Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-08-02 Thread Michael Damkot

I read Alt.certification but which posting are you referring to?


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Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

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Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Ednilson Rosa

I don't think they will (or should) drop any of the days. Although
troubleshooting is the most common activity to a CCIE, I think is also
important to know how to "build" a network from scratch. I think that what
they're going to do is a mix of both days, just removing certification
objectives already covered by CCNA and CCNP (as soon as they start requiring
these certifications for a CCIE candidate).

ER
CCNA

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Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]


I think if they do drop the first day portion, it would probably be a much
better test in regards to a real world scenario.

Working as a 24/7 on call network engineer for a consulting firm, I rarely
get a chance to actually physically see a network before I get the call
"It's broken, please come and fix it now...oh, and by the way we're sorry
but we don't have any current documentation of our network."  At least in
the test if they give you what it's supposed to be in documentation you're
one step ahead of the game.

Unless you're a on staff network engineer working 9-5 at one location, who
knows the network by heart (and a quick phone call away from the TAC to back
you up), a blind one day pure troubleshooting exam would be the ultimate
test to qualify a true CCIExpert.

In fact the one day test would still most likely be EASIER than a real world
scenario, since in the test there aren't so many other variables to
consider, including hardware failure, multi-vendor installations and yes the
all popular end-user "modifications" :-) .

In the real world it's you against the network and the only person you can
depend on is yourself.  I have only three years in this field and my goal to
attain the CCIE is hopefully in my near future, but I want to earn the
certificate to represent not just my study and test taking skills but the
EXPERIENCE of many years hands on work.  A CCIE cert should NOT be
attainable by a canidate first, then used to go looking for a job...

Just my take... :-)

Owen Edwards
MCSE+I / CCDP / CCNP


- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Skinner"
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]


> you know,
>
> what makes me smile is that everyone seems to thinking this is a good
> idea...NO
>
> let me see..on the current lab you have one day to build it and one
day
> to fix it.which day do we believe they will drop
>
> the first is the most obvious...which means
>
>
> you walk in on day one to a blind network and have to fix it to get a
> pass...
>
> you get A sheet of paper telling you what this network is SUPPOSED to be..
>
> Anyone had to do that before??... i have and i know to go from NEVER
> seeing a network to running at full speed to fix it and in one day is
> not easy.it`s harder..much harder.......
>
> scared i can smell it
>
>
> steve
>
> >From: "Howard C. Berkowitz"
> >Reply-To: "Howard C. Berkowitz"
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
> >Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:03:39 -0400
> >
> > >it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab.
Speculation
> >is
> > >that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us are
> > >guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
> > >preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your
CCIExpertise,
> >you
> > >will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding
voice
> >and
> > >VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
> > >speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will
be
> > >making a major announcement on the web site next week.
> > >
> > >Chuck
> >
> >
> >Far be it from me to suggest they would do something so sensible, but
> >wouldn't it help if they added simulation of the "basic stuff" on the
> >written (or maybe call it the pretest?)
> >
> > >
> > >-Original Message-
> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:42 PM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
> > >
> > >Hi All...
> > >
> > >There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that
> >anyone
> > >interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
> > >"Changes to CCIE Exa

Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Ednilson Rosa

Currently it's not required for a CCIE candidate to have CCNA or CCNP.
Anyone can try CCIE with no other previous certification, although getting
CCNA and CCNP it's usually a natural path to CCIE . Is this going to
change??

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From: "Chuck Larrieu" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 12:27 PM
Subject: RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]


Following is a major excerpt from the e-mail sent from Cisco. As you can
see, the tack taken is that those on the CCNA/CCNP track should already have
skills that are currently covered in the CCIE lab.

It's no secret, and everyone who has been through the Lab will agree, that
there are certain tasks that fall into the BS / CS category. I am hopeful
that if this category is eliminated, then what is left will require a
demonstration of expertise, and that the Lab will remain every bit as
difficult and meaningful as it is today.

