Average starting salary of a CCIE with a masters in EE

abdul 17717

guys what is the average starting salary of a CCIE that holds a Master's in EE (Communications) and wants to work in communications?

DigitalZeroOne

I know that people will always ask what the average salary is for some type of job, but it's really best to just search the job sites and see if they have salaries listed. With all the variables involved it's difficult for anyone to really give a good answer. I would search indeed, dice, monster, etc.

YFZblu

Would a CCIE even be beneficial in communications?

shodown

too many factors to consider. How much experience? Job type and so on.


For a masters you should be looking at a pure engineering role where you can design OSPF, work on the new Juniper router design or something. If you want to work a normal network engineering job your salary will be in line with those and you would be way over educated for the position.


I for one wouldnt' even bother looking at your degree or and it wouldn't even come into decision making process. The CCIE would get you a phone call and a tech screen. How you act around the team determines if you get the job. Your salary would be based on the range of the position and your ants.

sratakhin

Are you already a CCIE? I remember you asked the same question about CCNP...

Essendon

Quite an absurd question, why would a CCIE work in Communications and why would someone in Communications bust their chops to be a CCIE??

Would a radar engineer or a satellite technician get themselves a CCIE: R&S? I guess not, rather I hope not.

powerfool

Uh, I don't think that the premise of the question is right... the "starting salary"? Someone with a CCIE is very unlikely to be "starting out" anywhere.

It all depends on the job market in a location. CCIEs can make north of $100K USD in many instances, but there have been some instances where it has started to slide south of there.

UnixGuy

I don't think someone who actually passed CCIE would ask such question. First, it is not practically possible to finish Masters in EE and then study and pass a CCIE then "start" looking for a job in "communication". You need CCNA, CCNP, experience, and more studying to pass the CCIE (and by then you would have an idea about the networking market).


CCIE is not a qualification to pass like the masters in EE, it is something else.

NetworkVeteran

I thought I'd already replied to this. CCIE & starting out is an oxymoron.

We told you your CCNP with no experience is silly. A CCIE with no experience is even sillier.

phoeneous

Perhaps CP is confusing communications with telecommunications/voice?