RE: 4000 CCIEs in 18 months???

In the old day; there has only one type of CCIE, which is RS. Now we have 6
different type of CCIE, so it can add up pretty quickly.

Oh.. forgot to mention Cisco has CCDE too...

> To: modulartx_at_gmail.com; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: 4000 CCIEs in 18 months???
> From: ron.wilkerson_at_gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 00:03:54 +0000
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> The amount of study material is the biggest contributor. If the training
companies didn't exist, we wouldn't know what to study, so we'd try to study
everything on the blueprint and we'd rely on hands on experience (a la the
first few thousand ccie's). The passing rate would be far, far lower. We'd
be on our own basically...
>
> What a scary thought!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Modular <modulartx_at_gmail.com>
>
> Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 18:21:36
> To: Cisco certification<ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> 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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