The Cisco Career Certifications Agreement (Mark usage guidelines) states
(among a lot of other things)...
"You may only use the mark for the highest level of certification you have
received".
BUT, before you all decide that this means you should put CCIE only, the
"career certifications" they are talking about are CCNA, CCDA, CCNP and
CCDP. Not CCIE.
Don't forget that the CCIE has been around a lot longer than the CCNP/DP
etc. The CCNP/DP are not prerequisites for the CCIE, and although there is
an awful lot of overlap in the material, the CCIE isn't really just an
extra step up (particularly from the CCDP).
My opinion would be that you should NOT put "CCNA, CCNP" or "CCDA, CCDP" -
that happens to be against the marks agreement, and anyway it's redundant
(except perhaps for HR scanning purposes).
But "CCIE, CCNP, CCDP"? Sure. They are different certs, and one doesn't
imply the other.
JMcL
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"Kevin Wigle" @groupstudy.com on 04/07/2001
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With the death (or extended delay) of CCIE Design, I think that the CCDP is
sufficiently different that it can/should be used alongside of CCIE.
CCNP on the otherhand flows directly into CCIE R&S.
I've had this discussion before in the NOS world, MCSE/MCP - CBE/CBS -
CNE/CNA.
and the greatest reason for using both is that HR often don't know how
certs
are achieved or their order. Therefore, to allow HR people to catch the
keyword they're looking for, both junior/senior certs are often listed.
Now, on a business card - I only use the senior initials, but on a resume -
that's HR stuff again.
On an email list where supposedly everybody is clued into the cert tracks
(imagine a name like groupstudy) then I think I would also only use the
senior initials.
But personal taste takes it in the end. Some people could presume that
their posts on this list as a legitimate form of "advertising" their
abilities - again a HR thing.................
Kevin Wigle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis H"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Cisco Certifications still worth anything? [7:10599]
> I guess it's just a matter of taste... Since CCIE is supposed the end
all
> know all cert in Cisco world... it's seems superfluous to add any lower
> level certs such as CCNP/DP and it might be construed to indicate an
> infactuation with certs and letters after ones name... why not add CCNA
to
> the end as well, or is that one not good enough... Compare it to when
> someone achieves a PhD... are they going to put BS after their name as
> well... of course not... it's implied! Such is the case with CCIE...
I'd
> just like to see the CCIE recognition kept at the highest level and I
think
> putting CCNP after your CCIE designation is kind of silly... This is the
> first time I saw that. All the CCIE's I know wouldn't dream of doing
that!
>
> BTW, I believe you're mistaken about the recertification... According to
> Cisco's website you need to recertify every 3 years unless you achieve a
> higher level certification during that time...
>
> Sorry if it seems like I'm bashing you... that's not what I'm trying to
> do... Cheers and good luck!
>
> Dennis
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