Worldwide CCIE count

vinbuck

I'm sure these numbers come from Cisco, but I haven't come across a similar page on Cisco's website. Pretty interesting breakdown if the data is accurate...

Worldwide CCIE Count - BradReese.Com

pitviper

Looks like the Architect cert is taking off I bet all 7 work for Cisco...

Kelkin

Ive read something about the first 2 work for HP.. Heres the link..

http://bradreese.com/blog/5-13-2011.htm

YuckTheFankees

Could there be a point in time where too many CCIE's would be a bad thing?

pitviper

Kelkin wrote: »

Ive read something about the first 2 work for HP.. Heres the link..

First 2 Cisco Certified Architects (CCAr) jump to HP Networking - Brad Reese

huh, that's interesting. Looks like it make them more marketable to the competition!

Roguetadhg

pitviper wrote: »

huh, that's interesting. Looks like it make them more marketable to the competition!

the first two left cisco for hp.

networker050184

YuckTheFankees wrote: »

Could there be a point in time where too many CCIE's would be a bad thing?

Of course. The CCIE is valuable because the demand is larger than the supply. If the supply out grows the demand CCIEs will be a dime a dozen.

YuckTheFankees

networker050184 wrote: »

Of course. The CCIE is valuable because the demand is larger than the supply. If the supply out grows the demand CCIEs will be a dime a dozen.

What do you think the magical number will be?

networker050184

I have no clue. More than it is now obviously.

vinbuck

Well, looking at all the breakdowns... we have almost tripled the number of CCIE's on this side of the pond in 10 years, so it may take quite a while to repeat that.

Americas total CCIEs

2000 - 2,557
2010 - 7,014

PsychoFin

And don't forget that some recruiters complain that all CCIEs aren't created equal. Some are much better than others, for various reasons. Emmanuel Conde (of CCIE Flyer fame) has written about this dilemma a few times on both LinkedIn and on his site.

Cheers,
Fin