As someone who once had a CCIE (5465), and who has encountered many certified individuals from various certifying organizations, in my experience, certification proves that the person has the certificate and little else. It does not prove they are incompetent. It certainly does not prove they are competent. I will say I have encountered more MCSEs that were incompetent than almost any other certification. I will also say that I have yet to meet an MCSE+I that knows anything about networking (unless I met the person and didn't know they were an MCSE+I). Owen --On Monday, November 10, 2003 16:58 -0500 "Wayne Gustavus (nanog)" <nanog@wgustavus.com> wrote:
Nothing like throwing the baby out with the bath water...
One bad apple spoils the bunch..
I could go on...
==================== Wayne Gustavus
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Wesley Vaux Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 3:24 PM To: Matt Levine Cc: Nanog List (E-mail) Subject: RE: [Re: This may be stupid but.. ]
I once was in a class sitting beside a CCIE that asked me what the command syntax was. I have no faith in the certified.
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