[97455] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: 24x7 Support Strategies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Fri Jun 15 00:18:18 2007
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:17:27 +0300 (IDT)
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il>
To: Daniel J McDonald <dan.mcdonald@austinenergy.com>
Cc: michael.dillon@bt.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <1181862305.11209.54.camel@mcdonalddj-dc.austin-energy.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Daniel J McDonald wrote:
> The CCIE Lab used to be like an oral exam. Two days, pretty much
> one-on-one with two proctors. There were four guys in the facility when
> I took the lab, and I didn't see them at all other than the 30 minute
> orientation to the lab and for an hour at supper (supervised by the
> proctors). I understand it has shrunk significantly now.
CCIE salaries have not increased that much in the past 3 years.
Of the 14,000+ CCIEs:
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html
in 2004 the average salary was $102K:
http://tcpmag.com/salarysurveys/article.asp?EditorialsID=257
whereas in 2007 it is now closer to $90K:
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Certification=Cisco_Certified_Internetwork_Expert_(CCIE)/Salary
although here they list it here as $116K:
http://www.bradreese.com/compensation-database.htm
-Hank
