In my previous post I quoted a post from Terry Slattery regarding the first CCIEs. In it he did not recall the name of CCIE# 1025. In the quoted post below he does provide a name. snip The first CCIE, #1025, is/was Stewart Biggs. My understanding is that his certification has lapsed and he's off doing something else. I took the test
from him in August, 1993 and became the second CCIE, #1026. The lab itself had a plaque outside the door labeling it as #1024 (a power of two - kind of an inside joke for networking/compuer jocks). unsnip > -----Original Message----- > From: MADMAN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] > > > CCIE 1040 sits next to me and I asked him if Imran (sp?) was his > proctor and it was. Imran designed the orgianal program and it's our > guess he was the proctor for the 1st CCIE. > > Imran was pretty tough, I remember talking to him at networkers in > Denver when the CCIE recert first came out and about 100 of > us took the > test and only 2 passed. He chuckled stating his intention was to make > it difficult so as to require studying. > > Dave > > Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > > > this topic of fascination for many often leads to a bit of > confusion as > well > > > > > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/ccie_program/ccie_pr > esent.html > > > > shows the number of CCIE's world wide as of 7/31/02 > > > > The first CCIE number issued was 1025. Over the years, > some have retired, > > some have neglected to recertify ( including Jeff Doyle, last time I > > looked ) > > > > So according to Cisco's numbers, on July 31 2002 there were > 8031 active > > CCIE's. > > > > As a sidebar, Terry Slattery, CCIE 1026, tells how he was > tested by CCIE > > 1025 ( sorry, I can't remember the name ) > > The theory was / remains that only CCIE's should test candidates. > > > > No one seems to know who tested #1025, nor the criteria used. > > > > Chuck Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=52159&t=52159 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
