CCIE water cooler gossip: Will the number of CCIEs double over the next 4 years?
By Brad Reese on Tue, 08/05/08 - 1:14pm.A Senior CCIE provided the following gossip and CCIE numbers to yours truly:
"Good morning Brad,"
"The following numbers are stunning."
"The total rate of growth for CCIE’s over the last four months equals doubling the current number of CCIE’s in under 4 years."
"It took 12 years to get to 17,660."
"It will take just four years to double to over 35,000."
"Look at the seat rates, 35% pass when sitting for R/S."
"That is huge, considering it use to be 10%."
"What is going on?"
"Braindumps, that successful?"
"Easier tests?"
"Better students?"
"Better training?"
"More seats?"
"At this rate Cisco is devaluing the CCIE very quickly."
"Chamber’s does not care or does not know?"
"Is the CCIE turning into the big so what?"
| 3/27/2008 | 8/1/2008 | Difference | Percent Change |
|
| Total CCIEs Worldwide | 16,355 | 17,660 | 1,305 | 7.98% |
| Total R/S | 14,764 | 15,754 | 990 | 6.71% |
| Total Security | 1,402 | 1,699 | 297 | 21.18% |
| Total Service Provider | 735 | 916 | 181 | 24.63% |
| Total Storage | 111 | 135 | 24 | 21.62% |
| Total Voice | 689 | 778 | 89 | 12.92% |
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| CCIE's per day over 90 business days |
Estimated Seats |
Percent Success Rate per Seat per Day |
Percent Annual Growth |
Annual Growth |
|
| Total CCIEs Worldwide | 14.50 | 69 | 21.01% | 23.94% | 3,915 |
| Total R/S | 11.00 | 32 | 34.38% | 20.12% | 2,970 |
| Total Security | 3.30 | 9 | 36.67% | 63.55% | 891 |
| Total Service Provider | 2.01 | 14 | 14.37% | 73.88% | 543 |
| Total Storage | 0.27 | 4 | 6.67% | 64.86% | 72 |
| Total Voice | 0.99 | 10 | 9.89% | 38.75% | 267 |
| 3/27/2008 | 8/1/2008 | Difference | Percent Change |
|
| Multiple CCIE Certs | 1,232 | 1,680 | 448 | 36.36% |
| R/S and Security | 517 | 632 | 115 | 22.24% |
| R/S and SP | 300 | 402 | 102 | 34.00% |
| R/S and Storage | 23 | 34 | 11 | 47.83% |
| R/S and Voice | 182 | 228 | 46 | 25.27% |
| More than 3 | 210 | 268 | 58 | 27.62% |
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| CCIE's per day over 90 business days |
Estimated Seats |
Percent Success Rate per Seat per Day |
Percent Annual Growth |
Annual Growth |
|
| Multiple CCIE Certs | 4.98 | 69 | 7.21% | 109.09% | 1,344 |
| R/S and Security | 1.28 | 9 | 14.20% | 66.73% | 345 |
| R/S and SP | 1.13 | 14 | 8.10% | 102.00% | 306 |
| R/S and Storage | 0.12 | 4 | 3.06% | 143.48% | 33 |
| R/S and Voice | 0.51 | 10 | 5.11% | 75.82% | 138 |
| More than 3 | 0.64 | 69 | 0.93% | 82.86% | 174 |
| Who was going for what Multiple vs. First Time |
Total Change |
Multiple Change |
Difference | Percent Second CCIE vs. First |
Percentage of all CCIEs |
| R/S & Sec vs. just Sec |
297 | 115 | 182 | 38.72% | 9.62% |
| R/S & SP vs. just SP | 181 | 102 | 79 | 56.35% | 5.19% |
| R/S & ST vs. just Storage |
24 | 11 | 13 | 45.83% | 0.76% |
| R/S & Voice vs. just Voice |
89 | 46 | 43 | 51.69% | 4.41% |
| 3 or more CCIEs | 1.52% |
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