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My directory (2x CCIE) told me this... Is this true?

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Post ID: @OP+1jtkbns61

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Cisco CCIE’s are either incredibly smart or would not know how to troubleshoot if DNS or direct connectivity to a server is at fault.

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Post ID: @49t+1jtkbns61

OP's statement is an oversimplification, but has some truth to it.

If you're a CCIE but lack verbal & written communication skills, ability to influence, and/or can't peer with people at multiple levels of an org, you're fairly useless except for sticking you in a lab somewhere - which, not so ironically, is where the person would be most comfortable with since it's where they've been for a couple of years studying for the CCIE.

Multi-CCIE's are fascinating...simultaneously both impressive and alarming - like people with multiple university degrees. It's only useful in that very small academic niche.

The people that manage to acquire both technical & non-technical skills rise to the top rapidly.

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Post ID: @tz+1jtkbns61

You forgot plagiarism in both presentation and code.

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Post ID: @bf+1jtkbns61

Get some other industry certification instead of a junk ccie

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Post ID: @b6+1jtkbns61

Once you are targeted as possible LR victim, it does not matter if you have 10 CCIE certs or 0, if not CCIE they will find something else to blame on you to get you LR'ed.

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Post ID: @b2+1jtkbns61

why suddenly CCIE threads? is it due to upcoming LR?

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Post ID: @aw+1jtkbns61

class Employee:
def __init__(self, smart, is_ccie, dei):
self.smart = smart
self.is_ccie = is_ccie
self.dei = dei
self.fire = False

def main():
with open("employees.csv", "r"):
/// stores in variables and creates object list
for emp in employee_list:
if not emp.dei or emp.is_ccie:
emp.fire = True

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Post ID: @av+1jtkbns61

ALERT: Cisco's file naming extention for Powerpoints is changing:

from .ppt
to .wtfp*

*(hat's hat 'ing oint)

Garbage in, garbage out

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Post ID: @aq+1jtkbns61

(PPT + BS) * AI >>>>> than anything else = route to VP / SVP / CPO / CEO!

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Post ID: @ac+1jtkbns61

add PPT + BS with AI secret sauce sprinkled all over

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Post ID: @ab+1jtkbns61

10000% - it starts from the TOP!!!!

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Post ID: @aa+1jtkbns61

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