Thanks Terry, Very insightful. Thanks for the reply. Much respect to you and your peers though - i find it amazing that a product has such consistency and quality shown throughout the years.
Alef On Jul 20, 2011, at 2:36 AM, Terry Slattery wrote: > Cisco developers are typically Comp Sci graduates. For the most part, there's > nothing amazing about them. They are rarely CCIE candidates. They typically > work on only one thing at a time, so they don't have the breadth of knowledge > that a CCIE must have. Some are better developers than others. They read the > RFCs to develop things that match standards. Others are more innovative and > come up with new things. It really depends on the person. > > I know a lot of the early Cisco developers, some of whom are still around. > Several were at CiscoLive last week (Don Slice was mentioned; Dino Farinacci > was there talking about LISP). > > I participated in IOS development back in the early 1990s, leading the team > that developed the parser and user interface that you see today (released in > v9.21). It was my consulting experience and having seen all the commands via > the parser work (which took 18 months) that made getting my CCIE relatively > straight forward. > > -tcs > > On 7/14/11 9:46 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> You got your ccie because of these coders and designers. >> I for one would be interested in the code developing process. >> >> I can only imagine the smarts on these guys, they not only have to be >> proficient coders, but also know how the protocol works inside out, so i >> imagine they are either CCIE certified or compartmentalized and working on >> implement specific subsets of code. I can only imagine they are like super >> CCIE's. >> >> >> >> On Jul 14, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Matt Hill wrote: >> >>> > On 14 July 2011 17:05, Alef<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >> Does anyone know who the team is behind the IOS code ? We never hear >>>> >> anything about them it seems. Are they kept in the basement locked away? > > -- > Terry Slattery CCIE# 1026 > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com
