Re: OT: Cisco Certified Architect

I second this number: USA 5349

The truth is with rampant unemployment in the USA and the economy in the
state is portrayed to be in today, the chances of an increase in H1-B's is
going to be going down and not a little - but I'm not th expert, just a
matter of supply and demand.

Other countries CCIE's might be heard to say that their local markets are
already over-flooded as they cannot seem to get a job as a CCIE (in their
local market).

So we have to look at a few numbers:

1. What's the total (global)?

2. What's the number per country?

3. In the case of the USA, there are only 5359 CCIE's total -Umm... how many
work for Cisco? Total? How many work for Trainers (all of them)? How many
are on the market at any given time... a lot less that 5359?

That last number is the only number I'm really ever worried about and then
divide it by 50 or so states of the union and subtract those who are not
going travel or relocate and voila...

Whatever is the number left is the number most of us are contending with for
employment purposes...

Effectively: Less than 10 and probably more than 0.

Not a bad number overall.

So... small fry CCNP's can still get a job too.

Ever notice the ratio of "CCIE Written" vs. "CCIE" aka actual CCIE are in
demand on the job boards?

There are two reasons:

1. There is a lack of supply of CCIE's.

2. There is a perception that a CCIE may be overkill in terms of skills
required and cost of the employee/contractor.

With that said:

An earned CCIE Written and CCxP in a few disciplines like Wireless, Voice,
Routing, and Security is a perfectly good baseline for mostly any job mostly
any day of the week. Partners are the exception of course but even they
need some guys to grow into future slots of opportunity.

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Received on Mon Jul 20 2009 - 13:47:12 ART