Hopefully I'm not going to stir another whirpool here. Today I was surfing job sites and found out that where there are less than dozen jobs available for CCIE in Silicon valley, there are more than 80 jobs available for Linux engineers. Their initial salaries seem to be better than CCIE nowaday. We all understand that we take great pride in achieving CCIE. It is not only the hardest network certifications to get, but also financial rewards used to be excellent, too.
No matter how much efforts we put in these CCIE certifications, our fates are still being subject to the cruel law of supply and demand especially in this time of war. Linux is not easy. There are many commands to remember. But it doesn't require to invest thousands of dollars in routers and switches for training. However their demands are higher than ever. On the other hand, the supply for the CCIEs seems to surpass today's demand and for some serious time to come. Some might say, you study CCIE because you love the networking. Alright, but if the future salaries for CCIEs are going to be somewhere near MCSE level, would you put such an effort to get CCIE certs and still pursuing the career of Cisco? Where are we heading? Someone please enlighten us. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=66669&t=66669 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
