Re: OT - V4, week 1, no new CCIEs?

> Also - let's remove the thing about recert with written. Every three
> years you MUST pass ANY ccie track's lab to recert. Now THAT will be
> something :)

I actually suspect that's in the making. With the troubleshooting part
going virtual, I wouldn't at all be surprised to see some sort of a
mini-lab as recert requirement in the future.

Then again, written as it is now has merit from theoretical
perspective. In order to pass it, you need to know many technologies
from less hands-on perspective. In order to be "good expert", one
should have command of both. I believe this was Cisco's thinking with
OEQ's. Let me try to pain one picture for you.

Say you are a contractor that has been called out to nervous client
that needs you to fix 12 problems in their network and need to make
some 15 changes in it - by the end of the day. At the start of the
day, their technical team have few questions to clear their minds.
They ask them. In order to leave good impression and continue to be
perceived as an expert in their eyes, you need to get them straight.

Raise hands you who have been in this, or very similar, situation. I
have. This is precisely what CCIE lab is now trying to emulate. I
think it's good, we just need to work harder to achieve that level of
expertise. We will be better experts while Cisco keeps raising the
bar.

( I will not comment on GUI, as I have not seen it yet )

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