Re: PhD vs CCIE

She's the explorer who gets lost even though she has a GPS, right?

;)

On 3/6/12 11:07 AM, Joseph L. Brunner wrote:
> No there are far less CCIE's than that - many older lions are retiring from the business.
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> Of that number how many are current on today's technologies?
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> Don't sell yourself short - I had a job req out at a client in 2009 for a CCIE at $225,000 or so - the first 50 guys we interviewed could not explain how DHCP worked :) (DoRa for those of you that know)
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> "how many good ones"
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> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Bill6521
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> Subject: Fwd: PhD vs CCIE
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> Hi Guys,
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> I think we are all missing the point here the discussion from my point of view is "employability" and here is my perspective. Today I understand there are over 30,000 CCIEs thats three times what there was a few years ago and even
> 7,000 more then when I got my number. Gone are the days when employers would be lucky about getting one CCIE and we were literally regarded as "network gods". We are competing against "each other" and in a highly competitive world
> - even as CCIEs. In that competitive world you have to give yourself an "edge"
> a something extra - what I would suggest is dont just bank on getting employed because you are a CCIE - and dont forget some off us are also getting employed because we have track records as well as being CCIEs. Most employment agents/HR departments do a word trawl in the first instance and the more edge you have the more likely you have to move to the next stage of interview etc thats what these certifications do for you - and dont also be a one trick pony
> - consider doing a JNCIE or HP Master ASE as well as another CCIE.
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