Re: CCIE Number - is it in sequence ?

I have been in Brussels and i think that each time there were not more that
10 candidates in total (i never counted them but this was my impression).

George

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Having looked at this question for several years now:
>
> 1. Yes they are in sequence.
>
> 2. Be careful - if a person took the exam on Jan 1 and does not immediately
> pass due to say a re-regrade or "late/slow" grading then that person will
> get the next available number.
>
>
> I find the number of CCIE's getting numbers inconsistent with the word I've
> heard come out of Howard's mouth (assuming he was speaking of current time
> and not years ago - a lot of years ago).
>
> CCIE's are passing fast.
>
> If each lab has say 15 seats for RS Candidates and there are say 10 Labs...
>
> 150 Candidates and then 10 per day on average pass...
>
> The statistic just went up a bit to about roughly say... 6% versus the
> Cisco
> traditional default number of say.... 3% that they use for "EVERYTHING".
>
> Numbers above are pulled from a hat - but ask people from each center how
> many seats are available.
>
> For instance: RTP has 24 total seats - but not all are always filles -
> some
> days may only have 5-12 candidates across all tracks.
>
>
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