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

I'll let you know in January on the 360 thing.

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Johnny B CCIE <jbccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Is this actually going to happen? This is the second time today I have
> read this and it makes sense. The CCIE is a partner's exam and
> partners walk into foreign networks every day. This makes the more
> sense than anything else for a recertification for a CCIE. Bring it
> on I can take it!
>
> - Quote:
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> 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.
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> Where are Cisco 360 sucess stories for the lab? Andrew said he used
> CCBootcamp does he get a free 2nd lab attempt?
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> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_markom.info>
> wrote:
> >> 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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