CCIE certification

[illusion_rox]

Hi every1 i m pursuing ccie certification, but as u guys know that ccie number is increasing so rapidly that i m sure by end of this year it will exceed 19000 !! do u think is it still worthwile to go after this certification ? i m not gonna stop my preparation but still want ur review on it,

[Edison Ortiz]

Paul,

The 19,000 mark hasn't been broken yet, perhaps in 4 weeks or so.

I also heard the same tale about the lab being CCIE 1024 and CCIE 1025 is recorded here

http://nuone.netfirms.com/cciehalloffame.html

[paul.matthews]

OK, so my numbers are a little out - the point I was making still holds that I suspect the Cisco published figure is reasonable of around 15,000 *active* CCIEs worldwide.

That is still not a big number!

[Edison Ortiz]

Paul,

I fully agree with your point. The numbers aren't high at all. 15,000 worldwide is still a minuscule amount.

Getting a Lab date is as hard as passing the Lab. The numbers are increasing because people are taking the certification seriously.

That's a good thing, IMHO.

[Kevin Dorrell]

I agree - 15,000 is a small number. If I look at it from a local perspective, there are 7 in little Luxembourg. Well, Luxembourg may be small, but:

- a number of big banks are based here,

- companies like Skype are based here,

- SES-Astra (the satellite people) are based here,

- European Institutions such as the Commission, the Parliament, and the Court of Justice are part-based here.

Suddenly 7 CCIEs does not seem to be an enormous number.

Kevin Dorrell

Luxembourg