I don't want to bash you Louie but I sent you an email a couple of months
ago and asked for some opinions on what books I should purchase for the
CCIE lab( I supplied a list of the ones I thought) and if the study
methods I was employing were adequate in preparation for the lab and
didn't get a response ( I didn't ask for specifics such as IOS verions on
the lab or topics covered in your lab) I know that you are probably busy
as a CCIE, but I just want you and everyone else to know that you are not
as helpful as you advertise yourself to be.
>From: "Louie Belt" >Reply-To: "Louie Belt" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] >Date: Sat, 2 Jun
2001 23:06:15 -0400 > >Yes you are wrong (about my perspective). I have
helped several engineers >study for and pass the CCIE written as well as
the lab. My concern is in >preserving the value of the cert. As for
dog-eat-dog I'll help anyone who is >sincere and wants to learn -
providing they are willing to put in the >effort. However, I will not
"give them the answers" so that they can make >the value of my cert less.
> >Prior to so much study material being available, you had to study and
know >how to handle a wide array of issues, the specifics as to what is
on the lab >were simply unknown and therefore you had to be prepared for
anything - and >know it well. Now that the study materials have become
available, it allows >a candidate to be more focused on lab specific
issues instead of on routing >and swicthing in general. As a result a
candidate can now pass the lab >without having a decent broad knowledge
of routing and switching, they just >need to know how to prepare for the
lab. That in my opinion has devalued >the certification. > >If we have
100,000 CCIEs all of which know there stuff and are a credit to >the
certification then I have no problem with it. It we have 8000 CCIEs and
>1000 of them can't live up to the expectations of the certification,
then it >hurts the value not only of the other 7000, but also of any
future >recipients of the certification. > >I am not bitter or angry
(thanks for jumping to conclusions) that the study >guides weren't
around, some were when I received my cert and I certainly >used them. I
don't want them to go away. I own many of the books written by >other
CCIEs and use them as a reference quite often. I am thankful they are
>available. The materials that exist have the potential to help all of
us. My >issue is simply one of "The CCIE certification should not be
devaulued" - >that is my chief concern and my reason for answering the
survey the way I >did. The only reason I posted my response to the survey
was because I was >asked to do so. I apologize if my opinions differ from
yours and you are >therefore offended. It was not my intention to offend
you. You most >certainly are entitled to your opinion and I don't expect
to change your >mind. > > >Hope this clears things up a bit, otherwise
we'll have to just agree to >disagree. > >Louie > >-----Original
Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Bradley J. Wilson >Sent:
Saturday, June 02, 2001 9:13 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re:
Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] > > >Well, again, Sir Edmund,
just because the newcomers can be better-informed >before their attempts
doesn't mean that the challenge needs to be altered or >is less of a
challenge for the individual. > >Again, I'm not against making certs
tougher to achieve. But it sounds like >there's a touch of bitterness
that these study guides weren't around way >back when...well, that's just
the way life is. Making the CCIE "tougher" >and still calling it the
"CCIE" is like asking runners to run a 400m race, >but then making them
run 500m without telling them. ;-) Besides, the >argument about the study
materials is subjective. Was CCO around when you >took the CCIE? Were
other engineers around who were studying for it? Were >used routers
around for you to purchase, and perhaps set up for others to >telnet
into? I'm sure there were - if you (and/or others) didn't make use >of
them, then that's water under the source-route bridge. > >If you want
someone to be angry at, be angry at the people who took the >CCIE, passed
or not, and then went out and wrote books on how to study for >the CCIE.
But I personally don't think these people are doing a disservice >to the
CCIE, nor are they devaluing it - and with a consistent 80% failure
>rate, they're certainly not making it "less challenging." The study
guides, >etc. make it more of a group effort, and there's nothing wrong
with that - >not against the rules, not against the NDA, and our society
wins because >we're able to learn from (and teach to) one another,
thereby filling the >desperate need we have today for knowledgeable
network engineers. Don't >punish those of us who have not yet earned our
CCIE status for using the >resources which are available to us - or for
having the foresight to create >and share new resources. > >It really
sounds like your argument is that it should be more of a >"dog-eat-dog"
world than a world where we're allowed to cooperate and share >knowledge.
