Re: CCIE certification value.

I've seen twice replies coming in, and would like to offer my opinion as well.

As a Technical Lead, as well as a hiring manager, I interview quit a few candidates. Most are CCIE's, or nearing it.

I would like to mention that a CCIE isn't the ends to all means. It may mean that they once were great, but have moves into a role that doesn't engage those skills.

Not to irritate any others here, but I'm sure some will admit, the older the number, the more cautious I am of a candidate I'm interviewing. I interviewed a double IE with a 9xxx number, that had forgotten BGP backdoor and BGP local-as (to help transition BGP numbers in our case).

A skill/cert is like your windshield wipers. Don't use them and after a period of time, they won't work either. ;)

It's all about the skillset that the Engineer is fresh with. I once heard that you are never as good as you once were, right before your passing of your IE (quote Narbik).

To be honest, I passed 2 months ago, and I can't recall all of the frame-relay and OSPF tricks I learned as I don't work with either in my environment (MPLS, BGP, and EIGRP).

Stay fresh on your skills and never become complaicent.

Happy labbing.

Regards,
Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (R&S)
Sent from iJay

On Jul 2, 2012, at 2:27 AM, shekhar sharma <shekhar.sharma21_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> First of all , before sharing anything , I want to say that I mean no
> offense to anybody or any certifications.
>
> Just want you people to share your views on CCIE certification value.
>
> I am very upset with my experience with 3 CCIE certified candidates
>
> I was interviewing 3 CCIE candidates for my company requirement, although I
> am not a CCIE ...am preparing for the LAB,just cleared the written.
>
> Out of three , two guys are CCIE(R&S) Lab certified and one is dual
> CCIE(R&S + Service Provider).
>
> The first candidate was average on theortical knowledge on various
> technologies that I didn't expect form a CCIE .But the main part is that he
> doesn't have any practical knowledge on the actual implementation in real
> world.
>
> The second candidate was below average on theortical knowledge ,not able to
> answer even few OSPF questions and forget about the practical part. He too
> was zero on it.
>
> Now the third candidate who is dual CCIE .He is working in Cisco. I was
> expecting a lot from him. He was good on the technical knowledge ...not as
> good as I expected......but again on the implementation part he was zero.
>
> Don't you guys think that Cisco certifications have become a ediucation
> buisness.I could be wrong in saying that but... i think the trend has
> changed now ....and everyone is running for just certification not becoming
> actual IE.
>
> And this is affecting a lot the value of CCIE certification .....
>
> Again I mean no offense to anyone who is preparing for CCIE...I am too
> preparing for LAB ,,, and some of the assumptions I have made could be
> wrong.
>
> Regards,
> Shekhar
>
>
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