Chuck

Begin excerpt from Cisco e-mail
> The CCIE Program team has been working hard to redesign, and greatly
improve
> our nine year old, performance based, certification format.  We have
several
> objectives in mind including improved: efficiency, relevance,
effectiveness
> and challenge.  We also want to properly position the CCIE level
> certification content with that of the CCNA and CCNP certification tracks
> which came into being well after the CCIE expert level program was
> established.  From the standpoint of our exam architecture, we needed to
> migrate toward a model that will scale to demand and position us to take
> advantage of innovative delivery options that better utilize technology
and
> reduce the need for travel.  Primary among all these objectives is our
> determination to maintain the legendary quality that is implicit in the
CCIE
> name and reputation.
>
> We began the process by identifying those aspects of our current CCIE lab
> exam that are effectively covered in Cisco's CCNA and CCNP certification
> programs.  We also identified those skills that are tested several times
> within the current exam.  Content was evaluated based upon the objective
of
> ensuring that we were sufficiently covering all relevant topics.  Where
> appropriate, we shifted some of the lab's more fundamental, but still
> necessary, questions into a new and expanded qualification exam.  The
> objective here is to do a better job of screening out candidates who would
> have passed the current written qualification test with no realistic hope
of
> passing the lab exam.
>
> After strengthening the written qualification exam, eliminating
duplication
> and lower level tasks, we discovered that adding an additional hour of lab
> time would allow us to deliver a higher quality CCIE lab exam in one
> expanded day.  The overall testing process is reduced by far less than a
day
> yet there is no longer a need for customers to invest in a second travel
> day.
>
> There is no single consideration more important then the quality and
> efficiency of this new exam so we have engaged several highly respected
> industry notables in our beta testing process.  It's too early for me to
> announce the outcome of that process but I will say that the initial signs
> look very good.  We hope for and expect to get their constructive
criticism
> and plan to implement changes where necessary.  If all goes well we will
be
> in a position to move forward with this improved format in August.
>
> In review, our new testing format is a vast departure from our traditional
> approach in that it takes into account the existence of Cisco's CCNP and
> CCNA certification programs.  There is no longer a need for the CCIE exam
to
> certify a customer's proficiency in the area of intermediate networking
> skills.  Our charter is to certify at the expert level and we now assume
> that, if the customer has passed our enhanced written qualification exam,
> their fundamental skills exist.  By designing this recognition into our
lab
> exam, we can eliminate time consuming questions that test and give points
> for demonstrating lower level skills.  If the customer does not have those
> skills, they will simply fail the lab due to their inability to deal with
> the pace and complexity of the enhanced CCIE lab exam.  Solid trouble
> shooting skills are also a required part of the customer's ability to
master
> the enhanced lab exam so there is no longer the need to devote an entire
> section to trouble shooting.  An individual who knows what they are doing
> will find our enhanced lab exam quite challenging.  Someone who has yet to
> fully develop their skills will find it impossible.  The net result of
this
> format is greater efficiency in testing coupled with greater respect for
our
> customer'

Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Owned

I think if they do drop the first day portion, it would probably be a much
better test in regards to a real world scenario.

Working as a 24/7 on call network engineer for a consulting firm, I rarely
get a chance to actually physically see a network before I get the call
"It's broken, please come and fix it now...oh, and by the way we're sorry
but we don't have any current documentation of our network."  At least in
the test if they give you what it's supposed to be in documentation you're
one step ahead of the game.

Unless you're a on staff network engineer working 9-5 at one location, who
knows the network by heart (and a quick phone call away from the TAC to back
you up), a blind one day pure troubleshooting exam would be the ultimate
test to qualify a true CCIExpert.

In fact the one day test would still most likely be EASIER than a real world
scenario, since in the test there aren't so many other variables to
consider, including hardware failure, multi-vendor installations and yes the
all popular end-user "modifications" :-) .

In the real world it's you against the network and the only person you can
depend on is yourself.  I have only three years in this field and my goal to
attain the CCIE is hopefully in my near future, but I want to earn the
certificate to represent not just my study and test taking skills but the
EXPERIENCE of many years hands on work.  A CCIE cert should NOT be
attainable by a canidate first, then used to go looking for a job...

