How has the development of Ciscos CCIE program changed the landscape of internetworking?
The CCIE certification has been quite a ride for the industry. It had both good and bad effects, On the good side, there are now quite a few people out there now with a high level of expertise. It brought focus onto the networking world in general, and gave businesses a way to recognize people who excel. On the bad side, in order to achieve a CCIE one has to learn a whole lot of things which are probably irrelevant to their actual jobs. There are many boot camp types of training courses which get good memorizers certifications. Although the CCIE program is designed to certify people with excellent analytical skills, it seems that this is not necessarily a given anymore. Also, The CCIE program left out people who are very good at networking but who’s companies aren’t willing to pay for this certification process. There are many ways to build a great network; almost any CCIE could do so. There are many great ways to build a network that no CCIE will ever grasp because they are trained to