Helping my wife understand the Quest...

A little background info...I had to teach my wife how to use email. That should shed some light on my situation. Anyway, does anyone know of a good article that explains in laymens terms the journey required to obtain a CCIE#? Also, the rewards that come with completion...

I'm having somewhat of a difficult time @ home right now...

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mikej412

MrD wrote:

does anyone know of a good article that explains in laymens terms the journey required to obtain a CCIE#? Also, the rewards that come with completion...

So, You Want To Be a CCIE? Great article about the road to CCIE by Scott Morris. Make sure you read both parts.

As for the rewards, check out The true life adventures of... Max Throughput, CCIE

There are the CCIE Case Studies on the Cisco CCIE website.

D-boy

Did you try looking at CCIE case studies?

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/case_studies/index.html

keenon

show her the salary report for CCIEs

MrD

Great. Thanks guys!

D-boy

This should do it: http://certification.about.com/od/cisco/a/earn_ccie.htm

mikej412

And from the CCIE News and Announcements page....

February 2006; Network World: “CCIE: Talk about a Stress Test”
I think this is the one that mentions "One person has taken it 19 times and still hasn't passed." Also mentions some of the co$t$. Might not be a good one to show the wife....

The links to an old salary survey is also on the News and Announcements page....

keenon

http://www.certmag.com/images/CM1205_Figure1.htm

Humper

Tell her:

1. Money
2. Job Security
3. Professional confidence

bmauro

http://www.certmag.com/images/CM1205_Figure1.htm

I know you should take salary charts with a grain of salt - but there were a few that REALLY made me

Some highlights:

A+ = $52K
N+ = $52K
Server+ = $58K
MCP = $61K (MCSA was at $60K - that make any sense??)

I understand a big thing is that these charts are to be paired with work experience - but geez - I wish I could make $50+ with just a N+

keenon

i had found an average for TN that had IEs about 100-120k which was more than ATL

DW [banned]

Thanks

MrD

What a great gang we have here. Thanks for all the input. I'm sure I can help her understand now.