I guess someone ran across Larry Seltzer's article in Fortune Small
Business...
Doesn't this get us back to the discussion where I stated that experience
isn't necessary the be-all and end-all of answering the question, "Who's the
best?" My point (and I'll say it again) is that experience doesn't always
matter. Brilliance and the > willingness to do a good job can compensate
quite well for experience.
If there's a firm out there that's looking for a specific block of CCIE's
and isn't willing to interview a person because their CCIE number is from
the wrong block, then that's a firm you don't want to work for. They're not
selecting the best candidate for the job--but rather the person that looks
best to a client. I can show you one CCIE right now that is in the 2000
range that I don't think has got half the skills of Tony Medeiros - CCIE
#6172. And that is that organizations loss... No skin off my nose... It
just helps me filter out who NOT to work for.
-- Leigh Anne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Eric Rogers
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 1:02 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: OT: Is this going to be a trend for the CCIE cert??? [7:19296]
>
>
> I was just cruising on the dice jobs board when something caught my
> attention.
>
> dice.com/DandL/k/ktii.213.html (paste into your browser)
>
>
> This is the first time that I've personally seen a recruiter
> target a number
> range for a CCIE job!!!
>
> My question aloud is this -
>
> With the impending CCIE #10,XXX coming by next year are we going to find
> that there is going to be the perception that the higher your number the
> less value to the customer/employer/client.
>
> Of course, the headhunter/manager will never even comprehend that the CCIE
> made today has a much broader range to cover as say the CCIE of 3
> to 5 years
> ago. NO, I NOT BASHING ANYONE JUST STATING A FACT.. :-)
>
> DAMN! I knew I should not have procrastinated for the past year before
> stepping up to the lab. I can just hear it now.
>
> Me: "Yes, I'm CCIE #xyz"
>
> Headhunter: "Thank you, but we're looking for a CCIE from block #abc"
>
> I hope this does not become the quid pro quo among
> managers/headhuters/recruiter or this could be a bad sign for the CCIE in
> the long run.
>
>
> Just MY percecption I guess!
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