What do you feel is the most POWERFUL certification?

Young Fred

i have no clue but i would think you would need to take like 7 or 8 exams to get it lol!

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rockstar81

CCIE gets the respect IMO

Cessation

rockstar81 wrote:

CCIE gets the respect IMO

Ya, its kind of hard to beat the CCIE

int80h

Cessation wrote:

rockstar81 wrote:

CCIE gets the respect IMO

Ya, its kind of hard to beat the CCIE

PE trumps CCIE. In the US it is illegal to hold certain government jobs without a PE. PE is also mutch harder to achieve than CCIE.

Olajuwon

int80h wrote:

Cessation wrote:

rockstar81 wrote:

CCIE gets the respect IMO

Ya, its kind of hard to beat the CCIE

PE trumps CCIE. In the US it is illegal to hold certain government jobs without a PE. PE is also mutch harder to achieve than CCIE.

PE is Professional Engineering(civil, mechanical, electrical and chemical). I believe the question is about the hardest IT certification. CCIE wins hands down.

Young Fred

Yeah i was refering to IT certifications, so i think by now most of you agree ccie is the most sought after cert

supertechCETma

int80h wrote:

PE trumps CCIE. In the US it is illegal to hold certain government jobs without a PE. PE is also mutch harder to achieve than CCIE.

that's because a Professional Engineer is a license and is regulated by state statute and enforcable by law.

sprkymrk

Young Fred wrote:

Yeah i was refering to IT certifications, so i think by now most of you agree ccie is the most sought after cert

No, you asked what is the most powerful cert, and to that I agree - it's the CCIE. It's not the most sought after though, that's a different question.

I'm not sure what could be considered a "close second" since nothing is really close to the CCIE in difficulty, but CISSP is becoming very respected now with all the emphasis on security.

Ricka182

CCIE. Hands-down, gets my respect. CISSP is certainly a close second....

frankj1247

If you're a certified PIMP, you ride gold baby!!!

EdTheLad

Most powerful cert i've seen is the one i was given after doing a great job in
a colouring competion for the local fire station,mind you i didnt win, everyone got these certs.Anyway it was alot more powerful than these flimsy cisco certs,its made from some top quality cardboard, i can roll it up like a microphone,pretend i'm elvis, after a rendition of "jail house rock" its still good as new.With my ccna cert after one blast of "Heartbreak Hotel" it was ruined" to make up for my loss i'm back studying for the damn ccnp, but this time i'm thinking something along the lines of "love me tender" i'll leave the more powerful songs to my powerful fire station colouring comp cert.

Munck

CCIE wins hands down!

strauchr

A dramatic way to ask an age old question. The most powerful......... well it depends on what you do (cliche answer!) CCIE would be of no benefit to me because I am an MS boy. I have gotten quite far with an MCSE and this new MCA cert might rival CCIE as the highest cert to achieve, not necessarily in technical might.

Alien

CCIE but CISSP is quickly gaining ground but all in all, experience is the real gold.

GETTING IN THE INDUSTRY

1- Certified professional wanted
2- Work and study hard to get certified
3- Apply for jobs
4- If you get the job skip to 7 otherwise proceed to 5
5- NO JOB WITHOUT EXPERIENCE
6- Go back to 2 or stay in 3
7- Gain experience and keep working on your certs

Just my coffee break 2 cts

Danman32

I'd say CCIE also, though MCA may give it a run for its money.

bcairns

I think it all depends ....what is your definition of most powerful.

I mean a CCIE is very sought after but if you are applying for a programming position then a CCIE will not even get your foot in the door.

Personally I think a better question is....."what is the most powerful cert in each field?"

My votes would be...

Networking = CCIE or MCA
Security = CISSP
Programming = MCPD Enterprise or MCA
Server Admin = MCSE:M:S / RHCE

Granted I could be wrong but the above are my opinions.

And as Alien stated, Experience is the key.

EdTheLad

bcairns wrote:

Personally I think a better question is....."what is the most powerful cert in each field?"

I think a better question would be "what is the most prestigious cert in each field?"

Young Fred

Ok i get it i should have worded the question better. do you guys wanna get off my back now lol