Re: Core Knowledge - Don't mis-interpret this

I don't think Paul is saying you need to learn every single RFC number out
there.

He is saying that a CCIE is expected to be something of an "expert" or the
last call before a say a bug in the software or hardware.

He is saying (and I recall a Cisco interview where Vendor Bakeoffs were very
important) that a CCIE is expected to stay current and understand the inner
working of mostly any given protocol and the minute details of how Cisco has
implemented that protocol. This is quite fair.

I think Networkers / Cisco Live should still be a mandatory requirement for
CCIE's simply because of sessions like "Advances in Multicast, BGP, EIGRP,
OSPF, MPLS, Security, VoIP, WLAN, Content Switching, etc." are crucial to
being a what people expect a CCIE to be...

Despite the fact that some people are making a mockery out of the
certification by cheating their way through it...

It is still the hallmark of the industry and it is still very much repsected
by many. By virtue of this repsect and the CCIE's who made it such a
worthwhile certification... it stands to reason that CCIE's would want to
uphold the value and not demean it.

Look they are going to make changes to the program to protect the
investment. Simple as that.

Some may not like them, but many others are going to simply take it in
stride, pass the lab, and make it look easy... while the whiners are still
crying about actually having to learn the technologies they are professing
to be an expert at in between that heyday at the workplace during the
lunchtime rush where their phrase to remember is either "Would you like
fries with that?" or "Don't forget to salt the fries!"...

Simple matter of economics.

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