I dont know why there is so much hype around getting a CCIE certification. This definitely does not imply that you know everything but seems to be more of a channel partner requirement.
I have worked at the carrier level and found that some of the brightest people were not CCIE’s but had lots of experience and were just real smart..
just to clarify , I am not knocking CCIE’s at all and I think that its a great achievement. However, dont market this as the only way to get big bucks and be the best at what you do.
Its easy to make 6 figure salaries if you are really good and know your stuff. I guess if you only want to work for Cisco or one of the partners then that is fine to go for it. In reality you can find top networking people with or without it.
Hello. I am Larry Hadrava, CCIE #12203. I earned my number on September 4th. 2003. When I was studying there was only one main vendor of CCIE study materials with another one just beginning. At that time there was only written labs available with no explanations – just the labs and the pre and final configurations.
Today there are a number of quality companies offering CCIE training materials in many different forms. I have done work for a couple of these companies developing and supporting the materials and have reviewed the materials from other companies.
This blog is created with the CCIE candidate in mind. It is a VENDOR NEUTRAL place where you can openly and honestly exchange ideas about CCIE training materials available. Feel free to ask questions of current users BEFORE you invest your hard earned money.
I wonder why so many are going after storage!
I dont know why there is so much hype around getting a CCIE certification. This definitely does not imply that you know everything but seems to be more of a channel partner requirement.
I have worked at the carrier level and found that some of the brightest people were not CCIE’s but had lots of experience and were just real smart..
just to clarify , I am not knocking CCIE’s at all and I think that its a great achievement. However, dont market this as the only way to get big bucks and be the best at what you do.
Its easy to make 6 figure salaries if you are really good and know your stuff. I guess if you only want to work for Cisco or one of the partners then that is fine to go for it. In reality you can find top networking people with or without it.