Just my take... :-)

Owen Edwards
MCSE+I / CCDP / CCNP


- Original Message -
From: "Stephen Skinner" 
To: 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:01 AM
Subject: RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]


> you know,
>
> what makes me smile is that everyone seems to thinking this is a good
> idea...NO
>
> let me see..on the current lab you have one day to build it and one
day
> to fix it.which day do we believe they will drop
>
> the first is the most obvious...which means
>
>
> you walk in on day one to a blind network and have to fix it to get a
> pass...
>
> you get A sheet of paper telling you what this network is SUPPOSED to be..
>
> Anyone had to do that before??... i have and i know to go from NEVER
> seeing a network to running at full speed to fix it and in one day is
> not easy.it`s harder..much harder...
>
> scared i can smell it
>
>
> steve
>
> >From: "Howard C. Berkowitz"
> >Reply-To: "Howard C. Berkowitz"
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
> >Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:03:39 -0400
> >
> > >it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab.
Speculation
> >is
> > >that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us are
> > >guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
> > >preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your
CCIExpertise,
> >you
> > >will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding
voice
> >and
> > >VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
> > >speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will
be
> > >making a major announcement on the web site next week.
> > >
> > >Chuck
> >
> >
> >Far be it from me to suggest they would do something so sensible, but
> >wouldn't it help if they added simulation of the "basic stuff" on the
> >written (or maybe call it the pretest?)
> >
> > >
> > >-Original Message-
> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:42 PM
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
> > >
> > >Hi All...
> > >
> > >There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that
> >anyone
> > >interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
> > >"Changes to CCIE Exams Upcoming". I would just cut and paste it here,
but
> > >frankly it appears to be a email for the director of the CCIE program
> >that
> > >was not intended for the public.
> > >
> > >HTH
> > >--
> > >John Hardman CCNP MCSE
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Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Brian

Try www.deja.com perhaps..

Bri

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Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Raul F. Fernandez-IGLOU
 format will position us to
handle the kind of exponential growth the CCIE program is seeing without
having to make another significant program change for years to come.  Proof
is always in the pudding so I welcome the opportunity to have our enhanced
CCIE lab exam evaluated objectively and on it's merits.



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Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Raul F. Fernandez-IGLOU
 format will position us to
handle the kind of exponential growth the CCIE program is seeing without
having to make another significant program change for years to come.  Proof
is always in the pudding so I welcome the opportunity to have our enhanced
CCIE lab exam evaluated objectively and on it's merits.



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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Stephen Skinner

you know,

what makes me smile is that everyone seems to thinking this is a good 
idea...NO

let me see..on the current lab you have one day to build it and one day 
to fix it.which day do we believe they will drop

the first is the most obvious...which means


you walk in on day one to a blind network and have to fix it to get a 
pass...

you get A sheet of paper telling you what this network is SUPPOSED to be..

Anyone had to do that before??... i have and i know to go from NEVER 
seeing a network to running at full speed to fix it and in one day is 
not easy.it`s harder..much harder...

scared i can smell it


steve

>From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" 
>Reply-To: "Howard C. Berkowitz" 
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
>Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 10:03:39 -0400
>
> >it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab. Speculation 
>is
> >that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us are
> >guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
> >preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your CCIExpertise, 
>you
> >will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding voice 
>and
> >VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
> >speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will be
> >making a major announcement on the web site next week.
> >
> >Chuck
>
>
>Far be it from me to suggest they would do something so sensible, but
>wouldn't it help if they added simulation of the "basic stuff" on the
>written (or maybe call it the pretest?)
>
> >
> >-Original Message-
> >From:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent:Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:42 PM
> >To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
> >
> >Hi All...
> >
> >There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that 
>anyone
> >interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
> >"Changes to CCIE Exams Upcoming". I would just cut and paste it here, but
> >frankly it appears to be a email for the director of the CCIE program 
>that
> >was not intended for the public.
> >
> >HTH
> >--
> >John Hardman CCNP MCSE
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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Chuck Larrieu
istence and, from that perspective alone, it's the
> best of the breed.  Importantly however, this new format also positions us
> to do some innovative things going forward that would not be possible
> without these changes.  The revised and improved format will position us
to
> handle the kind of exponential growth the CCIE program is seeing without
> having to make another significant program change for years to come.


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Subject:RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

>it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab. Speculation
is
>that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us are
>guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
>preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your CCIExpertise,
you
>will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding voice
and
>VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
>speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will be
>making a major announcement on the web site next week.
>
>Chuck


Far be it from me to suggest they would do something so sensible, but
wouldn't it help if they added simulation of the "basic stuff" on the
written (or maybe call it the pretest?)

>
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>Sent:  Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:42 PM
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
>
>Hi All...
>
>There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that
anyone
>interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
>"Changes to CCIE Exams Upcoming". I would just cut and paste it here, but
>frankly it appears to be a email for the director of the CCIE program that
>was not intended for the public.
>
>HTH
>--
>John Hardman CCNP MCSE




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Re: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Neil Schneider

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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread John Neiberger

Ooh, I like that idea.  From the sounds of it they want to make the
written more difficult that it is right now.  Adding reasonably complex
simulated scenarios would definitely help to achieve that goal.

