On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, KYcatinVA@xxxxxxx wrote:
> On a whim I took the CCIE written this past Saturday. Didn't pass but I do
> believe the exam is far to easy. YES, to easy!! I came up a couple
answers
> short but really put no effort into preparing for the exam!!
> When I lost my job last year due to downsizing I weighed my options; MCSE
or
> CCIE...finished CCNP on April 30th so I guess that tells you my choice...
> HOWEVER, after getting the CCNP I began doing some job hunting, EVERY
> potential employer wanted MCSE/MCP and didn't care one way or the other
> about
> Cisco certs. I'm 48 yrs. old and really didn't care much about the MCSE
Ok, then your interviewing at the wrong companies. If the company had
100+ routers, cat6k's and an ATM backbone connected with LS1010's, then I
guarentee you they would have been concerned about cisco certs. But more
than likely they had an office full of IIS and Exchange servers, and
whatnot, and it was to be your job to maintain them.
> because of the perceptions you stated (an MCSE on every corner), however I
> read several Microsoft books this summer (NT, W2K Pro, Exchange 5.5 & 2000)
> but haven't attempted any exams.
> Anyway back to CCIE, aside from the CCNP studies, which I finished in the
> spring, I read mostly from the Cisco CD (Internetworking Technology
> Overview,
> Case Studies, Design etc) and Lou's Token Ring paper (Thank You Dennis for
> the TR quizzes) but DID NOT read any of the popular books i.e. Halibi,
> Caslow, Doyle endorsed here. I didn't read them for a reason and that was
> to
> see if I could pass WITHOUT their input and if I hadn't scr*&^ewed up a
> couple security questions I would have passed AND THEN I would really have
> been PISSED....having a qualification to THE LAB and basically only
> theoretical knowledge base. I chose the CCIE route BECAUSE it was supposed
> to be the crown jewel of networking!!!
It is. But if a company is looking for someone to admin there NT boxes,
they won't be hiring a CCIE, anymore than a company looking for a backbone
engineer, would want an MCSE
>
> my .02 worth
>
> Rick
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Brian Feeny, CCIE #8036 email:signal@xxxxxxxxxx
Network Engineer phone:318.222.2638x109
ShreveNet Inc. fax: 318.221.6612
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