RE: Too old to do CCIE ?

My colleague Pedro Rey is 62 years old and he has his CCIE active:

Name Certification Type Certification Number Track Certification Status
Certification Date
PEDRO REY CCIE 1178 Routing and Switching Re-certified 21-Jan-1993

See the date ? 21-Jan-1993.

This is an old story. The first CCIEs took their Lab in Europe (I think it
was in Paris) in late 1992 and early 1993, before the CCIE was officially
announced...

But they got their plaques after the first "official" CCIE, that's why they
have numbers higher than 1025.

Regards,

Antonio Soares, CCIE #18473 (R&S/SP)
amsoares_at_netcabo.pt
http://www.ccie18473.net

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ccieagent
Sent: sabado, 12 de Novembro de 2011 00:15
To: 'Narbik Kocharians'; 'Scott Morris'
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Subject: RE: Too old to do CCIE ?

I was following this thread and asked an old friend what he thought. Here's
Terry's take.

Interesting topic.

I tell people these days that "I'm the oldest active CCIE, and you can
interpret that two ways."

Actually, I don't know who the oldest CCIE is, in terms of the age of the
holder. Since I'm in my late 50s, I'm probably close to really being the
oldest active CCIE. My certification renewal date is June 30, 2012 and I
intend to renew before then. That recertification will allow me to keep my
certification active until after my 20th anniversary of my certification,
which was August, 1993.

Perhaps you are more interested in someone achieving a new certification. I
don't see anything wrong with that. If you're willing to learn the material,
which is a good mental exercise, and take the test, possibly multiple times,
then go for it!

I am interested in getting my CCDE cert, and I know that there will be a
significant amount of work required to get there. It will allow me to
exercise my brain as well as coinciding with the type of work that I find
myself doing more.

        -tcs

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From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Narbik Kocharians
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 6:49 PM
To: Scott Morris
Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Too old to do CCIE ?

hahahaha
you are not going to use a calculator are you? Abacus is much easier.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Scott Morris <swm_at_emanon.com> wrote:

> heheheh... While funny, there are still a number of folks around who
> could do that. :)
>
> I hear that Narbik can subnet with an abacus!
>
>
>
> *Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider)
> #4713,
>
> CCDE #2009::D, CCNP-Voice, JNCIE-SP #153, JNCIE-ER #102, CISSP, et al.
>
> CCSI #21903, JNCI-SP, JNCI-ER
>
> swm_at_emanon.com
>
>
> Knowledge is power.
>
> Power corrupts.
>
> Study hard and be Eeeeviiiil......
>
>
> On 11/11/11 12:39 AM, Alexei Monastyrnyi wrote:
>
>> She should wait till Cisco Releases "CCIE Fossil" track with IP/SNA,
>> X.25, IPX, DLSw etc,then she should pass without any prepping. :-)
>>
>>
>> Never too late
>>
>> Cheers
>> A.
>>
>>
>> On 11/11/2011 2:06 AM, Narbik Kocharians wrote:
>>
>>> I won't even mention my grannnnnMA, she wants to go for another one.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Joe Astorino<joeastorino1982@**
>>> gmail.com <joeastorino1982_at_gmail.com>>wrote:
>>>
>>> You are asking the wrong questions my friend. Asking if you are
>>> too
>>>> old or
>>>> how many other people have it your age are just excuses to tell
>>>> yourself you are not good enough based on what everybody else is
>>>> doing and telling you. You need to decide that you want to do this
>>>> for you and not for anybody else. Go out there and start studying
>>>> and don't worry about who else has it, who else is passing, etc.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Ccieyarub<ccieyarub_at_gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>> Would like to know if I'm currently too old and too late to do
>>>>> my CCIE after 16 years of network engineering experience I m
>>>>> having
>>>>>
>>>>> And second how many Guys have it in my age
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
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