Re: Too old to do CCIE ?

Frank Knox is in his late 60's.

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Paul Negron
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Senior Technical Instructor
> From: ccieagent <ccieagent_at_verizon.net>
> Reply-To: ccieagent <ccieagent_at_verizon.net>
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:15:19 -0500
> To: 'Narbik Kocharians' <narbikk_at_gmail.com>, 'Scott Morris' <swm_at_emanon.com>
> Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> 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
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>>  --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> 
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>>>>> CCIE #24347
>>>>> Blog: http://astorinonetworks.com
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