RE: 4000 CCIEs in 18 months???

Nope... not even close guys...

Having two kids and $120,000 is not even your bills anymore after taxes... if that doesn't motivate you to pass the CCIE nothing will...

I have lots of friends and ex-coworkers in that boat...

I think you pretty much need a CCIE to make a living in most places these days and the number of people studying/taking/passing directly reflects that...

Like 5 years ago I would ask people so are you going to get your CCIE, they would say stuff like "my wife wont let me retreat from the family all weekend", etc.
Now it's, Oh I passed R/S, I'm actually working on Voice :)

-Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Brad Ellis
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:28 PM
To: Modular; Cisco certification
Subject: RE: 4000 CCIEs in 18 months???

Oh boy...here we go...

So, first off, the lab is one day, vs. 2-days. But the biggest change is
the number of seats available. Probably 2 to 3 times that "back in the
day" if not more. I'd say that the biggest impact.

thanks,
Brad Ellis
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Modular
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 4:22 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: 4000 CCIEs in 18 months???

ALL,

I have a friend who passed his lab, (security), in November of 2007. His
number is 19511. I passed last week and my number is 24266. So, in 18
months
4700+ people got their number. This seems crazy when you consider that
between 1993 and the end of 2007 there were 18500+ CCIEs. What do you
guys
attribute this increase to? Dynamips?? Is it that theres wasnt an
Ipexpert
or Internetwork Expert around back in the day? Is the lab easier than
it
use to be?

Bryan

Bryan Rakestraw
CCIE# 24266 (R&S)

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Received on Tue May 05 2009 - 19:26:40 ART