>>>> The Road Goes Ever On 6/9/03 3:14:32 PM >>> >""n rf"" wrote in message >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> The Road Goes Ever On wrote: >> > >snip for brevety > >> > >> > One person's opinion. Have you any statistics to back that up? >> > have passing >> > rates gone up or down? over what time period? with what >> > technologies being >> > tested? >> >> Again, I have the simple thought question - being perfectly honest, would >> you want to trade your number for a lower one or not? The prosecution >rests. >> > >Call me a pollyanna if you will, but I consider such a thing as a kind of >misrepresentation, and as such, I would not choose to be a party to it. >Which is easy enough for me to say because this is a straw argument, one >that cannot be honestly answered, because the fact is, no one is ever going >to make that offer to you, me, or anyone else.
I think nrf is using this as a hypothetical examle to reinforce his point. He's not implying that it would be reasonable or likely. I feel that it does a good job of illustrating the point. Many people--not all, and maybe not even a majority--give more weight in their own minds to CCIEs with lower numbers. I will admit to doing this myself sometimes, and right or wrong it demonstrates a bias that many share. This bias appears to be more and more prevalent among HR people and nrf is simply pointing this out while attempting to show that many of us, if we're honest, have the same bias. John Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70426&t=70151 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
