that is not a big deal. One recruiter asking for a sub-3000 CCIE ensures
them someone with at least 5 years of CCIE experience. It may not be a
reflection of their overall experience, but apparently that's not what he's
looking for.
If you had taken and passed your lab exam at this time last year, you would
have been in the 6200 range - still not enough to qualify for this job.
The range for the job is stated in the posting - BGP, OSPF, STP, RIPv1/v2.
Note that the current CCIE lab doesn't test Spanning Tree Protocol.
That one job posting is not enough to get excited about, IMHO. Shoulda,
coulda, woulda got your cert - my first lab attempt was 6 years ago - what
CCIE would that have made me, had I passed it? ... though the CCIE's today
might have a broader range, the elder CCIE's did not have the WEALTH of
study information and guides that we have today, so I'd call that a wash.
The recruiter is trying to narrow the search down to about 2000 candidates,
most of whom are probably either gainfully employed, or retired from active
networking duty.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Rogers"
To:
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:02 PM
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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