Well by taking a meaningful sample of a certification's population you should cover the variation in experience. Personally I would expect lower level certifications to have a wider distribution wrt experience and that should translate into the same in salary.
With small populations(numbers of CCIEs) it becomes very difficult to produce a meaningful average by sampling the population. This is especially true when the years of experience has lead to different areas of focus. Those areas of focus make large differences in salary and This doesn't even cover difference between: -Perm. W2'ed employees of a Consulting Firm vs. Corporate -Cost of Living in various parts of the Country/World -COL in mico regions Bottom line is traking averages for these smaller populations will be greatly affected by the types of folks responding and not reflect the highly variable market in a meaningful way. Put 10% of the time you all seem to into studying for certs and put it into looking at the employement marketplace...the return will be just as big as the cert. my $0.0002 micropayment, Darrell John Neiberger wrote: > > That may be true but I'd also be interested in a more accurate > survey. The problem with these surveys is that they don't take enough > variables into account. A certification alone is not enough to make a > judgement. We should take into account education, years in the field, > etc. > > For example, there are probably CCNAs making double what I'm making > because they've got over twice the time in the field, one or more > degrees, etc. There are also probably a few CCIEs making less than I, > but I'm not so sure about that. ;-) They'd have to be unemployed > entirely and that doesn't count! heh heh.... > > So, I think a good survey would ask you which certs you have, how long > you've been in the field, your educational background, and then your > salary. I think the end result would produce data that would be far > more useful for comparison. > > John > > >>> "Gaz" 12/28/01 2:15:33 PM >>> > To be honest, if I were to take part in the survey, I would inflate > the > salary and expect most others to do the same. > This wouldn't be done out of pride or to impress, but what are you > going to > get out of giving your real salary out. > May as well try to push the going rate up, I would have thought. > Otherwise, knowing my employer, he'll try and pay well below the > average > anyway, pay will spiral downwards and before long, you'd be better off > working in the cafe next door. > > Gaz > > ""Paul Jin"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > I think it is part B.S. and part people that were lucky that > > are making the avg or above avg. > > > > For many of the people making more then the average, I believe it > was > > a combination of > > 1 - salesmanship > > 2 - outright LIE > > 3 - interviewer not making sure they can do what they say > > they can. > > I said many not all.. some trully deserve it and more... Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=30396&t=30237 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
