On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Daniel J McDonald wrote:
The CCIE Lab used to be like an oral exam. Two days, pretty much one-on-one with two proctors. There were four guys in the facility when I took the lab, and I didn't see them at all other than the 30 minute orientation to the lab and for an hour at supper (supervised by the proctors). I understand it has shrunk significantly now.
CCIE salaries have not increased that much in the past 3 years. Of the 14,000+ CCIEs: http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html in 2004 the average salary was $102K: http://tcpmag.com/salarysurveys/article.asp?EditorialsID=257 whereas in 2007 it is now closer to $90K: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Certification=Cisco_Certified_Internetwo... although here they list it here as $116K: http://www.bradreese.com/compensation-database.htm -Hank