If you can develop the database technology to efficiently and elegantly
clean up all records that refer to CCIE xxxx as so-and-so, you can have the
xxxx number after so-and-so fails to recertify. That's the rule that I
heard. Just kidding! ;-)
Priscilla
At 04:53 PM 9/10/01, MADMAN wrote:
>That very question came up in a discussion recently and though we
>didn't find the answer, (nor look very hard), I don't think the numbers
>would be recycled. If I lost mine, a real posibility if I don't get my
>a** in and get done with it, and I had to, God forbid, retake the lab,
>I assume I would get my number back.
>
> There appears to be enough people on this list so I'm sure someone
>knows the answer, anyone???
>
> Dave
>
>"Wright, Jeremy" wrote:
> >
> > My question is, what happens if a CCIE loses his number do to not
> > recertifying? For example, if CCIE# 4000 doesn't recertify, is that
number
> > eligible for new CCIE's since it is now open. So if I get my CCIE
tomorrow
> > and 4000 didn't recert, is his number available to me?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Glenn Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 2:59 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Is this going to be a trend for the
>CCIE
> > cert??? [7:19296]
> >
> > While I agree that such an arbitrary distinction has the
> > potential to be
> > abused, this person is likely looking (hoping) for some
> > heightened level of
> > assurance that candidates will have many, many years of
> > experience. I don't
> > know enough CCIEs to comment on the validity of such an
> > assumption regarding
> > the correlation/magnitude of relevant experience with a
> > given CCIE number.
> > However, my guess is that simply by virtue of having
such a
> > low number that
> > quite a few of the "early CCIEs" are now firmly
entrenched
> > in the upper
> > ranks of management (and thus possibly, but not
>necessarily,
> > out of touch
> > with current technology in the field) -- but that
>assumption
> > could be quite
> > flawed.
> >
> > Worst case scenario -- give the recruiter your number in
> > HEX, maybe they
> > will be unable to convert it properly :-)
> > (just kidding of course)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of
> > Eric Rogers
> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:02 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!
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>--
>David Madland
>Sr. Network Engineer
>CCIE# 2016
>Qwest Communications Int. Inc.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>612-664-3367
>
>"Emotion should reflect reason not guide it"
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