RE: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking

It depends on how you look at "experience". You are lucky because of the
360 program. For a lot of people at your company, they are brainwashed with
the down look on vendors' certifications... "I know alot of people that do
not have ANY certification and that I'd hire or lookup for directions rather
than a 7xCCIE/JNCIE - those are just 4 or 5 letter words...etc". This is
because the company doesn't want to pay for people to learn. So that people
don't have options available to them and just let the company dictate all
the terms and conditions...that's what I believe now.
I worked for the same company like you for 8 years. If I didn't learn stuff
on my own, those 8 years wouldn't stack up against 1 year of consulting
work! I was in "engineering". Which means I had 3-6 months for a project
and 2 Cisco SE and one Juniper SE sat next to me almost every day of the
week. If you don't have the right attitude toward learning, you wouldn't
learn anything at all. Not to say all people there are like that...but just
for the sake of experience: there are people with 10+ years of experience
you don't want to hire.
And why don't those people if so qualified, just go and get certified? Too
good for certs? Resentment because of unfairness?
Another point I'd like to make is your attitude toward 'mips and the like.
You are, like I was, probably blessed with racks and racks of equipments
hence become ignorance with that VMWare/Dynamips can do. I unlike you,
rather go with folks grew up on 'mips and olives than institutionalized
company people.
At Chesapeake Netcraftsmen, we ask a lot because we have a reputation to
keep. Going through the interview process with Terry, Pete Welcher, Marty
Adkins...etc, your 10+ years of experience along with other criteria better
stack up: they can tell the different between CCIEs and experience!

Regards,

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Luan Nguyen
Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, LLC.
[Web] http://www.netcraftsmen.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Persio Pucci
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:32 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Re: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
Certification: Cisco Certified Architect

Experience is overrated? Funny 'cause Chesapeake asks for 10 years
experience minimal on their Principal Engineering opening (which also
requires BS degree and a CCIE)... go figure.
I mean I am no caveman from the 8" disk era (just teasing you guys), but I
think experience is highly valuable, and I would value experience over any

certification from any vendor, just like somebody mentioned before, I know a
lot of people that do not have ANY certification and that I'd hire or lookup
for directions rather than a 7xCCIE/JNCIE that grew up on 'mips and
olives...

...and before the rocks start clogging my inbox, hey, that's just me and the
way I think.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Luan Nguyen <luan_at_netcraftsmen.net> wrote:

> Sigh. Don't mind me...I am just talking like Joseph :)
> Where I am, CCIE still, like you said commands respect, and it's really
> hard
> to find one - let alone a qualified one.
> Even with the CCDE and CCA, there are nothing more special about them than
> CCIE. One could read a bunch of books and RFCs and could very well pass
> both. So it might be easier than CCIE, and require a lot less time...more
> time with our kids!
> I always believe experience is somewhat overrated...if you don't make an
> effort of better yourself, then even with 10 years + working in an office
> somewhere, you would still have an ID of 10T.
> CCIE is definitely very nice to have now and well in the future. If not,
I
> wouldn't be trying to get 4,5 of them now would I? :)
>
> Regards,
>
> -------------------------------------
> Luan Nguyen
> Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, LLC.
> [Web] http://www.netcraftsmen.net
> -------------------------------------
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Duncanson [mailto:gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 3:48 PM
> To: Luan Nguyen
> Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
> Certification: Cisco Certified Architect
>
> Luan,
>
> There are a lot of CCIE's out there that's for sure, but if they really
are
> a dime a dozen then we should all just pack it in and do something much
> more
>
> worthwhile like stop buying workbooks and spend more time with our kids. I
> can only speak for my neck of the woods but the CCIE still commands
respect
> and no increase in numbers has devalued it. It's also more than enough to
> work towards for just about anyone particularly if their plate is already
> full at work and at home. The certificate has matured and it's often seen
> as a nice to have with 10 years experience these days. I still think the
> CCIE is ligit even if you haven't got that experience. Still an
> accomplishment. I recall a luminary on this list in late 2007 saying we
> would be 30000 by end of 2008. It hasn't happened.
>
> Regards
> Gary
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luan Nguyen" <luan_at_netcraftsmen.net>
> To: "'Joe Astorino'" <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>; "'Gary Duncanson'"
> <gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com>
> Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:56 PM
> Subject: RE: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
> Certification: Cisco Certified Architect
>
>
> > CCIEs are a dime a dozen. Really.
> > So I think it's a great idea to have this CCA cert. Make it legit. Give
> > people something to work toward.
> > IMHO, the jump from CCDE to CCA is not that hard. I am sure all 7 of
> > those
> > current CCDE guys once applied should be able to get it easy.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -----------------------------------
> > Luan Nguyen
> > Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, LLC.
> > [Web] http://www.netcraftsmen.net
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Joe
> > Astorino
> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:40 PM
> > To: 'Gary Duncanson'
> > Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
> > Certification: Cisco Certified Architect
> >
> > Yeah really...I don't want to sound too upset here, but I feel like I
> just
> > got kicked in the balls. How do the rest of you CCIEs out there feel
> > about
> > this announcement, since in my opinion we have all essentially been
> > demoted?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Joe Astorino
> > CCIE #24347 (R&S)
> > Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
> > URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gary Duncanson [mailto:gary.duncanson_at_googlemail.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 12:38 PM
> > To: Joe Astorino
> > Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
> > Certification: Cisco Certified Architect
> >
> > I give up too. I'm just way too busy working as a Network Designer to
> keep
> > up with all that stuff!
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Joe Astorino" <jastorino_at_ipexpert.com>
> > To: "'Mike Kraus (mikraus)'" <mikraus_at_cisco.com>; <
> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:28 PM
> > Subject: RE: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
> > Certification: Cisco Certified Architect
> >
> >
> >>I give up...
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Joe Astorino
> >> CCIE #24347 (R&S)
> >> Sr. Support Engineer - IPexpert, Inc.
> >> URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> >> Mike
> >> Kraus (mikraus)
> >> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:16 AM
> >> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> >> Subject: Cisco Raises the Bar with Highest-Level IT Networking
> >> Certification: Cisco Certified Architect
> >>
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