Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling

From: Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:31:23 +0100

Hate to be a cynic here but er isn't this supposed to be done prior to getting the post?

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BR
Tony CCNP CCNA R&S JNCIS-SEC MCSE 
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On 13 Jun 2012, at 11:11, Humphrey Cheung <not5150_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree that people should be a bit careful with personal info.
> 
> What's very strange is this guy has a full LinkedIn profile... name,
> university, past jobs, supervisor names, hundreds of connections,
> recommendations, everything is complete... except for a CCIE number.
> 
> Humphrey
> 
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 2:46 AM, Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I agree with Rob that personal info should be hidden considering the day and
>> age we live in but hiding your educational qualifications from your employer
>> is for me being too paranoid. Its like saying youll have to take my word
>> for it that I am a CCIE.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Sid
>> 
>> Nobody's really listening, until you make a mistake...
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: me you [mailto:anunda19_at_gmail.com]
>> Sent: 13 June 2012 11:02
>> To: Sidney D'Souza
>> Cc: Humphrey Cheung; Cisco certification
>> Subject: Re: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Don't assume anything about him because he hides is personal info. I try to
>> hide all my personal information because you never know when someone will
>> use your personal info the wrong way.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Rob
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Sidney D'Souza <mail.sidney_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> People take pride in displaying their CCIE# so your friend should have smelt
>> something fishy when the guy refused to disclose his CCIE number. Just tell
>> your friend to take it up with HR and demand his credentials. His number can
>> be verified on the Cisco web site below.
>> 
>> https://sso.cisco.com/autho/forms/CDClogin.html
>> 
>> You will need to create a CCO ID before you can verify a Certification
>> number.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Sid
>> Nobody's really listening, until you make a mistake...
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Humphrey Cheung
>> 
>> Sent: 13 June 2012 09:03
>> To: Cisco certification
>> Subject: Verifying a CCIE for a friend... spider senses tingling
>> 
>> This is a strange situation at my friend's company... wanted to get some
>> ideas.  I'm helping him verify the status of a supposed CCIE.
>> I'll keep the names anonymous.
>> 
>> Company hires new network admin
>> Network has crashed dozens of times since the new guy has been hired Network
>> admin claims to be a CCIE Network admin doesn't divulge a number... doesn't
>> sign his emails with his number, doesn't have his number on LinkedIn Looking
>> at the guy's job history, he's worked at big name company's...
>> but generally lasts less than a year
>> Quick Google/LinkedIn/Facebook/Twitter/etc search shows no hits for his name
>> and anything saying CCIE or a number (permutations of first name and common
>> nicknames were used in the search just in case we were missing anything)
>> Since there's no number, can't use the Cisco verification tool because it
>> requires a first/last name, cert type and number
>> 
>> Any pointers on where else to look?  I think we're about 90% sure this guy
>> isn't a CCIE... but I think there's no actual smoking gun that says, "this
>> first name and last name is not and never has been a CCIE"
>> 
>> I'm at Cisco Live until Thursday evening.. if you want to unicast me.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> --
>> Humphrey Cheung, CISSP #365719, CCNP, CCDP, CCIP
>> 
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