Who is CCIE#1???????

I googled this but it just came up with a bunch of links to some forums.....I dunno!

Can anyone tell me who the first ever CCIE is? I'd be interested in reading some biorgaphy on them!

Malc

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dtlokee

I think they started at 1000 but I may be wrong. The lowest one I know personally has number 19## and he got in 1995 I think.

edit: a google search returned this "The first CCIE number issued was 1025"

malcybood

dtlokee wrote:

I think they started at 1000 but I may be wrong. The lowest one I know personally has number 19## and he got in 1995 I think.

edit: a google search returned this "The first CCIE number issued was 1025"

From doing more digging you're more or less right, lots of hits come up for CCIE#1024 indicating this was the first CCIE.

From what I've read 1024 was assigned to the lab itself and the first human CCIE was CCIE#1025, Stuart Biggs who created the CCIE program. Apparently 1025 was Stuart's Cisco employee number!

The second CCIE was a chap call Terry Slattery CCIE#1026 - interesting stuff!

srg

Here's an entry from Terry Slattery's blog describing it; http://connection.netcordia.com/blogs/terrys_blog/archive/2007/08/16/ccie-test-and-numbering.aspx

Turgon

1024 was the first number and it was awarded to the lab itself. They chose 1024 because that is a a kilohertz because the lab 'hurts' and 'will really kill ya' according to Doyle Volume I first edition.

darkfibre

Turgon wrote:

because the lab 'hurts' and 'will really kill ya'

Amen to that.

darkuser

but you can pass if you get 80 points ....

Goldmember

Since 5 of the 10 CCIE's were in the same building you could imagine them exchanging ideas about the exam....

...but they wouldn't violate NDA would they? haha

The CCIE is still in my future plans, but its still doesn't have the prestige it did 7 years ago.

kj0

Really sorry for resurrecting an ancient thread, but I searched the question in regards to thread and it was the first google result. I had a search through the forums and couldn't find anything newer, and upon searching "Stuart biggs" I came across this little post from last year, which explains how CCIE came about, and the preparation the 20th year (2013)

This story is how the Cisco CCIE program was born - Stuart Biggs

ChooseLife

kj0 wrote: »

This story is how the Cisco CCIE program was born - Stuart Biggs

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing! Love the Cisco Top Gun jacket