How does my future look interms of a CCIE if I know these...

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ISDN (BRI)
ISDN (PRI)
Legacy DDR
Slot based devices
with ability to change modules
RIP
RIP v2
IGRP
EIGRP
EIGRP Summarization
VLSM
OSPF (Single area)
OSPF (Multi area)
OSPF Route Summarization
OSPF Stub and
Totally Stubby Areas
IS-IS
Policy Routing
Route Redistribution
BGP
AAA
DHCP
PPP
PAP
CHAP
ISDN BRI
Dialer Profiles
Low Latency Queuing
IPSEC
Site to Site VPN
using Preshared Keys
Custom Queuing
and Compression
VLANs
VTP
Trunking
Spanning Tree
Spanning Tree (STP) Configuration
PortFast
UplinkFast
Per-Vlan Spanning Tree (PVST)
Enable Routing on Distribution Switches
Configuring QOS
Vlan Access Control Lists
Network Baseline Discovery
Troubleshooting Gathering Symptoms
Troubleshooting Physical
and Data-link Layer problems
Troubleshooting Network Layer problems
Troubleshooting Physical, Data Link and Network Layer
Troubleshooting problems at the Transport and Application
Troubleshooting problems at all Logical Layers

Ahriakin

There's 'know' and there's eat, sleep and breathe...the latter is CCIEville (imho).

Kaminsky

But without that certificate, there's the proving it! There is also the problem of the recruitment agency's computer picking the CV/Resume you sent in out from the croud by nmuonic searches in order for you to come up on their screen as a potential candidate for them to put forward. These days, getting you out there is not that easy and you can't expect someone to think "oh this guy knows it all" and see you into the next job.

From the sounds of your post your hacked off. My suggestion. Bide your time and certify. You will whistle through it fast and then you rub their noses in it!

Good luck buddy!

antonio banderas

Even with the CCIE Certification you have to prove it. If your looking for a certification that guarantees you will succeed in the workplac you will not find one. You do want to ace the interview and then get let go within 90 days because you don't know the ins and outs of the routing and switching in a network environment. Troubleshooting comes with experience that will never be replaced with any of today's degrees or certification. There is always a Mesh Network that works differently from other places and you have to be ready to adapt to the workplace situation that you applied for...