw. new logos, suck on so many levels. Did you notice that there
>> is
>> >> > > no vector version any longer? We're stuck with 3 sizes, which look
>> >> > > disgusting at best when printed out. Not to mention that there is
>> no
>> >> > > official B&W version.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > What a sloppy work, I can't believe it. What the hell is wrong with
>> >> > > what once was the greatest certification program? Sure, I hold some
>> >> > > grudge about failing CCDE, but really, this is nonsense.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > And yeah, I hope they are reading.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >
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