Cisco’s CCIE in IT certification

When I worked in IT in the 1990s, I remember the reverence with which everyone spoke in the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification. At the time, was the only leading IT certification scheme that tested practical skills, in addition to the well-known book, that all other certs tested.
Spread wild stories about the laboratory tests CCIE. I remember how it was setting up a network for a complex scenario that took all day, then Cisco experts came during the night and trash the network. So you’re the next few days and had to settle everything.
If these stories exaggerated or not, it was known that almost no one passed the CCIE Lab exam on the first try. And it was expensive $ 1400 to pass the laboratory test should be given, and travel to a location workshop CCIE, materials preparation and testing before the written examinations.
However, there was a big profit at the end if this elite fraternity of about 12,000 total connected. The word on the street at the time was that once you test your calls from employers and Fortune 500 have passed bombed companies offer tripping over them for a job with a six figure salary. That is the perception. The reality is somewhat more moderate but still very attractive. Many CCIEs were hired directly from Cisco and others have lucrative gigs as valuable advisors.
However, the CCIE is no longer high value in IT certification. A, in fact, extensive 2008 IT Skills and our report wages, TechRepublic produced in partnership with Global Knowledge, CCIE actually fell in the fifth. Requires three certifications, management, and more technology are the three top positions: Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management package (CAPM), and ITIL v2 Foundations. This should not surprise anyone for the hot computer products over the past ten years, as we saw very professional business skills.
The CCIE certification is valuable technical anymore. That distinction belongs to the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) CERT, who finished fourth in our survey. Nevertheless, CCIEs are still down good money with an average salary of $ 93,500.
How about the world’s most famous (sometimes infamous) certification Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE); He entered the 19th century to the list, with an average salary of $ 71,980. Thats not too far from the average $ 67,000 for MCSE MCSE when I came back in 1999th
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