I was finally going to weigh into this, but Howard has said pretty much what I was going to say (excluding the part about having had heart surgery!). Thanks.
Jamie Johnson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Howard C. Berkowitz Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 11:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: number of CCIE [7:70151] I commend people to remember the tale of the Emperor's New Clothes here. It utterly confounds me that people are focusing on the CCIE number as the discriminator for a hiring decision, "lower being better." Lower means that one obtained the certification earlier. Presumably, since the number was obtained, the individual has been working. This can mean that the lower-numbered candidate can present a solid track record of CCIE-level work experience to an employer, while the higher-numbered candidate simply may not have the experience. I've never regarded certification, in any field, as more than an entry point. Let's put it this way -- when I had to have open-heart surgery, I could have chosen among several board-certified surgeons. The most important factors, however, were how many procedures they had done, and, even more importantly, how frequently they do them. Surgical statistics show, without question, that "part-time" cardiac surgeons and their teams do not have the good results of someone that does such procedures constantly. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70318&t=70151 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
