Re: CCIE lab fee raised!

This subject keeps creepeing up once in a while...

When Cisco talks about Pearson for CCIE, they talk about Pearson Professional Centers. Google them... They're not in a mall ;-)

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On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:41, -Hammer- <bhmccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Guys, I gotta ask why some of you are irritated with the cost and T&E? I 
> for one am against local pearson testing.
> 
> $1500 for a lab exam cert that in many places (not all) will guarantee a 
> six figure salary? DONE. I've taken the lab several times. They have 
> some of my companies money and at least once I paid for it myself. Will 
> I do it again? YES. Do I like paying $1500? NO. But will I again? YES.
> 
> A couple of days off work and a flight and hotel at a testing center? 
> DONE. Would it be easier to go down to the mall and sit in a closet on 
> wheels that looks like one of those stupid photo booths? YES. Do I want 
> that? NO. Do I like to fly? NO. Will I do it again? YES.
> 
> Most folks in the community still agree that the CCIE is one of the top 
> certs out there. Part of that effort is the process of getting it. YOU 
> HAVE TO WANT IT. If I could take off work the next three Fridays in a 
> row and go down to the mall and hammer away the basic odds say that 
> eventually I'll pass. I DON'T WANT THAT FOR ANYONE. EVER.
> 
> It does scare me that business seems to be getting in the way of the 
> exam. I actually preferred the old two day exam that was hands on and 
> you had the proctor sit down with you afterwards and tell you what you 
> did right and wrong. For the money I feel you deserve a better 
> explanation. But those days are gone. Hopefully Cisco is making the 
> right decisions...
> 
> -Hammer-
> 
> "I was a normal American nerd"
> -Jack Herer
> 
> 
> 
> On 08/03/2011 05:56 AM, Narbik Kocharians wrote:
>> Kenneth,
>> 
>> You are so close. It stands for Cisco Certified BS Artist.
>> 
>> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:29 AM, Kenneth Ratliff<lists_at_cluebat.net>  wrote:
>> 
>> 
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>>> On Aug 3, 2011, at 4:28 AM, Martijn Minis wrote:
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>>> 
>>>> Other discussion aside, could you tell me what a CCBSA is? I could
>>>> come up with something, but it does intrigue me what you meant :D
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> Oh, I'm willing to bet that the BS portion of that probably stands for what
>>> you think it does hehe
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