RE: Anyone Going for v4 lab in october?

Virtualization. This is surely making the pursue discouraging. I have been
studying for the lab since I passed my written in May this year and found
after reading many forums this Saturday in-between labs that the CCIE will
eventually become a commodity. This new style might just be making those
postings true.

I guess its time to really re-evaluate why certify amidst all the sacrifices
that goes with it.

I was recently in a Cisco security class and the instructor made a statement
"It's not worth the time and expenses going for the CCIE" (this is a CCIE
proctor that grades the exams). I didn't take it to heart though because
the class it self was mostly GUI and he was also saying this is the way
things will eventually be too. Being a CLI engineer I was super bored but
still sat through anyways.

Anthony Sequeira and team. I know you are in business to make money and I
definitely am using your labs right now but candidly. Is it worth pursuing
the CCIE any more except for person conviction?

Brad Ellis; Farrukh Haroon; Anthony Sequeira; Roy Waterman; Divin Mathew
John; Anantha Subramanian Natarajan; Iwan Hoogendoorn; Cisco certification

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Marko Milivojevic
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:33 PM
To: Nathan Richie
Cc: Brad Ellis; Farrukh Haroon; Anthony Sequeira; Roy Waterman; Divin Mathew
John; Anantha Subramanian Natarajan; Iwan Hoogendoorn; Cisco certification
Subject: Re: Anyone Going for v4 lab in october?

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 20:21, Nathan Richie <nathanr_at_boice.net> wrote:
> So will that make me a Virtual-CCIE? :)

Well, virtualization is *the* buzzword these days. So, I wouldn't be
ashamed of it. Then again, most of CCIEs today are virtual ;-)

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