Re: OEQ format

I would say mba in the long term

They don't expire every two years

Elliott

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From: Dark Fiber <darkfiber08_at_gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:17:16
To: Joseph L. Brunner<joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>
Cc: Darby Weaver<darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>; Mark Matters<markccie_at_gmail.com>; John Gitau<jgitau_at_gmail.com>; botha.mike_at_gmail.com<botha.mike_at_gmail.com>; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com<ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: OEQ format

Is it more attractive to have your MBA or CCIE???? Which has more value????

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Joseph L. Brunner
<joe_at_affirmedsystems.com>wrote:

> Definitely Bro.
>
> I closed by my Facebook account when people from Groupstudy from countries
> that send 10 hijackers to the immediate vicinity of my office building 8
> years
> ago started adding me as friends.
> I may have to close my group study account as well if we can't ask some
> really
> hard technical questions and not talk about
>
> QEQ's
> MBA's
> LAB SCORING
>
> And other mindless junk
>
>
> From: Darby Weaver [mailto:darby.weaver_at_gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 3:57 PM
> To: Mark Matters
> Cc: Joseph L. Brunner; John Gitau; botha.mike_at_gmail.com;
> ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: OEQ format
>
> Even more interesting...
>
> OEQ are the re-cert.
>
> If it's good enough to weed out newbie CCIE's, it will work wonders on
> those
> who are the reason for the season...
>
> Remember - there was a stated reason for the OEQ...
>
> Too many passed who weren't as knowledgeable on the CLI as Cisco would like
> them to be....
>
> Why not let them re-cert on the OEQ? After 2+ years surely they've learned
> this stuff by now... right?
>
> It would be a slaughter...
>
> Even the best we have might only score 3 of 4 and if they were to slip...
> on
> just one more... ouch! Simple matter of interpretation and sheer
> memorization skills.
>
>
> Anyway - it makes sense for Cisco to use the OEQ in the future for all
> CCIE's...
>
> 1. It's hard to cheat on a random set of 4 questions that span the breadth
> of
> the IOS itself.
>
> 2. It only takes 30 minutes and not hours of the test centers time, thus
> allowing test centers to take more candidates and costing Cisco less money.
>
>
> - Saves Cisco money $$$
> - Saves well-qualified CCIE's time... Well if they pass that is...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Mark Matters
> <markccie_at_gmail.com<mailto:markccie_at_gmail.com>> wrote:
> Now wouldn't that be interesting. OEQ added to the re-cert.
>
>
>
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