Re: CCNP or go strait for the CCIE

Agreed.
Availability was better then, but there are a lot more prep materials 
now too. Let alone the equipment needed now is available to everyone (I 
needed an LS1010 and ISDN when I did mine)Some of that stuff no longer 
tested
Online racks now make it way easier to get hands on too


Paul Matthews wrote:
> gagznos_joe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> 
>> Honesty, if you have 4 years of network engineering experience it
>> isn't all that difficult to make the jump straight to the CCIE 
> 
> Out of interest, what is your CCIE number?
> 
>> The CCIE isn't as difficult as people make it out to be these days.
>> It is true that the CCIE used to be really difficult ten years ago
>> (the black belt of networking) with a grueling two day lab and
>> proctors hell-bent on failing you,
> 
> I don't think they were "hell bent on failing you", but I think there
was a lot
> of unwritten *****sment as well, and if you were "the right stuff" they
would
> not go out of their way to make it more difficult for you.
> 
> I do think one of the challenges now is the availability of lab seats.
When I
> did mine, availability was measured in weeks, so it was realistically
possible
> to take time out and study, and just carry on after an attempt. With the
> bookings now as full as they are, it is more difficult to maintain the
> momentum.