Well said!
Dennis
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> 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
> 12:05:30 am
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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"
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> Subject: Re: Cisco Certifications still worth anything? [7:10599]
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> > 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
>
> very large snip to shorten up individual posts
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