Re: CCIE certification value.

From: Tony Singh <mothafungla_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 19:38:03 +0100

Marc /Andrew awesome

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On 2 Jul 2012, at 15:40, marc edwards <renorider_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Thought it quite the coincidence that the below quote landed in my inbox
> next to this string:
> 
> It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong
> man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit
> belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by
> dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up
> short again and again, because there is no effort without error or
> shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who
> spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows in the end the
> triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least
> he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those
> cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
> That was Theodore Roosevelt speaking at the Sorbonne in 1910, but he could
> have just as easily been speaking to *you*.
> 
> Make sense?
> 
> Marc
> 
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 4:57 AM, Andrew Podosenin <andrew.podosenin_at_gmail.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> Shekhar,
>> 
>> Thanks for bringing up such an interesting topic. Let me ask you of the
>> value of CCIE. From what you are describing these candidates were - in your
>> opinion - CCNP caliber. Let's say - for the sake of the argument - there is
>> a CCIE applicant that satisfies your most stringent requirements. He
>> remembers, knows, designs, implements. How much is he/she worth to you, the
>> employer (USD annually on top of the average CCNP)?
>> You are in a fairly unique position in this distribution list: we have the
>> knowledge you buy - you buy the knowledge we have. So - if we could partake
>> of the experience from the other side of the table - what's the CCIE
>> certification value?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Andrew
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> shekhar sharma
>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 3:27 AM
>> To: Cisco certification
>> Subject: CCIE certification value.
>> 
>> 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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