> >Am I wrong? If so, why? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Louie
Belt >To: Bradley J. Wilson >Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 8:56 PM
>Subject: RE: Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] > > >I willing to
have the tougher recerts and the tougher challenge with my 2nd >CCIE
cert. The bar has been lowered due to the deluge of study materials >that
are now present to assist you. I'm for putting the bar back to where >it
was taking into consideration the additional study aids available. >
>Louie > >and also wrote... > >When the CCIE cert first came about there
were not 100+ books avilable to >help you pass it. There were not a
multitude of online labs, lab study >guides, study groups, ... Since all
of those items are now available, I >feel the bar has been lowered. I'm
for putting it back where it was. > >Additionally I'm studying for my
second CCIE cert, I sincerely hope that it >is much tougher than my
first. I want to maintain the value of the cert. > >Louie > >
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Bradley J. Wilson >Sent:
Saturday, June 02, 2001 10:32 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re:
Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] > > >If I weren't up to the
challenge, I wouldn't be on this newsgroup. Are you >up to the challenge
of leaving the bar at the same height that it was when >*you* passed the
test? I personally think the test is difficult enough as >it is. Am I a
wimp because of that? Do we need to dump some dirt on the >top of Everest
now that it's been conquered by someone else ahead of me? > >If Cisco
wants to make the test "tougher," they're well within their rights >to do
so. I just hope they don't call it the "CCIE" - call it something
>different, and reset the numbers to zero (or 1025, whichever). > > > >
>----- Original Message ----- >From: Louie Belt >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 9:33 AM >Subject: RE: Cisco moving to a
one day lab? [7:6735] > > >Any CCIE or CCIE candidate worth his salt
would want the lab to be tougher. >A number of study aids are now
available that were not in the past. This >has somewhat lessened the
difficulty of the process (as witnessed by the >backlog of people taking
the lab after breezing through the written). >Making it tougher is just a
method of counterbalancing all of the increased >study aids and
maintaining the value of the CCIE cert. > >If you truly want to obtain
your CCIE then you should want it to be as >difficult as possible,
otherwise where is the value in the cert? If you are >not up to the
challenge, then don't make the attempt. > >As for who should evaluate the
CCIE program - most (not all)employers >couldn't begin to answer the
questions about what is needed from a CCIE. >The biggest employer of
CCIE's is Cisco (by far) so they should already have >an idea of what is
needed. Cisco has been respectful enough of the CCIE >population to also
ask for their input and most have given it willingly. > >My main
interested is in preserving the value of the CCIE cert. I am >currently
studying for my 2nd CCIE cert and still hope they make it tougher
>(before I complete it). I also hope they make the recertification tests
>tougher as well. > >I'm up to the challenge - are you? > > >Louie >
>-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >Bradley J. Wilson >Sent:
Friday, June 01, 2001 3:11 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re:
Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] > > >Forgive my cynicism, but any
CCIE *would* want the lab to be tougher - they >would know that any CCIEs
that came along after they received their number >increase the supply,
thus lowering the cost of the good. ;-) > >I think Cisco ought to be
asking companies who *hire* CCIEs what skills >*they* would like to see
in those who carry the CCIE certification - not the >number-carrying
CCIEs themselves. > >BJ > >P.S. And while I'm feeling cynical...can we
please move the "NT vs. UNIX" >nonsense to private emails or perhaps a
different mail list? Theeeeenks. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From:
Belt, Louie >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:15
PM >Subject: RE: Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] > > >I filled
out my survey and told them I wanted it to stay a two day lab - >and if
anything - make it tougher. The explosion of materials available to >help
people get though the written and prepare for the lab has taken some of
>the challenge out of the process in my opinion. I would prefer they keep
it >a 2 day lab, make it mean as h*** and keep the prestige in the cert.
I also >told them I did not want them to stop issuing the medal for those
who >succeed. > >Louie > >-----Original Message----- >From: CCIE Wanna BE
>To: Belt, Louie; '[EMAIL PROTECTED] ' >Sent: 6/1/01 8:23 AM >Subject:
RE: Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735] > >So what is everyone's
take? >--- "Belt, Louie" wrote: > > That is simply one possible solution.
They have > > sent a survey out to all of > > the CCIE's to get their
feedback and suggestions. > > > > Louie > > > > -----Original
Message----- > > From: CCIE Wanna BE > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Sent: 6/1/01 5:35 AM > > Subject: Cisco moving to a one day lab? [7:6735]
> > > > A Cisco manager/CCIE told me that Cisco was planing > > on > >
moving from the two day CCIE lab, to a one day > > (because of the back
log). But the 1 day isn't > > going > > to be easier, it's going to be
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