Point taken, I got my BS as a computer science major at Rutgers. The major was hard and the midterm and final exams were alot harder than the certifciation exams I've taken. I've spoken with people who recieved their Masters from there and their curriclulum was even more demanding. I can't imagine how difficult the Ph. D courses would be here or an academically superior university( and I'm sure there's plenty better universities). I can guarantee you that they would have to know their s$%t. As low level as my courses were we had to know the TCP/IP very well. Some of our projects were writing client server programs which required us to come up with our own protocols. Ex. a chat server using UDP that would require us to write protocol to handle the sequencing and retranmissions to ensure reliablity over UDP. These assignments really taught more about TCP/IP than the CCNA CCNP books required. IMHO there should be an exam solely on TCP/IP to get your CCNP. Perhaps using Richard Stevens TCP/IP illustrated as the textbook.
My point was that if our friend with the CSS1 is looking to accomplish something that noone else will easily achieve shoot for the Ph. D. I should have been more clear. A Ph D in a bul*&*t major from a bul*&*t college won;t get any respect from me either. But I will give a person with a Ph D. in Computer Science or any engineering from a decent university alot more respect than the average CCNP,CSS1 or whatever. ""Michael Williams"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > sam sneed wrote: > > If you want to go for a challenging Cert that proves your > > intelligence go > > get a Ph. D. At least we all know you have to work hard for > > those. > > Work hard is about the only credit I am willing to give someone with a Ph.D > without further knowing them. I would *never* say that a PhD proves ones > intellegence. When I first started college, I used to think people with > PhDs were always smart people (they must be to have a PhD, right?) Wrong. > Working and living in a college town (a relatively small city with 2 > colleges and a University), I found there are probably less than 25% of > people with PhDs that I would consider smart. The rest just worked hard, > put up with a lot of political and administrative bull@&#t and learned how > to become a 'zombie of academia'. Most PhDs I know (which is a ton, I'd bet > way more than the avereage person knows) can't even balance a checkbook or > make logical decisions in everyday life....... geez..... > > Sorry.... I'm not going after you Sam.... Just had to get that off my > chest =) > > Mike W. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45551&t=45498 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