After reading the post that started this all on
alt.certification.cisco, my primary worry is that they're going to water
down the test.  The market is already flooded with CCNAs and has quite a
large number of CCNPs, as well.  Let's hope they don't make the lab so
easy that the market gets flooded with CCIEs.  That would only cheapen
the value of the cert and I would *really* hate to see that happen.

Right now, as far as certifications go, CCIE is the Stanley Cup.  Too
bad I'm not Joe Sakic, Ray Bourque, or Patrick Roy.  :-)  Anyway.
back to my point.  Getting the CCIE is really, really hard work.  It
takes dedication, committment, focus, and tenacity.  If you get it you
know you've accomplished something very substantial.  If the test is
watered down specifically to introduce more CCIEs to the market, then
the cert wouldn't retain its luster.

I really think if Cisco wanted to alleviate the backlog issue they
could just add more testing siteslike maybe one in Denver! 
Seriously, I'm not sure I really see the need to change the exam format
except for Cisco to be able to cram twice as many people into the
existing exam sites and double their revenue.  Smart business decision
but it makes them look bad, I think.  

But, who knows what they're going to do just yet.  I'll have to wait
along with everyone else to see how this pans out.  Perhaps it might be
time to think about pursuing that Juniper cert.  :-)

Regards,
John the Early Morning Rambler

>>> "Howard C. Berkowitz"  6/21/01 8:03:39 AM >>>
>it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab.
Speculation is
>that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us
are
>guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
>preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your
CCIExpertise, you
>will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding
voice and
>VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
>speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will
be
>making a major announcement on the web site next week.
>
>Chuck


Far be it from me to suggest they would do something so sensible, but 
wouldn't it help if they added simulation of the "basic stuff" on the 
written (or maybe call it the pretest?)

>
>-Original Message-
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>Sent:  Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:42 PM
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Subject:   A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read
[7:9286]
>
>Hi All...
>
>There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that
anyone
>interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
>"Changes to CCIE Exams Upcoming". I would just cut and paste it here,
but
>frankly it appears to be a email for the director of the CCIE program
that
>was not intended for the public.
>
>HTH
>--
>John Hardman CCNP MCSE




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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Howard C. Berkowitz

>it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab. Speculation is
>that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us are
>guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
>preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your CCIExpertise, you
>will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding voice and
>VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
>speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will be
>making a major announcement on the web site next week.
>
>Chuck


Far be it from me to suggest they would do something so sensible, but 
wouldn't it help if they added simulation of the "basic stuff" on the 
written (or maybe call it the pretest?)

>
>-Original Message-
>From:  [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent:  Wednesday, June 20, 2001 6:42 PM
>To:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject:   A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]
>
>Hi All...
>
>There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that anyone
>interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
>"Changes to CCIE Exams Upcoming". I would just cut and paste it here, but
>frankly it appears to be a email for the director of the CCIE program that
>was not intended for the public.
>
>HTH
>--
>John Hardman CCNP MCSE




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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-21 Thread Vyacheslav Luschinsky

Our provider does not have this news group. Do you know any free web access
to news or to this news group?


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RE: A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

2001-06-20 Thread Chuck Larrieu

it's all over the CCIE list. Cisco is going to a one day lab. Speculation is
that they are eliminating all the B.S.  and C.S. stuff. Some of us are
guessing that a candidate will walk into a router/switch pod that is
preconfigured with the basic stuff, and that to prove your CCIExpertise, you
will have to accomplish advanced tasks like redistribution, adding voice and
VPN's, maybe adding BGP, and fixing a couple of complex bugs. Pure
speculation at this point. I believe I read somewhere that Cisco will be
making a major announcement on the web site next week.

Chuck

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Subject:A post in alt.certification.cisco all should read [7:9286]

Hi All...

There is a post on the Usenet news group alt.certification.cisco that anyone
interested in the CCIE certification should  read. The post is titled
"Changes to CCIE Exams Upcoming". I would just cut and paste it here, but
frankly it appears to be a email for the director of the CCIE program that
was not intended for the public.

HTH
--
John Hardman CCNP MCSE




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