Re: CCIE lab fee raised!

I too would like to see Pearson Vue gone. I am yet to be happy with a
testing environment (building works, leaking roofs, proctors talking behind
single pane non-soundproof glass) provided by Pearson Vue.

Many years ago whilst it was still allowed I used to test with Prometric and
I was extremely happy with them.

As for the raise in costs: being one of the people who is self-funding my
CCIE studies and lab I would rather it didn't go up in price however I will
not complain that it has. If there are fewer people going for it once I get
the numbers (January fingers crossed) it can only mean that I am in a better
position.

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Guys remember that at the end of the day, when you get your number, you
> need
> to perform up to that standard. We have good CCNA/NP pros, and we have ones
> that don't know their A.. from the 18th hole.
>
> When it comes to CCIEs, firms like the candidates go through a tech
> interview, and if you are who you say you are, you get what you expected to
> get.
>
> Trust me everyone knows whats up. CCBSAs are changing jobs, they are
> realizing they don't belong.
>
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> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Kenneth Ratliff <lists_at_cluebat.net>
> wrote:
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> > On Aug 3, 2011, at 1:36 AM, john rose wrote:
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> > > I knows many ppl they went to india when they come back they certified
> > CCNA,
> > > CCNP MCSE and etc in a single month.
> > > So CCIE will be going to be same... there is no Pearson is good if this
> > will
> > > happen P4S and testinside will sell the solution and game will Over.
> >
> > I wouldn't be too terribly worried about this actually happening. Cisco
> > isn't that stupid. Given Brian's notes from the CCIE panel at Cisco Live,
> > they seem to take the integrity of the CCIE very seriously. The outcry
> would
> > be huge from not only CCIE candidates, but current CCIE's as well, as no
> one
> > wants the certification devalued.
> >
> > If Cisco decided to turn full responsibility for the lab exam over to
> > Pearson, they would effectively be ceding their position of being highly
> > valued and sought after Certifications to Juniper, as everyone would
> > probably start pursuing JNCIE, which would likely translate to a direct
> loss
> > of market share - Cisco knows that their certification programs have an
> > effect on purchase decisions, after all, it's a no brainer to purchase
> > equipment that the majority of the workforce is actually trained to use.
> We
> > haven't quite reached a point where network gear is commoditized the way
> > server gear is.
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