CCIEs in T&T

[pugboy]

anybody know how many authentic local CCIEs there are in T&T ?

[larafan]

wais dah?....

[aR&D]

i like how you worded your question and used the "authentic".

Currently i know of one person who will be, come January going for the Lab exam abroad.

I also know of two other people who are setting up their equipment rack to start studying and practicing for the Lab exam - maybe in about 18months time.

And i also know personally, one rather handsome fellow (and his wife agrees on this too :lol) who has just finished CCNP and has given himself a one year sabbatical from studies before he starts to set up his equipment rack for the lab exam - 3 years tops

[Dragist]

When you are ready to get your Equipment check here .

http://www.ciscokits.com/

[pugboy]

yes authentic wording is required,
many local IT companies have had people registered etc
and they call themselves "candidates" which means nothing.......

so the answer is zero ?

[Sabot]

Actually I know of one personally.
He is listed on the Cisco site as well.

[.:PROZAC:..]

knew of one...but he left.
The golden age of the vlaue has ended a few years now. We just hired a new CCIE as Level 1! he has zero experience spent 1 year in lab and went from CCNA to CCIE routing and switching. He is only now doing his CCNP as it is not a pre requisite.
I"ve got CCNPs that will give him a run for his money.

[A33_VQ35]

I thought there was a handful of them..... hmmm

[SmokeyGTi]

I don't think here are any

once you get that qualification you'll get an offer from even cisco itself or some big fish.

[AllTrac]

And i also know personally, one rather handsome fellow (and his wife agrees on this too :lol) who has just finished CCNP

from your wife and I, congrats!

[.:PROZAC:..]

once you get that qualification you'll get an offer from even cisco itself or some big fish.

Not really. Actually no.

[Snags]

/me starts dancin

[nismodriver]

Everybody and they grandma CCNA

We just hired a new CCIE as Level 1! he has zero experience spent 1 year in lab and went from CCNA to CCIE routing and switching. He is only now doing his CCNP as it is not a pre requisite.
I"ve got CCNPs that will give him a run for his money.

Thats the thing...alot of ppl coming out with Certifications , no experience and cyah handle it...

[Rainman]

finished CCNP a year ago. won't be attempting CCIE anytime soon. lol. like nismo said CCNA is just like A+ now. I once asked a interviewee who was "CCNA" to tell me what inter-vlan routing was. He looked at me like i talking urdu.

[pugboy]

the question was about CCIE, not CCNP/CCNA
there is not much comparison between CCIE and CCNP/CCNA

so it appears there are none locally

[.:PROZAC:..]

Hoss you know there are like 5 streams for the CCIE right?
CCNP is jsut A preofessional level certfication among many. Having an Professional level cert and experience is way better and marketable than a CCIE.

[Sabot]

Hoss you know there are like 5 streams for the CCIE right?
CCNP is jsut A preofessional level certfication among many. Having an Professional level cert and experience is way better and marketable than a CCIE.

Rightly said, CCIE is way overrrated imo..

[pugboy]

yes, but i really didnt ask about a debate, just wanted to know if there were any locally

[Sabot]

yes, but i really didnt ask about a debate, just wanted to know if there were any locally

MANUALMX SAID!!- "Actually I know of one personally.
He is listed on the Cisco site as well."

[Rallyfignis]

Oh yea, well I have an AWOL that went MIA, gotta get to it ASAP before it becomes NFG in which case I'll have to do an NCR, QIR and have an ICAM conducted just to find out what caused the BOP to fail so that I won't lose another BHA.

[neilsingh100]

According to Cisco's website there are no CCIEs that are citizens of Trinidad as of 10/10/2008
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/c ... dwide.html

On another note there are no jobs for CCIEs in Trinidad and even if there were employers here cannot pay internationally competitve salaries to keep CCIE's here.

In Trinidad we have plenty of paper CCNA/CCNP's. There really is not much opportunity outside VARs (IBM, Fujitsu, etc) and service providers (TSTT, Digicel, etc) for persons to get extensive hands on experience in designing, implementing and supporting large IP networks.

The level of skill that is needed in Trinidad should not go pass CCNA since most networks are small to medium size anyway.

Many persons pursue these certifications not because they are really interested in the technology and the value it adds to their organization but think it would lead them to a lucrative career which is not true.

My advise is before pursing any certification get the relevant experience first as this is much more difficult to get than studing braindumps to pass exams.

[AllTrac]

Oh yea, well I have an AWOL that went MIA, gotta get to it ASAP before it becomes NFG in which case I'll have to do an NCR, QIR and have an ICAM conducted just to find out what caused the BOP to fail so that I won't lose another BHA.

rofl u is ah grade A c*nt ehno

[nismodriver]

Having an Professional level cert and experience is way better and marketable than a CCIE.

Trueeeee DAAAT

yes, but i really didnt ask about a debate, just wanted to know if there were any locally

Sorry for the hijack

In Trinidad we have plenty of paper CCNA/CCNP's. There really is not much opportunity outside VARs (IBM, Fujitsu, etc) and service providers (TSTT, Digicel, etc) for persons to get extensive hands on experience in designing, implementing and supporting large IP networks.

FLOW gots the experience yo!!!

[BulletProof]

x10 for experience.. speaking from experience

[nemo]

Yes i know of one local CCIE personally. Don't know how many there are in total though. I am CCNP, CCDP and CCIP (now retired by Cisco) certified myself and hope to join the CCIE community soon.

[Strugglerzinc]

[desifemlove]

Dey mus be some, but not many. doh know any offhand, but again mus be some.#

I does tink though a good degree from either UWI, UTT or a foreign uni would give yuh all grouding needed to manage a small network. Most organisation networks here only gonna have 500-1000 users, so a degree or a CCNA is enough to administer dat and all items. CCNA should cover syllabus for dis, like VLANs, how much bandwidth yuh does need, QoS settings, IP addressing space in versions 4 and 6, etc.