FWIW, I was trolling my employer Ernst & Young about a decade ago about
certifications so I took the CCNA one day after cramming a book. Prior
to the exam, I had never laid eyes on a cisco device, much less
interacted with one.
Passed the test.
Anyone need a network engineer? :)
On 11/29/12 12:36 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:
Yes, I actually built real networks. :-)
- ferg
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Blanchard, Michael (InfoSec)
<[email protected]> wrote:
Don't Cisco certs require you to perform a function on real equipment? Or did
they remove that piece :-(
The tester would "break" a network in such a complex manner that the testee
would have to dig deep into their practical knowledge to make it work again... within the
allotted time period...
I always liked that as a valid "test" of knowledge actually...
Michael P. Blanchard
Senior Security Engineer, CISSP, GCIH, CCSA-NGX, MCSE
Office of Information Security & Risk Management
EMC ² Corporation
32 Coslin Drive
Southboro, MA 01772
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:21 PM
To: Rich Kulawiec
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Subject: Re: [funsec] "Skills gap"?
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:31 AM, Rich Kulawiec <[email protected]> wrote:
Certifications are, in practice, crap.
Amen.
Short story: As an early Cisco engineer, I (and may other very
talented people) helped develop the original CCIE program. I wince now
when I hear people reference Cisco "certifications" because now, they
are absolutely meaningless.
Curmudgeonly yours,
- ferg
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