From: Darby Weaver (ccie.weaver@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Feb 17 2009 - 04:19:43 ARST
Sad but true.
People just don't want to study to the point they have devalued their own
careers - all the way to the CCIE Lab.
How many times have people broken the NDA intentionally and unintentionally
here or elsewhere? For both CCxP tracks and the CCIE?
Build your resume and alway come to the interview prepared for the not only
the trivia but also the hands-on portion of the interview.
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Thomas Perrier <thomas@perrier.name> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Scott M Vermillion
> <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
>
> > BTW, I too am amazed by those who can bang
> > out a 95%+ with minimal study. I've passed the lab and it still took me
> > several weeks to feel prepared to recert.
>
> Well, aren't you amazed by people scoring 99% on a CCIE written? Or
> 1000/1000 on associate or professional tracks, even on some tricky
> exams like CCDA or CCNP? Excepted some truly brilliant people, the
> reason is unfortunately very simple: brain dumps. :( The temptation is
> too great for many people to resist, even the majority, I'd tend to
> say (an anonymous poll would be interesting, to gauge how few people
> never cheated, not on this list but in the general population of Cisco
> certified individuals). That's the reason why only the CCIE, with its
> lab portion, remains a valid Cisco cert in my opinion. All others have
> lost any credibility (with regards to employers and colleagues), since
> one can't prove he's achieved them without cheating. They're only good
> for evaluating oneself, and as an incentive to learn more; for
> instance, I'm preparing for the lowly CCNA Wireless (even though I
> passed the CCIE R&S lab), to be followed by the "CCWP" (provided it's
> unveiled this year), because I'll be working on some large Wi-Fi
> projects and I want to be best prepared.
>
> </rant> :)
>
> -Thomas
>
>
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